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✨ Vital Statistics Report

JUNE 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2089

Vital Statistics.

GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 1915:

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 May, 1915.

DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1915.

Boroughs.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1915.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	Males.	Females	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1915.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1914.
Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland ...	65,005	136	8	2	26	3	..
Newmarket ...	2,842	3	..	..	1	1	..
Mount Eden ...	11,802	30	..	..	7	..	..
Mount Albert ...	9,105	21	1	1	3	..	..
Birkenhead ...	2,219	5	1	..	2	..	..
Northcote ...	1,791	3	..	..	2	..	..
Devonport ...	7,863	14	1	..	1	..	..
Takapuna ...	3,023	4	..	..	..	..	..
Totals: Auckland and sub-urban boroughs	103,650	216	11	3	42	5	..
Population of other suburbs*	14,143
Total population of Greater Auckland	117,793
Wellington ...	67,446	149	3	..	31	5	2
Onslow ...	2,006	5	..	..	..	..	..
Karori ...	1,620	5	..	..	1	..	..
Miramar ...	1,771	4	..	..	1	..	..
Eastbourne ...	650	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals: Wellington and sub-urban boroughs	73,493	163	3	..	33	5	2
Population of other suburbs*	1,318
Total population of Greater Wellington	74,811
Christchurch ...	58,169	121	3	..	24	1	1
Woolston ...	3,820	10	..	..	..	..	1
New Brighton ...	2,119	5	..	..	..	..	..
Sumner ...	2,159	7	..	..	..	..	..
Spreydon ...	4,035	4	1	..	1	..	..
Riccarton ...	3,121	6	..	1	1	..	..
Totals: Christchurch and sub-urban boroughs	73,423	153	4	1	26	2	2
Population of other suburbs*	14,333
Total population of Greater Christchurch	87,756
Dunedin ...	49,446	70	..	2	20	..	1
West Harbour ...	1,975	6	..	..	..	..	..
Maori Hill ...	2,347	2	..	..	..	..	..
Mornington ...	5,374	3	..	1	3	..	..
St. Kilda ...	5,398	17	..	1	2	..	..
Green Island ...	2,011	6	..	..	3	..	..
Totals: Dunedin and suburban boroughs	66,551	104	..	4	28	..	1
Population of other suburbs*	2,607
Total population of Greater Dunedin	69,158

These remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. Closely correct annual statements of population outside boroughs are not obtainable

In the above table are given the deaths and death-rates for each of the four cities, for the suburban boroughs severally, and for each city with its suburban towns.

Deaths occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated, have been allotted in each case to the borough where the disease was contracted, and not to that in which the death actually took place.

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