New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 86

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Sept. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2341

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1905.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1905.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths
			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	106	3	..	18	3	2	12	38	0·99	11·11
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,341	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·75	6·05
Devonport .. .. ..	5,056	17	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·20	7·34
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,244	4	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·89	9·11
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,417	18	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·18	9·35
Parnell .. .. ..	5,105	6	..	..	2	..	1	..	3	0·59	8·59
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	57,540	154	4	1	22	3	3	13	46	0·80	10·20
Wellington .. .. ..	53,900	144	5	1	30	6	3	20	65	1·21	10·75
Karori .. .. ..	1,953	2	.	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·51	4·40
Onslow .. .. ..	1,810	6	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1·10	7·18
Totals Wellington and suburbs	57,663	152	6	1	31	6	3	21	68	1·18	10·43
Christchurch .. .. ..	48,767	144	9	..	24	5	..	24	62	1·27	10·50
Woolston .. .. ..	3,004	8	..	..	1	2	..	1	4	1·34	9·39
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	51,771	152	9	..	25	7	..	25	66	1·27	10·44
Dunedin .. .. ..	38,121	60	5	..	21	4	..	13	43	1·12	13·86
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,876	5	1	..	..	..	..	2	3	1·60	8·27
Mornington .. .. ..	4,400	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·45
North-east Valley .. ..	4,423	9	2	..	1	1	..	1	5	1·13	7·34
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,783	17	..	..	2	..	..	3	5	0·86	7·39
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,738	5	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·72	10·78
West Harbour .. ..	1,597	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·63	6·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	58,938	107	8	..	24	5	..	22	59	1·00	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 565, against 482 in July—an increase of 83. The deaths in August were 299, an increase of 19 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 131, females 108. Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 23·43 per cent. of the whole number; 48 of these were under one year of age.

There were eighty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Nine men, 65, 68, 73, 74 (two), 75 (two), 76 (two), and four women, 65, 68, 74, 80, died at Auckland; eleven men, 65 (two), 69, 75, 79 (two), 80 (two), 81, 84, 89, and eleven women, 65, 68, 69, 73, 75, 76 (two), 77, 81, 84, 85, at Wellington; ten men, 69, 73, 74 (two), 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 89, and ten women, 66, 68 (two), 72, 73, 75, 80, 82, 83, 84, at Christchurch; and eleven men, 72 (three), 74, 75 (two), 77, 78, 79 (two), 80, and fourteen women, 65, 66, 68, 69 (two), 70, 71 (two), 72, 75, 78, 80 (two), 87, 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 August, 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	..	2	3	3	..	1
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	2	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	2	6	..	11	1	17
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	3	2	8	5	7
VI.	Local Diseases ..	5	18	10	26	6	24
VII.	Violence .. ..	1	4	1	4	..	1
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	..	..	4	..
	Totals ..	11	35	16	52	16	50