New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 2

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✨ Vital Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Deaths.

Urban Areas. Number of Deaths. Rate per 1,000 of Mean Population.
1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923.
Auckland .. .. 1,428 1,636 1,504 1,591 1,554 10·68 11·13 9·53 9·67 9·26
Wellington .. .. 1,061 1,081 967 966 962 11·14 10·64 9·00 8·73 8·58
Christchurch .. .. 999 1,242 1,014 1,063 1,158 10·77 11·83 9·60 9·65 10·21
Dunedin .. .. 778 910 742 784 857 11·32 12·34 10·27 10·67 11·42
Hamilton .. .. * * * 126 125 * * * 8·43 8·14
Gisborne .. .. 114 118 113 110 117 9·00 8·05 7·82 7·37 7·74
Napier .. .. 161 210 167 159 186 10·64 12·65 9·72 9·00 10·41
Hastings .. .. * * * 71 95 * * * 5·25 6·92
New Plymouth .. .. 84 124 127 126 134 8·58 11·21 10·04 9·33 9·62
Wanganui .. .. 213 222 178 193 221 10·91 10·00 7·57 7·99 9·04
Palmerston North .. .. 148 152 136 128 158 10·57 9·92 8·05 7·31 8·97
Nelson .. .. 95 131 105 117 137 9·54 12·50 9·88 10·75 12·27
Timaru .. .. 125 145 139 167 153 9·11 9·65 8·96 10·41 9·30
Invercargill .. .. 173 190 158 154 212 9·68 9·95 8·22 7·86 10·51
Totals .. .. 5,379† 6,161† 5,350† 5,755 6,069 10·69† 11·16† 9·33† 9·26 9·57

Infantile Mortality—Deaths under One Year of Age.

Urban Areas. Number of Deaths under One Year of Age. Rate per 1,000 Births:
1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923.
Auckland .. .. 128 158 173 138 141 49·17 48·47 54·44 43·64 43·99
Wellington .. .. 120 177 137 116 101 59·64 73·69 60·92 49·30 46·87
Christchurch .. .. 95 168 115 118 141 51·77 71·28 53·64 54·30 66·14
Dunedin .. .. 56 95 69 55 58 45·42 59·30 4·88 40·03 43·41
Hamilton .. .. * * * 25 18 * * * 65·82 43·69
Gisborne .. .. 19 20 33 24 15 57·58 57·31 89·43 67·04 43·73
Napier .. .. 12 42 35 18 16 32·70 92·92 94·09 51·28 45·98
Hastings .. .. * * * 13 16 * * * 36·83 57·35
New Plymouth .. .. 10 12 12 18 12 37·74 30·77 37·50 53·10 38·46
Wanganui .. .. 37 39 32 23 36 76·92 65·00 87·71 43·56 68·31
Palmerston North .. .. 16 19 29 18 28 48·93 47·26 71·60 44·67 72·73
Nelson .. .. 9 10 8 9 7 42·06 44·44 35·71 41·71 28·93
Timaru .. .. 10 13 16 12 18 34·48 37·36 43·78 34·48 62·28
Invercargill .. .. 11 19 22 12 16 29·73 39·83 53·14 32·17 35·16
Totals .. .. 523† 772† 681† 599 623 50·64† 60·01† 56·46† 46·74 50·16

Infantile Mortality—Deaths under Five Years of Age.

Urban Areas. Number of Deaths under Five Years of Age. Percentage of Total Deaths.
1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923.
Auckland .. .. 177 234 238 193 186 12·39 14·30 15·82 12·13 11·97
Wellington .. .. 158 240 177 152 134 14·90 22·20 18·30 15·73 13·93
Christchurch .. .. 123 222 146 142 166 12·31 17·87 14·40 13·36 14·34
Dunedin .. .. 94 134 89 74 73 12·08 14·73 11·99 9·44 8·52
Hamilton .. .. * * * 34 28 * * * 26·98 22·40
Gisborne .. .. 25 27 43 28 21 21·93 22·88 38·05 25·45 17·95
Napier .. .. 18 52 41 20 23 11·18 24·76 24·55 12·58 12·37
Hastings .. .. * * * 16 21 * * * 22·54 22·11
New Plymouth .. .. 14 16 18 22 18 16·67 12·90 14·17 17·46 13·43
Wanganui .. .. 49 46 41 32 44 23·00 20·72 23·03 16·58 19·91
Palmerston North .. .. 22 25 31 24 32 14·86 16·45 22·79 18·75 20·25
Nelson .. .. 11 15 12 9 10 11·58 11·45 11·43 7·69 7·30
Timaru .. .. 19 24 20 15 22 15·20 16·55 14·39 8·98 14·38
Invercargill .. .. 19 32 24 15 22 10·98 16·84 15·19 9·74 10·38
Totals .. .. 729† 1,067† 880† 776 800 13·55† 17·32† 16·45† 13·48 13·18
  • Not available. † Excluding Hamilton and Hastings urban areas.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th January, 1924.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.



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🏥 Vital Statistics of Urban Areas 1919–23 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
14 January 1924
Vital Statistics, Deaths, Infantile Mortality, Urban Areas
  • MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician