Vital Statistics.

GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of December, 1910:

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, 1910.

| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION JANUARY, 1910. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. |Deaths in Boroughs Registered in December, 1910.| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1910. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1909. |
| Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | 5 years and over. | Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | 5 years and over. |

Auckland
.....
43,295
80
6
2
15
7
2
12
44
1·02
11·25

Birkenhead
.....
1,659
6


1


1
2
1·20
8·17

Devonport
.....
6,818
24
3
1
5


1
10
1·47
6·25

Newmarket
.....
2,691
3
1




2
3
1·11
7·84

Grey Lynn
.....
7,465
23
1


1
2
__
1
5
0·67
6·90

Parnell
.....
5,700
11



3

__
3
6
1·05
8·71

Mount Eden..
.....
9,889
19


2
2
__
2
6
0·60
5·29

Northcote
.....
1,332
3
1




1
3
2·25
8·39

Total Auckland and sub-urban boroughs
78,849
169
12
3
28
11
2
23
79
1·00
9·30

Population of other suburbs (estimated)*
19,080

Total population of Greater Auckland
97,929

Wellington
.....
71,553
146
5
1
23
2
__
14
45
0·63
9·35

Karori
.....
1,374
3








8·18

Onslow
.....
1,715
4




1
__
1
0·58
3·21

Miramar
.....
1,748
3








5·34

Total population of Greater Wellington
76,390
156
5
1
23
2
1
14
46
0·60
9·11

Christchurch
.....
56,769
126
4

16
4

17
41
0·72
9·48

Woolston
.....
3,436
6




__
3
3
0·87
11·22

New Brighton
.....
1,600
2








7·64

Sumner
.....
1,650



1



1
0·61
1·87

Totals Christchurch and sub-urban boroughs
63,455
134
4

17
4

20
45
0·71
9·33

Population of other suburbs (estimated)*
15,150

Total population of Greater Christchurch
78,605

Dunedin
.....
44,157
107
3

11
2

7
23
0·52
10·97

Maori Hill
.....
2,303
4


1


__
1
0·43
8·34

Mornington
.....
4,683
8




__
2
2
0·43
9·87

Roslyn
.....
6,299
6
1

1



2
0·32
5·81

St. Kilda
.....
3,400
8


1


__
1
0·29
7·08

West Harbour
.....
1,742
2


1


__
1
0·57
6·51

Total population of Greater Dunedin
62,584
135
4

15
2

9
36
0·48
9·95

• These remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. Closely 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 recognized 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.