New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 5

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✨ Vital Statistics - Births and Deaths



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

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, 1908.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1908. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1908. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1907.
Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1908.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Thames .. .. 3,750 14 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·53 13·87
New Plymouth 5,323 28 1 .. 3 .. .. 3 7 1·32 10·51
Napier .. 10,115 27 1 .. 4 1 .. 1 7 0·69 12·37
Wanganui .. 8,511 20 2 .. 1 .. .. 6 9 1·06 11·13
Palmerston North 11,299 36 1 .. 5 .. .. 6 12 1·07 11·33
Masterton .. 5,412 17 2 2 3 .. .. 2 9 1·66 10·90
Blenheim 3,500 14 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 0·57 19·71*
Nelson .. 8,305 22 6 .. 7 1 .. 3 17 2·05 16·40
Greymouth .. 4,836 18 1 .. 5 .. .. 2 8 1·65 16·54
Hokitika 2,410 7 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·83 24·28
Lyttelton .. 3,941 9 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 0·51 14·46
Timaru .. 7,935 31 .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 0·50 11·96
Oamaru .. 5,180 12 .. .. 3 .. .. .. 3 0·58 11·21
Invercargill (Greater) .. 13,419† 46 1 .. 6 1 1 1 10 0·75 13·11
  • 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 January, 1909.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.



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🏥 Vital Statistics: Births and Deaths by Borough for December 1908

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
18 January 1909
Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population, Boroughs, December 1908, Vital statistics
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General