New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 28

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Mar. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 657

Vital Statistics of Metropolitan and Suburban Areas for 1918.

GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Metropolitan Areas and of the Nine Suburban Areas of the Dominion for the Year 1918:—

	Population, Census, 1916.	Total Births registered during 1918.	Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population.	DEATHS REGISTERED DURING 1918.
				MALES.			FEMALES.
				Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.
Auckland City .. ..	68,888	1,702	24·71	52	42	772	52	29	527	1,474	21·40
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	64,824	1,209	18·65	35	24	455	29	14	385	942	14·53
Total for Auckland Metropolitan Area	133,712	2,911	21·77	87	66	1,227	81	43	912	2,416	18·07
Wellington City .. ..	73,305	1,728	23·57	70	32	641	61	19	393	1,216	16·59
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	21,930	477	21·75	15	12	129	11	6	107	280	12·77
Total for Wellington Metropolitan Area	95,235	2,205	23·15	85	44	770	72	25	500	1,496	15·71
Christchurch City .. ..	55,860	1,137	20·35	31	14	463	28	17	405	958	17·15
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	36,873	738	20·01	24	11	242	16	13	171	477	12·94
Total for Christchurch Metropolitan Area	92,733	1,875	20·22	55	25	705	44	30	576	1,435	15·47
Dunedin City .. ..	55,256	1,023	18·51	21	13	426	31	11	404	906	16·40
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	13,460	261	19·39	6	5	94	1	4	97	207	15·38
Total for Dunedin Metropolitan Area	68,716	1,284	18·69	27	18	520	32	15	501	1,113	16·20
Gisborne Borough .. ..	9,654	283	29·31	11	5	55	6	3	45	125	12·95
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,006	62	20·63	1	..	7	2	..	3	13	4·32
Total for Gisborne Suburban Area	12,660	345	27·25	12	5	62	8	3	48	138	10·90
Napier Borough .. ..	12,704	306	24·09	16	5	108	9	4	82	224	17·63
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	2,427	63	25·96	1	1	15	2	..	11	30	12·36
Total for Napier Suburban Area	15,131	369	24·39	17	6	123	11	4	93	254	16·79
New Plymouth Borough ..	8,704	253	29·07	4	..	61	4	2	51	122	14·02
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,091	13	11·92	..	..	8	..	1	6	15	13·75
Total for New Plymouth Suburban Area	9,795	266	27·16	4	..	69	4	3	57	137	13·99
Wanganui Borough .. ..	14,380	321	22·32	14	5	109	7	3	80	218	15·16
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	5,137	138	26·86	4	2	31	5	..	16	58	11·29
Total for Wanganui Suburban Area	19,517	459	23·52	18	7	140	12	3	96	276	14·14
Palmerston North Borough ..	12,829	329	25·65	9	8	105	2	4	78	206	16·06
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,177	30	25·49	..	..	23	..	..	7	30	25·49
Total for Palmerston North Suburban Area	14,006	359	25·63	9	8	128	2	4	85	236	16·85
Nelson City .. ..	8,774	193	22·00	7	1	57	5	2	47	119	13·56
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,188	26	21·89	..	..	7	1	..	7	15	12·63
Total for Nelson Suburban Area	9,962	219	21·98	7	1	64	6	2	54	134	13·45
Greymouth Borough .. ..	4,863	96	19·74	3	2	45	3	2	32	87	17·89
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,510	63	17·95	1	1	10	4	..	12	28	7·98
Total for Grey Valley Boroughs Suburban Area	8,373	159	18·99	4	3	55	7	2	44	115	13·73
Timaru Borough .. ..	12,238	273	22·31	6	1	66	3	1	72	149	12·18
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,478	34	23·00	..	..	8	..	..	2	10	6·77
Total for Timaru Suburban Area	13,716	307	22·38	6	1	74	3	1	74	159	11·59
Invercargill Borough .. ..	14,154	389	27·48	11	8	156	12	11	124	322	22·75
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,708	90	24·27	3	1	19	..	3	13	39	10·52
Total for Invercargill Suburban Area	17,862	479	26·82	14	9	175	12	14	137	361	20·21
Grand Totals .. ..	511,418	11,237	21·97	345	193	4,112	294	149	3,177	8,270	16·17