New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 22

Page 862

✨ Vital Statistics Report



862
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths in the Four Chief Cities and their Suburbs registered during the Year 1906—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH. AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGH. DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. TOTAL.
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.
CLASS VII.—VIOLENCE—continued.
ORDER 2:—
Homicide,—
Septic Poisoning (Result of Wounds) .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Violence and Neglect .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Total Order 2 .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2
ORDER 3:—
Suicide,—
By Shooting .. .. .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 8
By Cutting Throat .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 4
By Poison .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 4
By Hanging .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1
By Drowning .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Total Order 3 .. .. .. 4 .. 12 .. 3 28
Total Class VII .. .. 7 27 6 32 11 24 134
CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, &c. .. .. 38 3 19 1 14 .. 17
Found dead .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. ..
Total Class VIII .. .. 38 3 19 3 14 .. 17
General Totals .. .. 182 465 142 449 138 462 143

BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATES.

The total number of births registered as occurring in the four chief centres and suburbs in 1906 was 6,512, as against 6,835 for the previous year.

The birth-rates for last year were,—

Birth-rates per 1,000 of Mean Population.
Auckland City 29·96
and six suburban boroughs 26·36
Wellington City 27·85
and three suburban boroughs 27·26
Christchurch City 28·19
and one suburban borough 28·23
Dunedin City 28·96
and six suburban boroughs 27·03

By the inclusion of the suburbs the rate is raised at Christchurch, but lowered at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. It will be observed that Christchurch has the highest rate, Wellington next highest, Dunedin and Auckland following with intervals. The birth-rate for the whole colony last year was 27·08 per thousand. Wellington and Christchurch are thus over the average; Auckland and Dunedin below it.

The birth-rates for three of the central boroughs last year show a fall when compared with 1905. In Auckland the rate fell from 30·06 to 29·96; in Wellington from 29·72 to 27·85; in Christchurch from 29·70 to 28·19; but rose in Dunedin from 23·90 to 28·96. The rates for five years, 1902 to 1906, are,—

Births per 1,000 of Population.
1902.
Auckland (without suburbs) 30·80
Wellington 25·29
Christchurch 25·84
Dunedin 19·96

DEATHS AND DEATH-RATES.

The total number of deaths registered for the four centres in 1906 was 2,480—viz., 2,066 in the cities, and 414 in the suburbs.

By including the suburbs the death-rate for last year is lowered at three of the four centres. The rates for the year are,—

Death-rates per 1,000 of Mean Population.
Auckland City 12·51
and six suburban boroughs 9·90
Wellington City 9·45
and three suburban boroughs 9·19
Christchurch City 11·12
and one suburban borough 11·25
Dunedin City 12·70
and six suburban boroughs 11·35

If the number of deaths of infants under 1 year be excluded, the mortality among the rest of the population is found to have been for 1906 and 1905 in the following ratio to the 1,000 living:—

1905. 1906.
Auckland (including suburbs) 7·96 7·63
Wellington 7·38 7·23
Christchurch 8·25 9·15
Dunedin 8·51 9·39


Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1907, No 22




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Vital Statistics Report for Four Chief Towns of New Zealand, Year 1906 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Vital statistics, Causes of death, Mortality rates, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Zymotic diseases, Tuberculosis, Cancer, Premature birth