New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 8

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

JAN. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1907.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1907.						Total Deaths	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1907.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in 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.
Auckland	41,498	92	7	1	9	4	..	16	37	0.89	12.51
Birkenhead	1,300	2	1	..	..	1	..	..	2	1.54	11.84
Devonport	5,100	11	1	..	3	..	..	1	5	0.98	6.51
Newmarket	2,375	1	..	1	1	1	1	..	4	1.68	6.83
Grey Lynn	6,216	7	2	..	2	1	..	1	6	0.96	6.97
Parnell	5,260	16	..	..	2	..	1	..	3	0.57	7.23
Mount Eden	7,400	20	1	..	5	2	..	2	10	1.36	2.90
Other suburbs*	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	69,149	149	12	2	22	9	2	20	67	0.97	9.90
Total population of Greater Auckland, Census, 1906	} 82,101, including suburbs not in boroughs.

Wellington	†62,407	149	6	4	26	7	2	20	65	1.04	9.45
Karori	2,392	8	..	..	2	..	1	..	3	1.25	5.01
Onslow	†1,351	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.58
Miramar	1,385	1	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	2.17	4.20
Totals Wellington and suburbs	67,535	160	6	4	30	7	3	21	71	1.05	9.19
Total population of Wellington and suburbs, Census, 1906	} 63,807.

Christchurch	†52,313	155	1	2	15	2	1	8	29	0.56	11.12
Woolston	2,950	5	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	1.02	13.45
Other suburbs*	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	55,263	160	2	2	16	2	1	9	32	0.58	11.25
Total population of Greater Christchurch, Census, 1906	} 67,878, including suburbs not in boroughs, and New Brighton.

Dunedin	37,621	95	1	..	20	1	..	13	35	0.93	12.70
Maori Hill	2,068	8	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.49	8.11
Mornington	4,200	6	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	0.95	7.95
North-east Valley	4,467	8	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	0.67	8.32
Roslyn	5,550	12	..	..	2	..	1	2	5	0.90	11.77
St. Kilda	2,600	10	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0.76	8.53
West Harbour	1,530	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4.62
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	58,036	140	1	..	28	1	1	19	50	0.86	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, Karori, 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 609, against 599 in November—an increase of 10. The deaths in December were 220, an increase of 12 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 125, females 95. Fifty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 25 per cent. of the whole number; 40 of these were under one year of age.

There were sixty-two deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eight men, 67, 68, 69, 75, 77, 80, 85, 89, and eleven women, 65, 67, 72, 74, 75 (two), 83 (two), 84 (two), 88, died at Auckland; eight men, 70, 71, 72, 73 (two), 76, 79, 97, and four women, 69, 70, 73, 88, at Wellington; seven men, 66, 67 (two), 72, 74, 82, 86, and three women, 77, 79, 86, at Christchurch; and twelve men, 68, 69, 71 (two), 73, 74, 77 (two), 78, 80, 82, 88, and nine women, 67, 68, 73, 75, 76 (two), 80, 83, 86, at Dunedin.

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