New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 2

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during December, 1915—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.
XI.—DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY.
151. Infantile Debility	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	4
151A. Premature Birth	6	..	3	..	3	..	4	..	16
152. Placenta Praevia	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senility	..	10	..	4	..	3	..	8	25
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
160. Suicide by Cutting-instrument	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
167. Scald	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
168. Anæsthetic	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
169. Found Drowned..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
172. Fall from Electric-tram Pole	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
172. Fall from Platform	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
175. Hit by Vehicle ..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
188. Cardiac Syncope	..	2	..	..	..	6	..	1	9
189. Heart-failure ..	..	2	..	..	..	4	..	..	6
Totals	30	78	14	51	8	50	10	50	291

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 December, 1915.

BOROUGHS	ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1915.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1915.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1915.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1914.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Thames	..	..	3,761	4	..	..	1	..	1	2	3	0·80
Gisborne	..	..	9,859	22	..	..	1	..	1	1	7	0·71
Napier	..	..	11,125	30	..	1	5	1	1	1	9	0·81
New Plymouth	..	..	7,625	33	1	..	2	1	1	3	7	0·92
Wanganui	..	..	13,955	31	..	..	1	2	1	3	7	0·50
Palmerston North	..	..	12,206	23	3	..	3	1	1	7	14	1·15
Masterton	..	..	5,690	17	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	0·53
Petone	..	..	7,107	17	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	0·42
Blenheim	..	..	3,885	7	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·79
Nelson	..	..	8,565	32	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·11
Greymouth	..	..	5,663	11	..	1	2	..	..	3	6	1·06
Hokitika	..	..	2,298	10	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·88
Lyttelton*	..	..	4,396	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Timaru	..	..	13,123	20	..	..	3	..	..	4	7	0·53
Oamaru	..	..	5,560	11	1	..	2	1	..	..	4	0·72
Invercargill	..	..	14,592	22	1	1	3	..	..	3	8	0·55
Invercargill South	..	..	1,727	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	1·15