New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 69

Page 2801

✨ Vital Statistics



SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2801

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

Auckland City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·95
and seven suburban boroughs .. .. .. .. .. 70·9
Wellington City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·70
and four suburban boroughs .. .. .. .. .. 0·68
Christchurch City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·18
and five suburban boroughs .. .. .. .. .. 1·12
Dunedin City .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·72
and five suburban boroughs .. .. .. .. .. ·65

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

Compared with August, 1912, the results are,—

Auckland and suburbs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·89 0·79
Wellington and suburbs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·02 0·68
Christchurch and suburbs .. .. .. .. .. .. 1·04 1·12
Dunedin and suburbs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·76 0·65

The total births in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs amounted to 606, against 577 in July—an increase of 29. The deaths in August were 238—a decrease of 45 as compared with last month. Of the total deaths males contributed 140, females 98. Forty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 17·23 per cent. of the whole number; 32 of these were under one year of age.

There were 94 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as against 124 in July. The following table shows the classification :—

Age. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females.


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Towns for August 1913

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, August 1913, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Age classification