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✨ Vital Statistics Report

1934
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

The inclusion of the suburban boroughs lowers the death-rate at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin, the Christchurch death-rate being unaffected.

Auckland City ..
and seven suburban boroughs
Wellington City
and four suburban boroughs
Christchurch City
and five suburban boroughs
Dunedin City
and three suburban boroughs

Death-rates per 1,000 of
Population.
0·97
0·83
0·92
0·85
0·66
0·66
1·09
1·05

Including the suburbs, the rate at Dunedin is the highest and at Christchurch the lowest.

Compared with May, 1915 and 1914, the results are—
1914.
1915.
1916.
Auckland and suburbs
0·69
0·92
0·83
Wellington and suburbs
0·63
0·91
0·85
Christchurch and suburbs
0·78
0·93
0·66
Dunedin and suburbs
0·89
0·90
1·05

The total births in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs amounted to 629, against 579 in April—an increase of 50. The deaths in May were 272—an increase of 16 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 152, females 120. Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 20·59 per cent. of the whole number; 42 of these were under one year of age.

There were 92 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as against 92 in April. The following table shows the classification:—

Age.	Auckland.		Wellington.		Christchurch.		Dunedin.		Total.
	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
65	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	2	1
66	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	2	1
67	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	1
68	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
69	1	1	..	..	2	..	1	1	4	2
70	1	..	2	..	..	1	2	..	5	1
71	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
72	1	1	..	1	..	1	1	2	2	5
73	1	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	4	1
74	..	..	1	..	1	..	2	1	4	1
75	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	1
76	2	3	..	..	2	..	1	1	5	4
77	1	1	2	..	..	1	..	..	3	2
78	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	2	2
79	..	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	2
80	1	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	5	..
81	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	3	..
82	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1
83	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1	3	2
84	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	3
85	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
86	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	3
88	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
89	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..
90	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
92	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
95	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Totals ..	13	12	9	6	16	7	16	13	54	38

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during May, 1916.

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.
I.—GENERAL DISEASES.
(a.) Epidemic Diseases.
7. Scarlet Fever ..	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
8. Whooping Cough	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2
9. Diphtheria ..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
18. Erysipelas ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
(b.) Other General Diseases.
28. Phthisis ..	..	10	..	3	..	2	..	1	16
29. Miliary Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
30. Tubercular Meningitis	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
31. Tubercular Enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2