New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 66

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✨ Vital Statistics Tables

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

The inclusion of the suburban boroughs tends to lower the rate at Wellington and Dunedin, but raises it at Auckland.

Death-rates per 1,000 of Population.

Auckland City ..
and seven suburban boroughs
Wellington City
and four suburban boroughs
Christchurch City
and five suburban boroughs
Dunedin City
and five suburban boroughs

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

Compared with July, 1912, the results are,—

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

The total births in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs amounted to 577, against 570 in June—an increase of 7. The deaths in July were 263—an increase of 41 as compared with last month. Of the total deaths, males contributed 141, females 142. Fifty-seven of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 20·14 per cent. of the whole number; 40 of these were under one year of age.

There were 124 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as against 92 in June. The following table shows the classification:—

Age.	Auckland.		Wellington.		Christchurch.		Dunedin.		Total.
	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
65	1	1	1	..	1	..	3	1	6	2
66	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	2
67	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	..
68	1	1	..	1	2	..	1	..	4	2
69	..	1	..	1	1	2	1	..	2	4
70	..	3	1	..	1	..	1	1	3	4
71	4	1	1	1	..	2	..	4	5	8
72	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	4	6
73	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	2	1	4
74	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	3	..
75	1	1	..	1	3	..	2	..	6	2
76	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	5
77	..	1	1	..	1	..	1	..	3	1
78	..	1	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	3
79	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	2	2
80	..	2	1	1	1	1	4	1	6	5
81	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1
82	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	4
83	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	1
84	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	1
85	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	3
86	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	3
87	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
88	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	1
89	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
90	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..
95	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
96	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Totals ..	10	23	8	9	16	18	21	19	55	69

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during July, 1913.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		TOTAL.
	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
I.—GENERAL DISEASES.
(a.) Epidemic Diseases.
6. Measles	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	4
8. Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
9. Diphtheria	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
10. Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
(b.) Other General Diseases.
20. Septicæmia	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
28. Phthisis	..	..	..	1	..	4	..	2	7
28. Tuberculosis	..	..	1	1	..	2	..	1	6
28. Tuberculous Laryngitis	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
30. Tubercular Meningitis	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	3
40. Cancer of Liver, Stomach, &c.	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	2	8