New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 11

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during December, 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 and over.	Under 5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years and over.
VII.—PUERPERAL STATE. 139. Embolism following Confinement..	..	1	..	..	..
VIII.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE. 142. Gangrene of Foot	..	..	..	..	1
145. Intertrigo	..	..	..	..	..
X.—MALFORMATIONS. 150. Congenital Hydrocephalus	..	..	1	..	..
XI.—DISEASES OF EARLY INFANCY. 151. Marasmus, &c.	..	4	..	1	..
151A. Premature Birth	..	5	..	2	..
XII.—OLD AGE. 154. Senility	..	..	..	..	7
XIII.—VIOLENCE. 155. Suicide by Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..
158. Drowning	..	..	..	..	..
160. Cutting or Piercing Instruments	..	..	..	..	..
165. Accident—Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..
168. Anaesthetic	..	..	..	..	..
169. Drowning	..	..	..	..	1
172. Fall	..	..	..	..	2
175. Vehicles, &c.	..	..	..	..	1
179. Effects of Heat	..	1	..	..	..
184. Homicide by Strangulation	..	..	..	..	..
186. Injuries to Head	..	..	..	..	..
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED. 189. Heart-failure	..	..	1	..	..
Totals	..	..	..	21	75

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, 1916.

Boroughs.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1916.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS, DECEMBER, 1916.	Males.	Females.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 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	10	..	..	3	..
Gisborne	..	10,096	32	..	1	5	3
Napier	..	12,230	22	..	..	1	6
New Plymouth	..	7,625	22	..	..	..	6
Wanganui	..	13,955	25	..	3	..	4
Palmerston North	..	12,206	29	..	5	..	3
Masterton	..	5,560	9	..	..	..	1
Petone	..	7,107	21	..	..	..	1
Blenheim	..	3,925	8	..	..	1	..
Nelson	..	8,565	15	..	..	1	4
Greymouth	..	5,612	9	..	1	..	..
Hokitika	..	2,288	4	..	1	..	4
Lyttelton	..	4,396	12	..	..	2	..
Timaru	..	13,175	30	..	..	..	6
Oamaru	..	5,501	14	..	..	2	..
Invercargill	..	15,110	32	..	..	2	..
Invercargill South	..	1,777	1	..	..	..	..