New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 77

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✨ Vital Statistics and Births

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during June, 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.
VII.—PUERPERAL STATE.
135. Puerperal Hæmorrhage ..	..	..	..	1	..
136. Obstructed Labour ..	..	..	..	..	..
138. Puerperal Eclampsia ..	..	..	..	..	..
VIII.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
144. Cellulitis ..	..	..	..	..	..
X.—MALFORMATIONS.
150. Congenital Heart-disease..	..	1	1	3	..
150. Spina Bifida ..	..	1	..	..	..
XI.—DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY.
151. Congenital Debility, &c. ..	..	4	..	..	..
151A. Prematurity ..	..	2	..	5	..
152. Atelectasis ..	..	..	..	..	..
152. Cerebral Injuries at Birth ..	..	..	..	1	..
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senility ..	..	..	5	..	2
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
155. Suicide by Poisoning ..	..	..	..	..	1
157. " Hanging ..	..	..	..	..	..
160. " Cutting-instruments ..	..	..	..	..	..
165. Poisoning (Methylated Spirits) ..	..	..	..	..	1
168. Accidental Suffocation ..	..	..	..	..	..
169. Found Drowned ..	..	..	..	..	..
172. Accidental Fall ..	..	..	1	..	..
174. Accident—Blow from Derrick ..	..	..	1	..	..
175. " Run over by Vehicle ..	..	..	..	..	2
175. " Collision of Vehicles ..	..	..	..	..	..
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
185. Fractured Bone..	..	..	..	..	..
186. Accident undefined ..	..	..	1	..	..
189. Cardiac Failure..	..	..	1	..	1
189. Not stated ..	..	..	1	..	..
Totals ..	..	13	61	17	54

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 June, 1916.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1916.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1916.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 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	5	..	..	1	..	3	4	1·23	7·40
Gisborne ..	..	10,096	33	2	..	1	..	2	5	0·50	11·91
Napier ..	..	12,230	21	..	4	..	1	4	9	0·74	8·48
New Plymouth ..	..	7,625	27	..	1	1	..	4	6	0·79	11·28
Wanganui ..	..	13,955	25	2	..	7	1	3	13	0·93	8·24
Palmerston North ..	..	12,206	29	..	5	1	..	3	9	0·74	8·85
Masterton ..	..	5,560	16	1	..	3	..	2	6	1·08	9·44
Petone ..	..	7,107	20	1	..	1	..	..	2	0·28	9·29
Blenheim ..	..	3,925	14	..	2	1	..	2	5	1·28	12·04
Nelson ..	..	8,565	19	1	..	3	..	6	10	1·17	10·51
Greymouth* ..	..	5,612	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·00
Hokitika* ..	..	2,238	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·38
Lyttelton* ..	..	4,396	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·51
Timaru ..	..	13,175	34	2	..	5	3	6	16	1·21	10·72
Oamaru ..	..	5,501	10	..	..	4	..	4	8	1·45	10·49
Invercargill ..	..	15,110	30	..	1	4	..	6	11	0·73	9·16
Invercargill South ..	..	1,777	2	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·56	7·99