New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 86

Page 2653

✨ Vital Statistics Report

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

Death-rates per 1,000 of Population.

Auckland City .. 0·77 0·68
" and seven suburban boroughs 0·85 0·68
Wellington City 0·41 0·58
" and four suburban boroughs 1·95 1·93
Christchurch City
" and five suburban boroughs
Dunedin City
" and three suburban boroughs

Including the suburbs, the rate at Dunedin is the highest, and at Christchurch the lowest.
Compared with July, 1914 and 1915, the results are—

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 1915.      1916.
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Auckland and suburbs 0·93 0·69 0·68
Wellington and suburbs 1·08 0·91 0·68
Christchurch and suburbs 1·00 0·75 0·58
Dunedin and suburbs 0·98 1·20 1·93

The total births in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs amounted to 526, against 660 in June—a decrease of 134. The deaths in July were 238—a decrease of 422 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males contributed 127, females 111. Thirty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 15·96 per cent. of the whole number; 30 of these were under one year of age.

There were 93 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards in the four chief cities and their suburban boroughs, as against 101 in June. The following table shows the classification:—

Age.	Auckland.		Wellington.		Christchurch.		Dunedin.		Total.
	Males.	Females.	Males	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
65	2	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	3	1
66	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	3	..
67	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
68	3	..	1	2	..	..	2	1	6	3
69	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	2	2
70	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..
71	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	2
72	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	1	3	1
73	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1
74	2	..	..	2	..	1	1	..	3	3
75	..	..	1	..	2	..	1	..	4	..
76	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	..	4	1
77	1	3	2	..	..	..	..	1	3	4
78	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	1
79	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	..	3	1
80	..	1	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	3
81	1	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	3	2
82	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1
83	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	1
84	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	1
85	1	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	3
86	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	3	1
87	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	3
88	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	2
95	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Totals ..	12	12	11	8	11	9	20	10	54	39

TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during July, 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	..	..	2
(b.) Other General Diseases.
20. Septicæmia .. .. ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
28. Phthisis .. .. ..	..	6	..	2	..	1	..	4	13
30. Tubercular Meningitis .. ..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1