New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 63

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✨ Birth and Mortality Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

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 July, 1908.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1908.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1908.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1908.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1907.
			Males.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.

Thames	3,750	7	..	1	2
New Plymouth	5,323	18	..	..	..
Napier	10,115	23	..	..	3
Wanganui	8,160	28	..	..	1
Palmerston North	11,299	28	..	..	2
Masterton	5,412	24	..	..	5
Blenheim	3,500	15	1	..	1
Nelson	8,305	20	2	..	2
Greymouth	4,836	14	..	..	2
Hokitika	2,410	5	..	..	..
Lyttelton	3,941	9	1	..	3
Timaru	7,935	19	1	..	2
Oamaru	5,180	13	..	..	4
Invercargill (Greater)	13,419†	37	1	..	2

The figures given as the death-rate for Blenheim in the previous returns from 1902 onwards are incorrect, as the mortality for the country around the town was included in error. The town rates have been calculated again and the following are returned as correct. They are furnished by the Registrar after careful examination of the Registers: 1902, 7·71; 1903, 13·25; 1904, 8·23; 1905, 10·92; 1906, 10·72.

† Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1908.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 63

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🏛️ Return of Births and Deaths in various Boroughs - July 1908

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated18 August 1908
KeywordsBirths, Deaths, Mortality statistics, Population, Boroughs, New Zealand, July 1908
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E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

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