New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 50

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns' of New Zealand during the Month of May, 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 May, 1907.

Boroughs	ESTIMATED POPULATION JANUARY, 1907.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1907.
			Males.	Females.				Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1907.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906.
			Under Year.	1 &under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 &under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland	41,498	102	7	1	13	4	2	13	40	0·96
Birkenhead	1,300	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Devonport	5,100	11	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·39
Newmarket	2,375	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·42
Grey Lynn	6,216	11	1	..	3	..	..	.	4	1·29
Parnell	5,260	10	..	..	1	2	..	1	4	0·76
Mount Eden	7,400	18	1	..	1	..	..	..	4	0·81
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and sub-urban boroughs*	69,149	158	10	1	19	6	2	23	61	0·88
Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906	82,101, including suburbs not in boroughs.
Wellington	62,367	125	4	2	17	7	1	18	49	0·79
Karori	2,432	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·41
Onslow	1,351	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Miramar	1,385	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Wellington and sub-urbs	67,535	129	4	2	17	8	1	18	50	0·74
Totals Wellington and suburbs, Census, 1906	63,807.
Christchurch	52,313	140	8	3	20	9	2	14	56	1·07
Woolston	2,950	11	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·34
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	55,263	151	8	3	21	9	2	14	57	1·03
Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906	67,878, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton.
Dunedin	37,621	102	4	1	24	4	..	17	50	1·33
Maori Hill	2,068	6	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·97
Mornington	4,200	6	..	..	2	1	..	1	4	0·95
North-east Valley	4,467	9	..	..	5	..	..	..	5	1·12
Roslyn	5,550	11	3	..	5	..	..	5	13	2·34
St. Kilda	2,600	10	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·38
West Harbour	1,530	4	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	3
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	58,036	148	7	1	38	5	..	27	78	1·34
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.

Populations of Wellington, Onslow, and Christchurch given according to alterations of boundaries since January.

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 586, against 582 in April—an increase of 4. The deaths in May were 246, an increase of 7 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 131, females 115. Sixty-nine of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 28·05 per cent. of the whole number; 57 of these were under one year of age.

There were sixty-five deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Thirteen men, 65, 66 (two), 67 (three), 72, 73, 74 (three), 82, 89, and eleven women, 67, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 82, 83 (two), 87, 92, died at Auckland; two men, 65, 72, and seven women, 67, 69, 76, 78, 79, 82, 85, at Wellington; seven men, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 80, and three women, 74, 75, 90, at Christchurch; and seventeen men, 66 (two), 68 (two), 69, 70, 71, 72 (two), 74, 76, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87, 88, and five women, 68, 74, 75, 77, 82, 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 May, 1907.

	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	4	8	2	2	4	1
II	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..
III	Dietetic Diseases	..	1	..	..	..	..
IV	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	..	14	2	10
V	Developmental Diseases	4	5	2	3	6	3
VI	Local Diseases	8	24	9	12	9	18
VII	Violence	1	..	..	3	..	8
VIII	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	2	..	1	..
	Totals	..	19	42	15	35	22