New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 77

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✨ Vital Statistics



Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2039

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1905. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1905. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1904.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths.
Auckland .. .. .. 38,377 87 5 1 21 3 .. 19 49 1·28 11·11
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,341 3 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 2 1·49 6·05
Devonport .. .. .. 5,056 10 .. .. 3 1 .. .. 4 0·79 7·34
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,244 5 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·89 9·11
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 5,417 10 .. 1 2 .. .. 1 4 0·74 9·35
Parnell .. .. .. 5,105 7 1 .. 3 .. .. 2 6 1·17 8·59
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 57,540 122 6 3 30 4 .. 24 67 1·16 10·20
Wellington .. .. .. 53,900 126 9 .. 15 7 2 14 47 0·87 10·75
Karori .. .. .. 1,953 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4·40
Onslow .. .. .. 1,810 5 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 1·10 7·18
Totals Wellington and suburbs 57,663 133 9 .. 15 8 2 15 49 0·85 10·43
Christchurch .. .. .. 48,767 108 5 1 21 2 .. 19 48 0·98 10·50
Woolston .. .. .. 3,004 7 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 1·00 9·39
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough* 51,771 115 5 1 22 3 .. 20 51 0·99 10·44
Dunedin .. .. .. 38,121 70 1 .. 17 2 .. 18 38 1·00 13·86
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,876 4 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·53 8·27
Mornington .. .. .. 4,400 10 1 .. 2 1 .. .. 4 0·91 8·45
North-east Valley .. .. 4,423 10 1 .. 3 .. .. 1 5 1·13 7·34
Roslyn .. .. .. 5,783 9 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·52 7·39
St. Kilda .. .. .. 2,738 9 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0·36 10·78
West Harbour .. .. 1,597 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·63 6·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 58,938 112 3 1 26 3 .. 20 53 0·90 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 482, against 518 in June—a decrease of 36. The deaths in July were 220, an increase of 23 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 121, females 99. Forty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 21·82 per cent. of the whole number; 41 of these were under one year of age.

There were eighty-six deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eighteen men, 65 (three), 67 (three), 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 (two), 78, 81, 83, and eleven women, 68 (two), 69, 71 (two), 74, 77, 82 (two), 83, 91, died at Auckland; eight men, 65 (two), 66, 73, 74 (three), 79, and six women, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 86, at Wellington; ten men, 66, 67, 69, 75, 78, 80, 85 (two), 86, 87, and eight women, 69, 71, 74, 76 (two), 77, 79 (two), at Christchurch; and sixteen men, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73 (three), 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 83, 84, 91, and nine women, 67, 69 (three), 70, 72, 82, 83, 94, 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 July, 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 2 3 .. 2 1 1 .. 1 10 4·54
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 0·91
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 12 .. 8 .. 10 .. 9 39 17·73
V. Developmental Diseases 2 4 5 1 2 4 1 7 26 11·82
VI. Local Diseases .. 6 31 8 17 5 23 4 26 120 54·55
VII. Violence .. .. .. 4 1 2 .. 3 .. 3 13 5·91
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 3 .. 3 .. 1 1 2 .. 10 4·54
Totals .. 13 54 19 30 9 42 7 46 220 100·00

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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for July 1905

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
24 August 1905
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Health Data