New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 116

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during September, 1916—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.
IX.—DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION.
146. Osteomyelitis .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
X.—MALFORMATIONS.
150. Congenital Malformation of Heart	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
150. Congenital Defect of Air Passage..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
150. Encephalocele .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
XI.—DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY.
151. Marasmus, &c. .. .. ..	4	..	2	..	2	..	3	..	11
151A. Premature Birth .. .. ..	6	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	9
152. Difficult Labour, injuries during birth	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2
152. Atelectasis .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senility .. .. ..	..	6	..	6	..	4	..	8	24
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
155. Suicide by Poison .. .. ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
157. " Hanging .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
160. " Cutting Throat .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
165. Accident—Poisoning .. .. ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
167. " Burns .. .. ..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
169. " Drowning .. .. ..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
175. " Collisions with Vehicles	..	1	..	2	..	..	..	1	4
186. " Ill-defined .. .. ..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED.
188. Syncope .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
189. Ill-defined or not stated ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
Totals .. .. ..	26	80	14	56	12	48	16	59	311

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 BOROUGHS, SEPTEMBER, 1916.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1916.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1916.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1915.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Thames .. .. ..	4,075	10	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·49	7·40
Gisborne .. .. ..	10,096	84	..	1	4	1	1	5	11	1·09	11·91
Napier .. .. ..	12,230	28	1	..	5	..	1	3	10	0·82	8·48
New Plymouth .. ..	7,625	23	1	..	4	1	..	3	9	1·18	11·28
Wanganui .. .. ..	13,955	38	1	..	5	..	..	7	13	0·93	8·24
Palmerston North ..	12,206	80	1	..	5	1	..	4	11	0·90	8·85
Masterton .. .. ..	5,560	10	2	2	2	1	..	2	9	1·62	9·44
Petone .. .. ..	7,107	16	2	..	..	..	..	1	3	0·42	9·29
Blenheim* .. .. ..	3,925	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·04
Nelson .. .. ..	8,565	20	..	..	6	..	..	3	9	1·05	10·51
Greymouth* .. .. ..	5,612	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·00
Hokitika .. .. ..	2,238	9	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·45	9·38
Lyttelton* .. .. ..	4,396	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·51
Timaru .. .. ..	13,175	31	1	..	7	1	..	4	13	0·99	10·72
Oamaru .. .. ..	5,501	9	..	..	5	..	..	4	9	1·64	10·49
Invercargill .. .. ..	15,110	28	..	..	7	1	..	2	10	0·66	9·16
Invercargill South ..	1,777	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·56	7·99