New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 20

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

M AR. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 963

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1908:

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 January, 1908.

Boroughs.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1908.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1908.
			Males.	Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1908.	Proportion of Deaths to the Mean Population in the Year 1907.
		Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland	42,335	116	9	4	15	10	2	11	51	1·20
Birkenhead	1,430	5	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Devonport	5,100	18	2	...	...	1	...	...	4	0·78
Newmarket	2,495	4	1	...	1	...	...	...	2	0·80
Grey Lynn	6,660	27	3	...	2	1	...	2	8	1·20
Parnell	5,260	8	2	...	2	2	...	3	9	1·71
Mount Eden	7,707	20	...	...	1	3	...	3	7	0·91
Other suburbs*	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Totals Auckland and sub-urban boroughs*	70,987	198	17	4	21	17	2	20	81	1·14

Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906 82,101, including suburbs not in boroughs.

Wellington | 65,747 | 143 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 54 | 0·82 | 11·45 |
Karori | 2,449 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9·50 |
Onslow | 1,226 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10·09 |
Miramar | 1,525 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0·66 | 7·56 |
Totals Wellington and suburbs | 70,947 | 156 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 55 | 0·78 | 11·28 |

Total population of Wellington and suburbs, Census, 1906 63,807.

Christchurch | 53,826 | 166 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 0·84 | 14·72 |
Woolston | 3,252 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1·54 | 8·38 |
Other suburbs | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough | 57,078 | 171 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 0·88 | 14·37 |

Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906 67,878, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton.

Dunedin | 38,058 | 107 | 4 | ... | 14 | 2 | ... | 14 | 34 | 0·89 | 12·98 |
Maori Hill | 2,068 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1·45 | 6·29 |
Mornington | 4,200 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8·33 |
North-east Valley | 4,822 | 13 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1·04 | 8·61 |
Roslyn | 5,550 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 0·90 | 12·25 |
St. Kilda | 3,128 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 0·32 | 15·02 |
West Harbour | 1,592 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10·25 |
Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 59,413 | 156 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 4 | ... | 19 | 48 | 0·81 | 12·02 |

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.

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 681, against 609 in December—an increase of 72. The deaths in January were 234, an increase of 14 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 132, females 102. Eighty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 36·32 per cent. of the whole number; 73 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-five deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Nine men, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77 (two), 81, and six women, 65, 74, 75, 76 (two), 77, died at Auckland; five men, 65, 74 (two), 75 (two), and two women, 66, 72, at Wellington; ten men, 65, 66, 67, 71 (three), 73, 80, 85, and two women, 72, 75, at Christchurch; and nine men, 67, 69 (two), 70, 71 (two), 75, 76, 83, and two women, 76, 79, at Dunedin.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 20

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