New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 77

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✨ Vital Statistics

Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3117

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during September, 1913—continued.

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.
VIII.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
142. Gangrene	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
144. Abscess of Chest	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
IX.—DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION.
146. Mastoiditis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
X.—MALFORMATIONS.
150. Congenital Heart-disease	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	3
150. Spina Bifida	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
XI.—DISEASES OF INFANCY.
151. Marasmus, &c.	..	2	1	..	4	..	..	..	7
151A. Premature Birth	..	3	2	..	1	..	5	..	11
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senility	..	..	..	7	..	4	..	6	23
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
155. Suicide by Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
157. " Hanging	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
168. Accident—Asphyxiation	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
169. " Drowning	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
175. " Vehicles	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
185. " Fractured Skull	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
186. " Suffocation	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
189. Debility, Syncope	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
Totals	..	24	81	14	42	14	55	13	73

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 September, 1913.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1913.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1913.
			Males.			Females			Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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.	Total Deaths.
Thames	..	3,704	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Plymouth	..	7,545	32	..	..	2	..	3	5	0·66
Napier	..	10,883	18	1	3	5	..	4	13	1·19
Gisborne	..	9,230	39	2	..	11	2	..	15	1·63
Wanganui	..	13,295	33	1	..	6	3	4	14	1·05
Palmerston North	..	11,615	28	3	..	5	1	8	17	1·46
Masterton	..	5,548	17	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·18
Petone	..	6,966	19	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·14
Blenheim	..	4,010	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nelson	..	8,419	21	..	..	5	2	1	8	0·95
Greymouth	..	5,560	11	..	..	5	..	1	6	1·08
Hokitika	..	2,363	4	..	..	1	1	..	2	0·84
Lyttelton	..	4,151	10	..	..	1	..	3	4	0·96
Timaru	..	11,942	22	2	..	4	..	8	14	1·17
Oamaru	..	5,371	6	..	..	5	1	2	8	1·49
Invercargill	..	13,486	26	2	..	4	2	10	18	1·33
Invercargill South	..	1,523	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·66