New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 22

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✨ Vital Statistics of Chief Cities

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Vital Statistics of Chief Cities, Year 1908.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Chief Towns of New Zealand for the Year 1908:—

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Year 1908.

BOROUGHS.	Estimated Mean Population of Boroughs, 1908.	Births registered in 1908.	Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1908.
				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 .. .. ..	42,542	1,300	30·56	63	21	219	49	15	162	529	12·43
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,477	45	30·47	2	1	5	1	1	3	13	8·80
Devonport .. .. ..	6,085	144	23·66	7	..	17	4	1	18	47	7·72
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,580	42	16·28	4	..	6	4	..	3	17	6·59
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	6,840	224	32·75	9	2	15	6	4	17	53	7·75
Parnell .. .. ..	5,485	104	18·96	9	..	17	4	1	20	51	9·30
Mount Eden .. .. ..	7,976	232	29·09	2	3	22	7	1	21	56	7·02
Northcote .. .. ..	1,203	22	18·29	..	..	1	2	..	3	6	4·99
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	74,188	2,113	28·48	96	27	302	77	23	247	772	10·41
Population of other suburbs (estimated)*	18,199
Total population of Greater Auckland	92,387

| Wellington .. .. .. | 68,185 | 1,882 | 27·60 | 81 | 17 | 238 | 74 | 19 | 197 | 626 | 9·18 |
| Karori .. .. .. | 1,250 | 56 | 44·80 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | 8·00 |
| Onslow .. .. .. | 1,313 | 26 | 19·80 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 11 | 8·38 |
| Miramar .. .. .. | 1,574 | 44 | 27·95 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6·99 |
| Total population of Greater Wellington | 72,322 | 2,008 | 27·76 | 87 | 18 | 246 | 77 | 20 | 210 | 658 | 9·10 |

| Christchurch .. .. .. | 54,738 | 1,556 | 28·43 | 57 | 15 | 207 | 43 | 7 | 202 | 531 | 9·70 |
| Woolston .. .. .. | 3,296 | 80 | 24·27 | 7 | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | 11 | 30 | 9·10 |
| New Brighton .. .. .. | 1,379 | 9 | 6·53 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | 5·08 |
| Sumner .. .. .. | 1,407 | 21 | 14·93 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 7·82 |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | 60,820 | 1,666 | 27·39 | 66 | 15 | 224 | 47 | 7 | 220 | 579 | 9·52 |
| Population of other suburbs (estimated)* | 14,613 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total population of Greater Christchurch | 75,433 | | | | | | | | | | |

| Dunedin .. .. .. | 38,304 | 976 | 25·48 | 50 | 7 | 213 | 29 | 9 | 149 | 457 | 11·93 |
| Maori Hill.. .. .. | 2,242 | 46 | 20·52 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 5 | 13 | 5·80 |
| Mornington .. .. .. | 4,495 | 98 | 21·80 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 33 | 7·34 |
| North-east Valley .. .. | 4,830 | 126 | 26·09 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 50 | 10·35 |
| Roslyn .. .. .. | 5,930 | 131 | 22·09 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6 | .. | 21 | 53 | 8·94 |
| St. Kilda .. .. .. | 2,970 | 88 | 29·14 | 1 | .. | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 7·41 |
| West Harbour .. .. .. | 1,616 | 24 | 14·85 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 3·71 |
| Total population of Greater Dunedin | 60,387 | 1,489 | 24·66 | 62 | 14 | 282 | 49 | 14 | 213 | 634 | 10·50 |
| Grand totals for boroughs | .. | 7,276 | 27·18 (mean) | 311 | 74 | 1,054 | 250 | 64 | 890 | 2,643 | 9·87 (mean) |

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 have been omitted, except where deceased had previously resided in one or other of the above boroughs, in which case the death is counted against the borough of residence.

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