✨ Vital Statistics Report
Vital Statistics.
GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 1913:
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 May, 1913.
| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1913. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | Deaths in Boroughs Registered in May, 1913. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1913. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1912. | |||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 & under 5 years. | 5 years and over. | Under 1 year. | 1 & under 5 years. | 5 years and over. | ||||
| Auckland | 47,562 | 95 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 61 | |
| Birkenhead | 2,035 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Devonport | 7,441 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Newmarket | 3,070 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Grey Lynn | 8,317 | 22 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Mount Eden | 9,981 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Northcote | 1,521 | 4 | |||||||
| Mount Albert | 7,669 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals Auckland and sub-urban boroughs | 87,596 | 180 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 90 |
| Population of other suburbs* | 21,514 | ||||||||
| Total population of Greater Auckland | 109,110 | ||||||||
| Wellington | 66,138 | 149 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 43 | ||
| Karori | 1,524 | 5 | |||||||
| Onslow | 1,941 | 5 | |||||||
| Miramar | 1,725 | 2 | |||||||
| Eastbourne | 595 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals Wellington and sub-urban boroughs | 71,923 | 163 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 44 | |
| Population of other suburbs* | 969 | ||||||||
| Total population of Greater Wellington | 72,892 | ||||||||
| Christchurch | 54,948 | 116 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 42 | |
| Woolston | 3,657 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| New Brighton | 1,939 | 5 | |||||||
| Sumner | 1,948 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Spreydon | 3,520 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Riccarton | 3,010 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Totals Christchurch and sub-urban boroughs | 69,022 | 149 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 56 |
| Population of other suburbs* | 14,650 | ||||||||
| Total population of Greater Christchurch | 83,672 | ||||||||
| Dunedin | 48,859 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 53 | |
| Maori Hill | 2,276 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mornington | 4,891 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| St. Kilda | 4,435 | 19 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| West Harbour | 2,033 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Green Island | 1,976 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals Dunedin and suburban boroughs | 64,470 | 129 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 68 | |
| Population of other suburbs* | 2,511 | ||||||||
| Total population of Greater Dunedin | 66,981 |
- 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.
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.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1913, No 46
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 46
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🏥 Report on Vital Statistics of Principal Towns for May 1913
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