MAR. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831
Vital Statistics.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the
Month of February, 1905:-
RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to
Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of February, 1905.
| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1905. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1904. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | | |
| Auckland | 38,377 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 0·73 | 11·11 |
| Birkenhead | 1,341 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6·05 |
| Devonport | 5,056 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 0·39 | 7·34 |
| Newmarket | 2,244 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 0·45 | 9·11 |
| Grey Lynn | 5,417 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0·37 | 9·35 |
| Parnell | 5,105 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0·39 | 8·59 |
| Other suburbs | | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | 57,540 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 0·61 | 10·20 |
| Wellington | 53,900 | 125 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 0·67 | 10·75 |
| Karori | 1,953 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 0·51 | 4·40 |
| Onslow | 1,810 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1·10 | 7·18 |
| Totals Wellington and suburban boroughs | 57,663 | 130 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 39 | 0·68 | 10·43 |
| Christchurch | 48,767 | 104 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 0·70 | 10·50 |
| Woolston | 3,004 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 0·67 | 9·39 |
| Other suburbs | | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban borough | 51,771 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 0·70 | 10·44 |
| Dunedin | 31,688 | 38 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 8 | 21 | 0·66 | 14·60 |
| Maori Hill | 1,876 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8·27 |
| Mornington | 4,400 | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0·45 | 8·45 |
| North-east Valley | 4,423 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 0·68 | 7·34 |
| Roslyn | 5,783 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 0·69 | 7·39 |
| St. Kilda | 2,738 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1·10 | 10·78 |
| South Dunedin | 6,433 | 18 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 0·62 | 10·12 |
| West Harbour | 1,597 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6·31 |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 58,938 | 93 | 2 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 15 | 37 | 0·63 | 11·82 |

• The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. The total population of Auckland and its suburbs was 67,226 persons, and that of Christchurch with its complete suburbs amounted to 57,041 persons, at the Census of March, 1901.
  Deaths occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated, have been allotted in each case to the borough where the disease was contracted, and not to that in which the death actually took place.
  The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 438, against 519 in January - a decrease of 81. The deaths in February were 147, a decrease of 50 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 83, females 64. Thirty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 24·49 per cent. of the whole number ; 28 of these were under one year of age.
  There were forty-two deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards : Seven men, 66, 67, 72 (two), 74, 77, 88, and four women, 65 (two), 71, 80, died at Auckland ; five men, 67, 72, 76, 78, 84, and five women, 68 (two), 69, 79, 89, at Wellington ; six men, 66, 68, 71, 74 (two), 90, and two women, 68, 80, at Christchurch ; and eight men, 65, 69, 74, 78 (two), 81 (two), 89, and five women, 66, 70, 74, 78, 80, at Dunedin.
  THE following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 Years of Age and 5 Years and upwards, and the Proportion per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Month of February, 1905.
  | CLASSES. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGH. | DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | TOTAL. | PROPORTIONS PER CENT |
  | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
  | | | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | | |
  | I. | Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4·08 |
  | II. | Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
  | III. | Dietetic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0·68 |
  | IV. | Constitutional Diseases | ... | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ... | 10 | 35 | 23·81 |
  | V. | Developmental Diseases | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 13 | 8·85 |
  | VI. | Local Diseases | 5 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 82 | 55·78 |
  | VII. | Violence | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4·76 |
  | VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2·04 |
  | | Totals | ... | 8 | 27 | 11 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 35 | 147 | 100·00 |
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