New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 122

Page 4087

✨ Vital Statistics Report

Nov. 19.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

Auckland City ..
and seven suburban boroughs
Wellington City
and four suburban boroughs
Christchurch City
and five suburban boroughs
Dunedin City.
and five suburban boroughs
Inculding the suburbs, the rate at Christchurch is the highest and at Auckland and Dunedin the lowest.

Compared with October, 1913, 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 678, against 572 in September
—an increase of 106. The deaths in October were 268—a decrease of 1 as compared with the previous month. Of the total
deaths males contributed 149, females 119. Forty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
15'30 per cent. of the whole number; 29 of these were under one year of age.
There were 116 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as
against 97 in September. The following table shows the classification:-

Age.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
65	..	..	1	..	1	.	2	..	3	1
66	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	3
67	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	1
68	..	2	1	2	2	1	..	..	3	5
69	..	2	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	4
70	1	..	1	1	..	1	2	..	4	2
71	1	2	1	..	1	1	..	..	3	3
72	..	..	3	..	2	..	2	1	7	1
73	2	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	4	2
74	2	..	..	2	3	..	1	..	6	2
75	2	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	2	3
76	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1
77	1	1	2	1	..	..	..	..	3	2
78	1	1	..	..	1	1	2	2	4	4
79	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	2	1
80	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
81	..	1	1	..	..	2	..	..	1	3
82	2	..	1	..	3	..	..	..	6	..
83	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1
84	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..
85	..	..	1	..	..	4	..	..	1	5
86	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
87	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	2
88	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
89	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	1
90	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
93	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Totals ..	17	15	14	14	17	15	13	11	61	55

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during October, 1914.

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.
1.-GENERAL DISEASES.
(a.) Epidemic Diseases.
6. Measles	..	..	..	1	..
7. Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..
9. Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..
9A. Croup..	..	..	..	..	..
10. Influenza	..	..	..	1	1
18. Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..
(b.) Other General Diseases.
20 Septicaemia	..	..	..	..	..
28. Phthisis	..	..	..	..	3
28. Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..