Vital Statistics Report




3254 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 116

Vital Statistics.

GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand for the Month of September, 1916:—

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, 1916.

BOROUGHS. Estimated Population 1st January, 1916. Total Births in September, 1916. Deaths: Males: Under 1 Year. Deaths: Males: 1 & under 5 Years. Deaths: Males: 5 Years and over. Deaths: Females: Under 1 Year. Deaths: Females: 1 & under 5 Years. Deaths: Females: 5 Years and over. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Sept., 1916. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1915.
Auckland 68,820 120 7 4 34 6 2 26 79 1.15 9.99
Newmarket 2,819 9 2 .. 2 .. .. 2 6 2.13 6.71
Mount Eden 12,010 17 1 .. 4 .. .. 3 8 0.67 8.23
Mount Albert 9,510 22 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0.32 6.98
Birkenhead 2,282 5 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0.44 14.22
Northcote 1,791 3 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 1.12 6.14
Devonport 7,863 11 1 .. 4 1 .. .. 6 0.76 6.49
Takapuna 3,023 4 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0.33 4.96
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs 108,118 191 12 5 46 7 2 34 106 0.98 9.05
Population of other suburbs* 11,218
Total population of Greater Auckland 119,336
Wellington 67,230 129 6 4 20 2 2 33 67 1.00 10.02
Onslow 2,006 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0.50 5.48
Karori 1,620 5 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0.62 8.64
Miramar 1,851 5 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0.54 7.73
Eastbourne 1,060 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.08
Totals Wellington and suburban boroughs 73,767 143 6 4 22 2 2 34 70 0.95 9.71
Population of other suburbs* 1,318
Total population of Greater Wellington 75,085
Christchurch 59,115 103 3 .. 23 3 .. 15 44 0.74 9.58
Woolston 3,857 4 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 3 0.78 7.29
New Brighton 2,153 2 .. .. 2 1 .. .. 3 1.39 2.81
Sumner 2,179 6 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 0.92 5.53
Spreydon 4,035 8 .. .. 1 .. 2 1 4 0.99 7.93
Riccarton 3,121 .. .. .. 3 1 .. .. 4 1.28 8.33
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs 74,465 123 4 .. 30 5 3 18 60 0.81 9.01
Population of other suburbs* 14,333
Total population of Greater Christchurch 88,798
Dunedin 57,591 98 4 2 29 7 .. 26 68 1.18 11.58
West Harbour 1,766 2 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0.57 10.70
St. Kilda 5,528 11 1 .. 3 .. 1 1 6 1.09 7.69
Green Island 1,981 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14.03
Totals Dunedin and suburban boroughs 66,866 114 5 2 32 8 1 27 75 1.12 11.03
Population of other suburbs* 1,481
Total population of Greater Dunedin 68,347

* 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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