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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69
Vital Statistics.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of July, 1906:-
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, 1906.
| BOROUGHS. | POPULATION, CENSUS, 1906. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1906. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1906. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1905. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | |||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |||
| Auckland | 37,740 | 80 | 6 | .. | 17 |
| Birkenhead | 1,295 | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| Devonport | 5,107 | 14 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Newmarket | 2,342 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Grey Lynn | 5,888 | 16 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Parnell | 5,273 | 13 | .. | .. | .. |
| Other suburbs* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs† | 57,645 | 132 | 7 | .. | 22 |
| Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906† | 82,189, including suburbs not in boroughs. | ||||
| Wellington | 58,552 | 144 | 2 | .. | 21 |
| Karori | 2,194 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Onslow | 2,098 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Totals Wellington and suburban boroughs, Census, 1906†† | 62,844 | 153 | 3 | .. | 22 |
| Christchurch | 49,920 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Woolston | 2,892 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other suburbs* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*† | 52,812 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906† | 67,862, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton. | ||||
| Dunedin | 36,675 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Maori Hill | 1,887 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Mornington | 4,150 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 |
| North-east Valley | 4,879 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Roslyn | 5,439 | 11 | .. | .. | 2 |
| St. Kilda | 2,580 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 |
| West Harbour | 1,514 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs, Census, 1906† | 56,024 | 121 | 4 | 2 | 31 |
- The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. † Subject to revision. † Excluding Miramar Borough, 952 persons.
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 534, against 538 in June—a decrease of 4. The deaths in July were 215, an increase of 9 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 120, females 95. Thirty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 14·42 per cent. of the whole number; 26 of these were under one year of age.
There were seventy-eight deaths of persons 65 years and upwards: Nine men, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 74, 75 (two), 84, and three women, 79, 87, 90, died at Auckland; eight men, 72 (four), 76 (two), 82, 83, and three women, 67, 77, 86, at Wellington; fifteen men, 65 (two), 66 (three), 70 (three), 72, 73, 74, 75 (two), 79, 80, and ten women, 65, 66, 68 (two), 71, 73, 75, 79, 86 (two), at Christchurch; and eighteen men, 67, 68, 69 (two), 70, 73 (two), 74, 77 (three), 79, 80 (two), 81, 84, 85, 86, and twelve women, 65, 69, 70, 72, 73 (two), 74, 75, 77, 78, 82, 84, 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, 1906.
| 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 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| II | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III | Dietetic Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| IV | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 11 | .. | 11 | .. |
| V | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| VI | Local Diseases | 7 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 3 |
| VII | Violence | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 |
| VIII | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Totals | .. | 44 | 5 | 57 | 6 | 54 |
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