New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 44

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 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 April, 1905.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1905.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1905.
			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	93	9	1	13	10	..	14	47	1·22
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,341	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Devonport .. .. ..	5,056	7	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	0·79
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,244	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·45
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,417	9	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·18
Parnell .. .. ..	5,105	5	1	..	1	2	..	..	4	0·78
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	57,540	120	11	1	15	12	..	18	57	0·99
Wellington .. .. ..	53,900	124	12	1	10	12	1	10	46	0·85
Karori .. .. ..	1,953	3	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	1·02
Onslow .. .. ..	1,810	3	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·55
Totals Wellington and suburbs	57,663	130	12	1	12	12	2	10	49	0·85
Christchurch .. .. ..	48,767	109	4	..	9	3	..	14	30	0·62
Woolston .. .. ..	3,004	4	..	..	..	2	..	4	6	2·00
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	51,771	113	4	..	9	5	..	18	36	0·70
Dunedin .. .. ..	38,121	72	6	1	9	2	1	14	33	0·87
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,876	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·53
Mornington .. .. ..	4,400	6	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·68
North-east Valley .. ..	4,423	9	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·45
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,783	9	..	1	..	..	..	2	3	0·52
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,738	8	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·73
West Harbour .. .. ..	1,597	1	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	1·88
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	58,938	109	7	2	13	3	1	21	47	0·80

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 57,226 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 472, against 590 in March—a decrease of 118. The deaths in April were 189, an increase of 11 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 87, females 102. Seventy-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 38·62 per cent. of the whole number; 66 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-six deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Three men, 75, 76, 77, and six women, 66, 73 (two), 74, 76, 84, died at Auckland; three men, 65, 70, 74, and two women, 68, 76, at Wellington; three men, 71, 72, 80, and four women, 66, 67, 71, 85, at Christchurch; and seven men, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, and eight women, 66, 69, 73, 74 (two), 75, 77, 81, 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 April, 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.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	4	2	1	1	..	2
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	6	..	10	..	9
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	3	3	1	2	2
VI.	Local Diseases ..	15	17	16	4	3	12
VII.	Violence ..	1	5	..	6	..	2
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	7	..	4	..
	Totals ..	24	33	27	22	9	27