New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 3

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

The inclusion of the suburban boroughs tends to lower the rate at each of the four centres.

Auckland City ..
and eight suburban boroughs
Wellington City
and four suburban boroughs
Christchurch City
and four suburban boroughs
Dunedin City
and six suburban boroughs..

Death-rates per 1,000 of
Population.
1·22
1·06
0·59
0·54
0·83
0·82
0·99
0·84

Including the suburbs, the rate at Auckland is the highest, and at Wellington the lowest.

Compared with December, 1911, the results are,—

Auckland and suburbs
Wellington and suburbs
Christchurch and suburbs..
Dunedin and suburbs

  1. 0·98
    0·88
    0·63
    0·67

  2. 1·06
    0·54
    0·82
    0·84

The total births in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs amounted to 615, against 758 in November—a decrease of 145. The deaths in December were 233—a decrease of 33 as compared with last month. Of the total deaths, males contributed 120, females 113. Forty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 19·31 per cent. of the whole number; 35 of these were under one year of age.

There were 72 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as against 85 in November. The following table shows the classification :—

Age. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females.
65 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 4 ..
66 .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 1 1
67 .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2
68 .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 1
69 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 ..
70 1 .. .. 2 2 3 .. .. 3 5
71 .. 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1
72 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 1
73 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2 1 3 1
74 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 3 3 3 6
75 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
76 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 ..
77 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 ..
78 1 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 2
79 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
80 3 1 1 1 .. 2 .. 1 4 5
81 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
82 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3 ..
83 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1 1 2 2
84 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
85 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
86 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
87 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 1 3
97 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Totals .. 14 7 6 6 4 12 14 9 38 34

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during December, 1912.

| CAUSES OF DEATH | AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | | WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | | CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | | DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. | | TOTAL. |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------



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🏥 Report on Vital Statistics of Principal Towns (continued from previous page)

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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, December 1912