New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 128

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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 October, 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.
VIII.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
142. Senile Gangrene	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
IX.—DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION.
146. Abscess of Lower Jaw	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
X.—MALFORMATIONS.
150. Congenital Hepatic Lesion	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
150. Spina Bifida	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	2
XI.—DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY.
151. Marasmus, &c.	..	..	2	..	1	..	2	..	5
151A. Premature Birth	..	4	1	..	..	..	4	..	9
152. Hæmorrhage	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senility	..	..	..	10	..	8	..	4	23
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
157. Suicide by Strangulation	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
159. " Firearms	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
160. " Cutting-instruments	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	3
167. Accident—Scalds	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
168. " Suffocated	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	3
169. Accidentally Drowned	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
172. Accident—Fall ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
175. " Crushing, &c...	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	3
184. Homicide	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
185. Fractures	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED.
189. Ill-defined or not stated ..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	3
Totals	..	15	79	13	51	18	55	11	44

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 October, 1916.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1916.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS, OCTOBER, 1916.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1916.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 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	9	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·49	7·40
Gisborne	..	10,096	25	..	1	6	2	..	1	10	0·99	11·91
Napier	..	12,230	40	..	1	5	..	..	2	8	0·65	8·48
New Plymouth	..	7,625	25	3	..	2	..	..	2	7	0·92	11·28
Wanganui	..	13,955	27	..	1	6	..	..	3	10	0·72	8·24
Palmerston North	..	12,206	32	1	..	4	..	..	8	13	1·07	8·85
Masterton	..	5,560	14	1	..	4	1	..	3	9	1·62	9·44
Petone	..	7,107	8	..	..	4	1	1	4	10	1·41	9·29
Blenheim	..	3,925	11	..	1	3	1	..	1	6	1·53	12·04
Nelson	..	8,565	30	1	..	7	..	..	..	8	0·93	10·51
Greymouth*	..	5,612	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·00
Hokitika	..	2,238	8	1	..	4	..	..	..	5	2·23	9·38
Lyttelton*	..	4,396	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·51
Timaru*	..	13,175	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10·72
Oamaru	..	5,501	13	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·55	10·49
Invercargill	..	15,110	43	6	..	8	..	..	11	25	1·65	9·16
Invercargill South	..	1,777	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·56	7·99