New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 61

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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 June, 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 June, 1907.

Boroughs. Estimated Population, January, 1907. Total Births in Boroughs. Deaths in Boroughs Registered in June, 1907. Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906.
Under Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years andover. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years andover.
Auckland 41,498 99 5 6 13 2 5 14
Birkenhead 1,300 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Devonport 5,100 8 2 1 1 .. .. 1
Newmarket 2,375 5 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Grey Lynn 6,216 13 1 .. 3 .. .. 1
Parnell 5,260 7 1 1 .. .. 1 1
Mount Eden 7,400 11 .. .. 1 .. .. ..
Other suburbs* * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 69,149 144 9 8 19 2 7 23
Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906 82,101, including suburbs not in boroughs.

Wellington

Boroughs Estimated Population, January, 1907. Total Births in Boroughs. Deaths in Boroughs Registered in June, 1907. Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906.
Under Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years andover. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years andover.
Wellington 62,367 145 10 4 19 7 5 18
Karori 2,432 5 1 .. 1 .. .. 1
Onslow 1,351 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Miramar 1,385 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Wellington and suburbs 67,535 154 11 4 20 7 5 19
Total population of Greater Wellington and suburbs, Census, 1906 63,807.

Christchurch

Boroughs. Estimated Population, January, 1907. Total Births in Boroughs. Deaths in Boroughs Registered in June, 1907. Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906.
Christchurch 52,318 124 5 .. 20 6 2 18
Woolston 2,950 8 .. .. 1 .. .. ..
Other suburbs* * .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs* 55,263 127 5 .. 21 6 2 18
Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906 67,878, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton.

Dunedin

Boroughs. Estimated Population, January, 1907. Total Births in Boroughs. Deaths in Boroughs Registered in June, 1907. Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906.
Dunedin 37,621 80 3 1 16 3 .. 12
Maori Hill 2,063 5 .. .. .. 1 .. ..
Mornington 4,200 3 .. .. .. .. 1 1
North-east Valley 4,467 11 1 .. 1 .. .. ..
Roslyn 5,550 9 .. .. 2 .. .. ..
St. Kilda 2,600 3 .. .. 1 .. .. ..
West Harbour 1,530 2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 58,036 113 4 1 20 4 1 14
Total population of Greater 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 588, against 586 in May—a decrease of 48. The deaths in June were 230, a decrease of 16 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 122, females 108. Seventy-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 33·04 per cent. of the whole number; 48 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-nine deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards : Seven men, 67, 69, 70, 73, 75, 80, 92, and five women, 69, 73 (two), 80, 82, died at Auckland; six men, 65, 66, 70, 77, 83, 85, and four women, 66 (two), 67, 84, at Wellington ; nine men, 65, 67 (two), 69, 71, 75, 76, 81, 82, and six women, 68, 69, 73, 85 (three), at Christchurch; and nine men, 71, 75, 76 (two), 77, 78, 81, 83, 84, and three women, 65, 75, 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 June, 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. Under 5 Years.
I Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 15 6 9 2 3 2
II Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
III Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
IV Constitutional Diseases .. 12 .. 11 .. 8
V Developmental Diseases 2 6 4 2 2 6
VI Local Diseases 7 15 11 23 6 19
VII Violence .. 3 1 .. .. 3
VIII Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 2 .. 2 .. 2 ..
Totals 26 42 27 89 18 89


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