New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 50

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✨ Vital Statistics

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during April, 1914—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.
X.—MALFORMATIONS.
150. Hydrocephalis Congenital ..	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1
150. Maldevelopment of Heart ..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
150. Congenital Goitre ..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2
150. Congenital Heart-disease ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1
150. Congenital Stenoses of Œsophagus	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
XI.—DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY.
151. Marasmus, &c. .. ..	2	..	1	..	2	..	..	..	5
151A. Premature Birth .. ..	4	..	3	..	4	..	6	..	17
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senile Decay .. ..	..	5	..	2	..	3	..	3	13
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
157. Suicide by Hanging ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
167. Accident—Burns ..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	2
169. " Drowned ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
175. " Crushed ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
184. Murdered by Strangulation ..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
185. Accident, Injuries on Dredge ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
186. " Overlain ..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
189. Cardiac Failure .. ..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	3
Totals .. ..	19	66	22	46	14	37	9	43	256

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 April, 1914.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1914.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1914.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1914.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1913.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Thames .. ..	3,727	9	..	..	5	..	1	..	1	0·27	8·61
Gisborne .. ..	9,609	61	2	1	4	2	..	3	13	1·35	15·50
New Plymouth ..	7,835	23	..	..	2	1	..	2	7	0·89	12·87
Napier .. ..	11,050	27	..	..	2	..	..	2	5	0·45	12·77
Wanganui .. ..	13,675	33	1	..	4	..	1	1	7	0·51	9·57
Palmerston North ..	11,971	28	..	..	1	1	..	5	7	0·59	9·92
Masterton .. ..	5,742	10	1	..	3	..	..	1	5	0·87	9·03
Petone .. ..	7,214	10	1	..	2	1	..	2	6	0·83	7·19
Blenheim .. ..	4,010	6	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·50	13·47
Nelson .. ..	8,505	21	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	0·47	15·24
Greymouth .. ..	5,684	16	2	1	6	..	..	4	13	2·29	18·85
Hokitika .. ..	2,363	6	..	..	1	2	..	..	3	1·27	13·97
Lyttelton .. ..	4,151	8	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·24	9·88
Timaru .. ..	12,575	30	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	0·24	9·70
Oamaru .. ..	5,478	8	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·37	11·80
Invercargill ..	14,353	35	..	..	1	3	..	4	8	0·56	8·91
Invercargill South ..	1,632	3	..	1	1	..	..	1	3	1·84	9·51