New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 17

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✨ Vital Statistics Tables



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Vital Statistics of Chief Cities, Year 1905.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Chief Towns of New Zealand for the Year 1905:—

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Year 1905.

BOROUGHS. Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, March, 1901. Estimated Mean Population of Boroughs, 1905. Births registered in 1905. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1905. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population.
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 .. 38,754 1,165 30·06 67 12 191 51 9 141 471 12·15
Birkenhead .. 1,369 37 27·03 1 2 2 1 .. 3 9 6·57
Devonport .. 5,102 124 24·30 3 1 18 4 .. 6 32 6·27
Newmarket .. 2,264 54 23·85 2 .. 3 1 1 8 15 6·62
Grey Lynn .. 5,759 141 24·48 4 1 15 6 1 15 42 7·29
Parnell .. 5,136 107 20·83 4 .. 12 5 1 23 45 8·76
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs .. 58,384 1,628 27·88 81 16 241 68 12 196 614 10·52
Wellington .. 54,416 1,617 29·72 84 13 223 78 20 156 574 10·55
Karori .. 2,119 46 21·71 .. .. 4 1 .. 4 9 4·24
Onslow .. 1,830 52 28·41 1 .. 6 1 1 4 13 7·10
Totals Wellington and suburbs .. 58,365 1,715 29·38 85 13 233 80 21 164 596 10·21
Christchurch .. 49,694 1,476 29·70 78 11 203 49 8 186 535 10·76
Woolston .. 3,028 86 28·40 3 .. 10 9 .. 17 39 12·81
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough .. 52,722 1,562 29·63 81 11 213 58 8 203 574 10·89
Dunedin .. 38,366 917 23·90 40 4 186 26 5 166 427 11·13
Maori Hill.. 1,960 44 22·45 1 .. 2 .. 1 5 9 4·59
Mornington .. 4,440 118 26·57 4 .. 16 2 .. 16 38 8·56
North-east Valley .. 4,543 112 24·65 5 1 19 4 1 17 47 10·34
Roslyn .. 5,969 131 21·95 3 2 13 2 .. 32 52 8·71
St. Kilda .. 2,770 84 30·32 1 1 4 6 .. 7 19 6·86
West Harbour .. 1,615 24 14·86 1 .. 3 1 1 6 12 7·43
Totals Dunedin and suburbs .. 59,663 1,430 23·97 55 8 243 41 8 249 604 10·12
Grand totals .. .. .. 6,335 27·65 (mean) 302 48 930 247 49 812 2,388 10·42 (mean)
  • The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics.

Deaths occurring at hospitals have been omitted, except where deceased had previously resided in one or other of the above boroughs, in which case the death is counted against the borough of residence.

TABLE showing in Classes the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 Years of Age and 5 Years and upwards, and the Proportion per Cent. of Deaths in each Class, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Year 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 and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 24 21 20 14 15 12 3 6 115 4·82
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 0·08
III. Dietetic Diseases 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 18 0·75
IV. Constitutional Diseases 10 88 7 93 5 116 4 148 466 19·52
V. Developmental Diseases 18 42 41 35 35 37 31 44 283 11·85
VI. Local Diseases 91 241 100 212 68 231 57 275 1,275 53·39
VII. Violence 7 42 10 39 3 15 3 20 139 5·82
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 26 .. 19 2 30 1 12 .. 90 3·77
Totals 177 437 199 397 158 416 112 492 2,388 100·00


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🏥 Vital Statistics of Chief Cities for Year 1905

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Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin

🏥 Births and Mortality Data Tables for Principal Boroughs

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Births, Mortality, Population, Statistics, Age distribution, Suburbs

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Causes of death, Zymotic diseases, Parasitic diseases, Dietetic diseases, Violence, Statistics