New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 10

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 359

Vital Statistics of Metropolitan and Suburban Areas for 1919.

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 1919:—

	Population, Census, 1916.	Total Births registered during 1919.	Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population.	DEATHS REGISTERED DURING 1919.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in 1919.
				MALES.			FEMALES.			Total Deaths.
				Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland City .. ..	68,888	1,385	20·11	42	12	410	32	16	304	816	11·85
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	64,824	1,218	18·79	32	11	305	22	10	232	612	9·44
Total for Auckland Metropolitan Area	133,712	2,603	19·47	74	23	715	54	26	536	1,428	10·68
Wellington City .. ..	75,496	1,521	20·15	51	14	425	39	14	325	868	11·50
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	19,739	491	24·87	17	4	69	13	6	84	193	9·78
Total for Wellington Metropolitan Area	95,235	2,012	21·13	68	18	494	52	20	409	1,061	11·14
Christchurch City .. ..	55,860	1,114	19·94	39	12	291	17	7	278	644	11·53
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	36,873	721	19·55	18	4	140	21	5	167	355	9·63
Total for Christchurch Metropolitan Area	92,733	1,835	19·79	57	16	431	38	12	445	999	10·77
Dunedin City .. ..	55,256	949	17·17	27	15	283	20	19	292	656	11·87
Remainder of Metropolitan Area	13,460	284	21·10	6	3	67	3	1	42	122	9·06
Total for Dunedin Metropolitan Area	68,716	1,233	17·94	33	18	350	23	20	334	778	11·32
Gisborne Borough .. ..	9,651	264	27·35	8	3	40	7	3	38	99	10·25
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,006	66	21·96	2	..	5	2	..	6	15	4·99
Total for Gisborne Suburban Area	12,660	330	26·07	10	3	45	9	3	44	114	9·00
Napier Borough .. ..	12,704	305	24·01	6	1	67	5	2	38	119	9·37
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	2,427	62	25·55	1	2	28	..	1	10	42	17·31
Total for Napier Suburban Area	15,131	367	24·25	7	3	95	5	3	48	161	10·64
New Plymouth Borough ..	8,704	235	27·00	7	2	39	3	1	26	78	8·96
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,091	30	27·50	..	..	4	..	1	1	6	5·50
Total for New Plymouth Suburban Area	9,795	265	27·05	7	2	43	3	2	27	84	8·58
Wanganui Borough .. ..	14,380	349	24·27	16	5	74	12	5	53	165	11·47
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	5,137	132	25·70	5	1	16	4	1	21	48	9·34
Total for Wanganui Suburban Area	19,517	481	24·65	21	6	90	16	6	74	213	10·91
Palmerston North Borough ..	12,829	302	23·54	10	3	56	6	2	54	131	10·21
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,177	25	21·24	..	1	12	..	..	4	17	14·44
Total for Palmerston North Suburban Area	14,006	327	23·35	10	4	68	6	2	58	148	10·57
Nelson City .. ..	8,774	192	21·88	7	..	39	2	2	38	88	10·03
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,188	22	18·52	..	..	6	..	..	1	7	5·89
Total for Nelson Suburban Area	9,962	214	21·48	7	..	45	2	2	39	95	9·54
Greymouth Borough .. ..	4,863	96	19·74	1	1	39	4	1	21	67	13·78
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,510	78	22·22	..	1	21	1	..	7	30	8·55
Total for Grey Valley Boroughs Suburban Area	8,373	174	20·78	1	2	60	5	1	28	97	11·58
Timaru Borough .. ..	12,238	264	21·57	4	4	47	4	4	49	112	9·15
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	1,478	26	17·59	1	1	8	1	..	2	13	8·80
Total for Timaru Suburban Area	13,716	290	21·14	5	5	55	5	4	51	125	9·11
Invercargill Borough .. ..	14,154	326	23·03	6	4	68	4	3	71	156	11·02
Remainder of Suburban Area ..	3,708	44	11·86	1	1	11	..	..	4	17	4·58
Total for Invercargill Suburban Area	17,862	370	20·71	7	5	79	4	3	75	173	9·68
Grand Totals .. ..	511,418	10,501	20·53	307	105	2,570	223	104	2,168	5,476	10·71