New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 77

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

The inclusion of the suburban boroughs lowers the death-rate at all four centres.

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.
0·78
0·68
1·01
0·96
1·15
1·14
0·95
0·91

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

Compared with June, 1914 and 1915, the results are—

1914
1915.
1916.
Auckland and suburbs
0·82
0·58
0·68
Wellington and suburbs
0·78
0 86
0 96
Christchurch and suburbs
0·90
0·78
1·14
Dunedin and suburbs
0 88
0 86
0 91

The total births in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs amounted to 660, against 629 in May—an increase of 31. The deaths in June were 291—an increase of 19 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 168, females 123. Fifty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 17·87 per cent. of the whole number; 40 of these were under one year of age.

There were 101 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as against 92 in May. 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	..	2	..
66	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	4
67	..	2	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	4
68	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..
69	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	2	1
70	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	2	1
71	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	1
72	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
73	2	..	2	..	2	..	..	1	6	1
74	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	3	..
75	4	..	..	..	..	4	3	1	4	5
76	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	3	3
77	3	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	5	2
78	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	2
79	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	1
80	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	2	1	3
81	..	..	..	1	2	..	1	1	3	2
82	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	2	..
83	1	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	3	2
84	..	..	1	..	1	..	3	..	5	..
85	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	2
86	2	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	1
87	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1
88	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
89	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
90	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..
91	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
92	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
93	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
94	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
95	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
96	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
97	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Totals ..	19	8	8	6	16	13	17	14	60	41

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during June, 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.
6. Measles	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
7. Scarlet Fever	..	..	1	..	1	2	..	..	4
8. Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
9. Diphtheria	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	4
10. Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
14. Acute Dysentery	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1