New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 38

Page 1327

✨ Vital Statistics Reports



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The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of the four centres from six principal specific febrile or zymotic diseases, and also the deaths from certain inflammatory diseases of the lungs. These causes of death have been distinguished from the others of the classes to which they belong as being the most important special diseases which give rise to sudden increases in the death-rates of towns, and the prevalence of which is closely connected with sanitary condition and climatic influence of the season on health.

Towns. Influenza. Scarlet Fever. Typhoid and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-cough. Diarrhoeal Diseases. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.
Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb.
Auckland and suburban boroughs 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..
Wellington and suburban boroughs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Christchurch and suburban borough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 6
Dunedin and suburban boroughs 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Totals .. .. 2 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 5

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 March, 1907.

Boroughs. Population, Census, 1906. Total Births in Boroughs. Deaths in Boroughs Registered in March, 1907.
Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Thames .. .. 3,750 14 2 1 .. .. 1 1 5 1·33 12·80
New Plymouth .. 5,141 20 .. .. 3 1 .. 1 5 0·97 8·75
Napier .. .. 9,454 18 3 .. 1 1 .. 2 7 0·74 10·37
Wanganui .. .. 8,175 12 1 .. .. 1 .. 5 7 0·86 7·09
Palmerston North .. 10,239 28 .. .. 2 1 .. 1 4 0·39 7·32
Masterton .. .. 5,026 20 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 0·40 7·36
Blenheim .. .. 3,351 22 2 1 2 .. .. .. 5 1·49 19·99
Nelson .. .. 8,164 27 2 1 6 3 1 1 14 1·71 12·74
Greymouth .. .. 4,569 9 3 .. 4 .. .. 1 8 1·75 12·69
Hokitika .. .. 2,224 7 .. .. 4 .. .. .. 4 1·79 10·79
Lyttelton .. .. 3,941 18 .. .. 3 2 .. 2 7 1·78 10·40
Timaru .. .. 7,615 18 2 .. 2 1 1 2 8 1·05 8·67
Oamaru .. .. 5,071 11 2 .. 1 1 1 1 6 1·18 9·07
Invercargill (Greater) .. .. 12,507* 36 2 1 4 1 .. 5 13 1·04 10·71
  • Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1907.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.



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🏥 Vital Statistics Report for Principal Towns of New Zealand, March 1907 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
19 April 1907
Deaths, Mortality causes, Zymotic diseases, Inflammatory lung diseases, Influenza, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoeal diseases, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Congestion of lungs, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🏥 Births and Mortality Statistics for Boroughs, March 1907

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
19 April 1907
Births, Deaths, Population statistics, Death rates, Male deaths, Female deaths, Age distribution, Boroughs, Thames, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Invercargill
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General