New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 92

Page 3147

✨ Vital Statistics



Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3147

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1907. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1907. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population of the Year 1906.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths.
Auckland .. .. .. 41,498 87 3 5 23 1 1 22 55 1·33 12·51
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,300 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·76 11·84
Devonport .. .. .. 5,100 8 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·59 6·51
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,375 3 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·42 6·83
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 6,216 12 .. .. 4 .. .. 2 6 0·96 6·97
Parnell .. .. .. 5,260 9 .. .. 1 1 1 2 5 0·95 7·23
Mount Eden.. .. .. 7,400 15 .. .. 2 .. .. 4 6 0·81 2·90
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 69,149 136 3 5 32 3 2 32 77 1·11 9·90

Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906 } 82,101, including suburbs not in boroughs.
Wellington .. .. .. †62,367 155 15 7 26 5 7 14 74 1·19 9·45
Karori .. .. .. 2,432 3 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·82 5·01
Onslow .. .. .. †1,351 6 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·74 8·58
Miramar .. .. .. 1,385 2 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 1·44 4·20
Totals Wellington and suburbs 67,535 166 15 7 30 5 8 14 79 1·17 9·19

Total population of Wellington and suburbs, Census, 1906 } 63,807.
Christchurch .. .. .. †52,313 149 6 1 20 6 .. 24 57 1·09 11·12
Woolston .. .. .. 2,950 6 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 0·68 13·45
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough* 55,263 155 6 1 20 6 1 25 59 1·07 11·25

Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906 } 67,878, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton.
Dunedin .. .. .. 37,621 74 3 1 17 5 .. 20 46 1·22 12·70
Maori Hill .. .. .. 2,068 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8·11
Mornington .. .. .. 4,200 10 .. 1 2 .. .. 2 5 1·19 7·95
North-east Valley .. .. 4,467 10 .. .. .. 2 .. 1 3 0·67 8·32
Roslyn .. .. .. 5,550 12 .. 1 1 1 .. .. 3 0·54 11·77
St. Kilda .. .. .. 2,600 3 1 .. 5 .. .. .. 6 2·31 8·53
West Harbour .. .. 1,530 4 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 1·31 4·62
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 58,036 118 4 3 25 8 1 24 65 1·12 11·35

Total population of 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 575, against 600 in August—a decrease of 25. The deaths in September were 280, a decrease of 24 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 151, females 129. Seventy-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 27·86 per cent. of the whole number; 50 of these were under one year of age.

There were ninety deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Thirteen men, 65, 66, 67 (two), 70, 71 (two), 72, 73, 79, 80, 81, 83, and fourteen women, 70 (two), 71, 72, 73, 78, 79 (three), 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, died at Auckland; thirteen men, 67 (two), 68 (two), 69, 70 (three), 71, 77 (two), 84, 89, and seven women, 71 (two), 74, 81, 83, 84, 86, at Wellington; six men, 68, 73, 75, 77, 78, 82, and twelve women, 65 (two), 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74 (two), 77, 80, 87, at Christchurch; and twelve men 65 (two), 66 (two), 67, 76, 77, 78, 79 (two), 81, 85, and thirteen women, 65, 67, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 85 (two), 86, at Dunedin.



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