New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 22

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✨ Vital Statistics of Chief Cities



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Vital Statistics of Chief Cities, Year 1906.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Chief Towns of New Zealand for the Year 1906:—

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 1906.

BOROUGHS. Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, March, 1906. Estimated Mean Population of Boroughs, 1906. Births registered in 1906. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1906. 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 .. 38,677 1,159 29·96 63 9 200 52 12 148 484 12·51
Birkenhead .. 1,266 42 33·17 3 .. 7 1 1 3 15 11·84
Devonport .. 5,073 130 25·63 4 2 11 4 2 10 33 6·51
Newmarket .. 82,101 2,342 53 22·63 4 3 5 .. 1 3 16 6·83
Grey Lynn .. 5,882 168 28·56 3 .. 21 4 1 12 41 6·97
Parnell .. 5,253 107 20·37 1 2 17 4 .. 14 38 7·23
Mount Eden .. 6,888 65 9·44 3 1 10 2 .. 4 20 2·90
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs .. 65,381 1,724 26·36 81 17 271 67 17 194 647 9·90
Wellington .. 59,058 1,645 27·85 64 9 244 53 6 182 558 9·45
Karori .. 2,194 49 22·33 2 .. 5 1 .. 3 11 5·01
Onslow .. 63,807 2,098 54 25·74 3 .. 5 2 .. 8 18 8·58
Miramar .. 952 5 5·25 1 1 2 .. .. .. 4 4·20
Totals Wellington and suburbs .. 64,302 1,753 27·26 70 10 256 56 6 193 591 9·19
Christchurch .. 50,439 1,422 28·19 52 10 239 51 15 194 561 11·12
Woolston .. 67,878 2,900 84 28·97 5 1 6 4 .. 23 39 13·45
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough .. 53,339 1,506 28·23 57 11 245 55 15 217 600 11·25
Dunedin .. 36,458 1,056 28·96 54 12 201 28 9 159 463 12·70
Maori Hill.. 1,972 41 20·79 2 .. 8 .. .. 6 16 8·11
Mornington .. 4,150 102 24·58 6 1 11 2 1 12 33 7·95
North-east Valley .. 56,020 4,445 99 22·27 2 1 13 3 1 17 37 8·32
Roslyn .. 5,438 115 21·15 4 2 20 2 3 33 64 11·77
St. Kilda .. 2,579 88 34·12 4 .. 9 3 2 4 22 8·53
West Harbour .. 1,515 28 18·48 1 .. 1 .. .. 5 7 4·62
Totals Dunedin and suburbs .. 56,557 1,529 27·03 73 16 263 38 16 236 642 11·35
Grand totals .. .. .. 6,512 27·18 (mean) 281 54 1,035 216 54 840 2,480 10·35 (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 1906.

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 15 27 10 12 12 11 27 19 133 5·36
II Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·04
III Dietetic Diseases .. 2 8 2 2 .. 4 1 6 25 1·01
IV Constitutional Diseases 2 115 5 120 4 112 5 148 511 20·61
V Developmental Diseases 20 36 37 39 40 46 37 30 285 11·49
VI Local Diseases .. 98 249 63 241 57 265 51 273 1,297 52·30
VII Violence .. 7 27 6 32 11 24 5 22 134 5·40
VIII Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 38 3 19 3 14 .. 17 .. 94 3·79
Totals .. 182 465 142 449 138 462 143 499 2,480 100·00


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