New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 34

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of February, 1907:—

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 February, 1907.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1907.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1907.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1907.
			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 .. .. ..	41,498	97	7	1	14	4	..	7	33	0·79	12·51
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,300	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·84
Devonport .. .. ..	5,100	11	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·39	6·51
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,375	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·83
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	6,216	9	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·32	6·97
Parnell .. .. ..	5,260	9	1	..	1	..	..	3	5	0·95	7·23
Mount Eden.. .. ..	7,400	15	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·40	2·90
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	69,149	150	8	1	18	4	..	14	45	0·65	9·90
Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906	82,101, including suburbs not in boroughs.
Wellington .. .. ..	61,533	123	15	1	25	7	1	17	66	1·07	9·45
Karori .. .. ..	2,432	5	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·82	5·01
Onslow .. .. ..	2,185	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·58
Miramar .. .. ..	1,385	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·72	4·20
Totals Wellington and suburbs	67,535	137	16	1	26	8	1	17	69	1·02	9·19
Totals Wellington and suburbs, Census, 1906	63,807.
Christchurch .. .. ..	51,972	132	29	3	29	27	6	17	111	2·13	11·12
Woolston .. .. ..	2,950	3	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	1·35	13·45
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	54,922	135	30	3	30	27	6	19	115	2·09	11·25
Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906	67,878, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton.
Dunedin .. .. ..	37,621	68	5	..	14	6	3	9	37	0·98	12·70
Maori Hill .. .. ..	2,068	3	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0·96	8·11
Mornington .. .. ..	4,200	4	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·47	7·95
North-east Valley .. ..	4,467	17	..	1	..	1	..	1	3	0·67	8·32
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,550	12	1	..	4	..	..	2	7	1·26	11·77
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,600	7	1	..	2	1	..	..	4	1·54	8·53
West Harbour .. ..	1,530	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·65	4·62
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	58,036	113	8	1	23	9	3	12	56	0·96	11·35
Totals Dunedin and suburbs, Census, 1906	56,020.

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, 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 535, against 647 in January — a decrease of 112. The deaths in February were 285, a decrease of 5 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 165, females 120. One hundred and twenty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 44·21 per cent. of the whole number; 110 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-four deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Three men, 77, 79, 80, and three women, 76, 77, 78, died at Auckland; ten men, 73, 75, 79, 80 (two), 82 (two), 84, 85, 90, and three women, 74, 84, 88, at Wellington; thirteen men, 65, 67 (two), 68 (two), 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 81, and five women, 67, 71, 74, 78, 88, at Christchurch; and twelve men, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73 (two), 77, 79, 81, 83, 94, and five women, 70, 73 (two), 75 (two), 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 February, 1907.

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.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.
I	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	..	3	7	..	30	2	6	1	49	17·19
II	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III	Dietetic Diseases	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	3	1·05
IV	Constitutional Diseases	..	6	1	10	3	15	..	10	45	15·79
V	Developmental Diseases	1	3	7	7	2	2	4	1	27	9·48
VI	Local Diseases	10	18	8	18	23	29	8	21	135	47·37
VII	Violence	..	1	..	7	..	1	1	1	11	3·86
VIII	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	3	..	7	..	2	1	15	5·26
	Totals	13	32	26	43	66	49	21	35	285	100·00