New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 4

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons in the Urban Areas registered during the Year 1924—continued.

Causes of Death	Auckland Urban Area.		Wellington Urban Area.		Christchurch Urban Area.		Dunedin Urban Area.		Others.		Total.
	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and Over.	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and Over.	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and Over	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and Over.	Under 1 Year	1 Year and over.
XIV. EXTERNAL CAUSES.
165. Suicide by Solid or Liquid Poisons (corrosive substances excepted)	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
166. Corrosive Substances ..	..	5	..	2	..	1	..	2	..	2	12
167. Poisonous Gas ..	..	13	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	6	21
168. Hanging or Strangulation	..	2	..	..	..	5	..	1	..	5	13
169. Drowning ..	..	2	..	2	..	3	..	..	..	..	7
170. Firearms ..	..	3	..	2	..	2	..	1	..	2	10
171. Cutting or Piercing Instruments	..	5	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	4	10
172. Jumping from High Places	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
177. Acute Accidental Poisonings ..	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
179. Accidental Burns and Scalds ..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	2	1	7	13
180. Mechanical Suffocation	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	3
181. Absorption of Irrespirable or Poisonous Gas	..	1	..	2	..	4	..	1	..	2	10
182. Drowning ..	..	13	..	8	..	7	..	5	..	15	48
Accidental Traumatism—
183. By Firearms ..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	3
185. By Fall ..	..	13	..	5	..	1	..	4	..	6	29
186. In Mines or Quarries	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	4
187. By Machines ..	..	4	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	7
188. On Railways ..	..	5	..	2	..	5	..	..	..	6	18
188. On Tramways ..	..	2	..	..	..	4	..	2	..	1	9
188. By Motor-vehicles ..	..	17	..	8	..	7	..	7	..	13	52
188. By Horse - drawn Vehicles	..	2	..	..	..	3	..	1	..	1	7
188. Other Crushing ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	4
189. Injuries by Animals ..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	1	5
192. Starvation ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
193 Excessive Cold ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
194. Excessive Heat ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
196 Electric Shock ..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	3
Homicide—
198. By Cutting or Piercing Instruments	..	4	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
By Strangulation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
201. Fractures (cause not specified) ..	..	5	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	8	15
202. Other External Injuries (cause specified)	..	3	..	2	..	..	1	..	..	4	10
203. Other External Injuries (cause not specified)	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2
Totals ..	..	107	1	43	2	53	1	30	2	91	330
XV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
204. Sudden Death ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
205. Ill-defined or not specified	..	1	6	..	2	1	1	3	..	8	22
Totals ..	..	1	6	..	3	1	..	3	..	8	23
Grand totals ..	..	157	1,459	81	836	106	917	43	699	183	1,257

VITAL STATISTICS OF URBAN AREAS, 1920-24.

Urban Areas.	Number of Births.					Rate per 1,000 of Mean Population.
	1920.	1921.	1922.	1923.	1924.	1920.	1921.	1922.	1923.	1924.
Auckland ..	3,260	3,178	3,162	3,205	3,387	22·17	20·15	19·23	19·10	19·58
Wellington ..	2,402	2,249	2,353	2,155	2,155	23·64	20·92	21·26	19·23	18·82
Christchurch ..	2,357	2,144	2,173	2,132	2,186	22·44	20·29	19·73	18·80	18·95
Dunedin ..	1,602	1,472	1,374	1,336	1,307	21·72	20·37	18·70	17·80	17·25
Hamilton ..	*	*	384	4·2	443	*	*	25·69	26·84	27·48
Gisborne ..	349	369	358	343	338	23·82	25·54	23·99	22·69	22·00
Napier ..	452	372	351	348	388	27·22	21·64	19·86	19·47	21·31
Hastings ..	*	*	353	279	298	*	*	26·09	20·32	21·23
New Plymouth ..	390	320	339	312	362	35·27	25·31	25·09	22·40	25·12
Wanganui ..	600	586	528	527	522	27·02	24·91	21·85	21·55	20·89
Palmerston North ..	402	405	403	385	358	26·25	23·99	23·02	21·62	19·55
Nelson ..	225	224	216	242	206	21·47	21·07	19·85	21·53	18·07
Timaru ..	348	328	348	289	280	23·16	21·15	21·70	17·57	16·76
Invercargill ..	477	414	473	455	469	24·97	21·55	24·14	22·55	22·85
Totals ..	12,864†	12,061†	12,815	12,420	12,699	23·31†	21·04†	20·62	19·58	19·58