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✨ Vital Statistics Report

JUNE 25.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Vital Statistics.

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

Boroughs.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1908.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in May, 1908.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1908.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1907.
			Males.	Females.	Total Deaths.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland	42,385	96	6	2	21
Birkenhead	1,430	2	...	...	...
Devonport	5,871	10	...	...	3
Newmarket	2,495	4	...	...	...
Grey Lynn	6,660	18	1	...	...
Parnell	5,418	12	...	...	2
Mount Eden	7,707	20	...	1	...
Northcote	1,116	2	...	...	...
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	73,032	164	7	3	26
Population of other suburbs as at Census*		16,545
Total population of Greater Auckland		89,577

| Wellington | 67,012 | 154 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 52 | 0.78 | 11.45 |
| Karori | 1,184 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.50 |
| Onslow | 1,226 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.09 |
| Miramar | 1,525 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 0.66 | 7.56 |
| Total population of Greater Wellington | 70,947 | 161 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 53 | 0.79 | 11.28 |

| Christchurch | 53,826 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 0.67 | 14.72 |
| Woolston | 3,252 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0.31 | 8.38 |
| New Brighton | 1,216 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1.64 | |
| Sumner | 1,250 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1.60 | |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | 59,544 | 133 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 41 | 0.69 | 14.37 |
| Population of other suburbs as at Census* | | 13,918 | | | | | | | | | |
| Total population of Greater Christchurch | | 73,462 | | | | | | | | | |

| Dunedin | 38,058 | 76 | 2 | ... | 20 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 1.00 | 12.98 |
| Maori Hill | 2,228 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.29 |
| Mornington | 4,350 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 0.69 | 8.33 |
| North-east Valley | 4,667 | 10 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 0.64 | 8.61 |
| Roslyn | 5,760 | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 0.87 | 12.25 |
| St. Kilda | 2,840 | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1.76 | 15.02 |
| West Harbour | 1,592 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.25 |
| Total population of Greater Dunedin | 59,495 | 114 | 3 | ... | 28 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 54 | 0.91 | 12.02 |

These remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. Correct annual statements of population outside boroughs are not obtainable.

In the above table are given the deaths and death-rates for each of the four cities, for the suburban boroughs severally, and for each city with its suburban towns. As regards Auckland and Christchurch, the whole of the area usually recognised as suburban has not yet been brought under municipal government, and the vital statistics do not deal with such portions as still remain in road districts. But the omission is not very important, for there are in either case quite enough suburbs included within borough boundaries to give a fair idea of the death-rate of Greater Auckland and Greater Christchurch. As further boroughs are formed the vital statistics will be made to include them.

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.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 48

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