New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 6

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✨ Vital Statistics of Urban Areas

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URBAN AREAS.—BIRTHS, 1927–31.

Urban Area.	Number of Births.					Rate per 1,000 of Mean Population.
	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.
Auckland .. ..	3,557	3,396	3,240	3,023	3,116	17.67	16.52	15.53	14.25	14.44
Wellington .. ..	2,343	2,461	2,491	2,642	2,545	18.55	18.98	18.68	19.14	17.85
Christchurch .. ..	2,146	2,155	2,011	2,068	2,003	17.62	17.50	16.07	16.44	15.76
Dunedin .. ..	1,341	1,258	1,248	1,290	1,274	16.13	14.98	14.68	15.12	14.74
Hamilton .. ..	347	392	330	371	356	20.32	22.67	18.97	20.98	19.73
Gisborne .. ..	342	310	303	294	335	22.80	20.45	19.83	19.02	21.15
Napier .. ..	313	325	323	326	249	17.00	17.47	17.20	17.21	13.11
Hastings .. ..	311	270	295	297	299	20.89	17.86	19.24	18.85	18.03
New Plymouth ..	360	379	344	328	372	21.66	22.45	20.19	18.80	20.64
Wanganui .. ..	542	533	461	493	445	20.17	19.60	16.87	17.94	16.16
Palmerston North	390	392	450	432	404	19.04	18.77	21.21	19.77	17.77
Nelson .. ..	223	217	203	208	221	18.61	17.99	16.60	16.91	17.71
Timaru .. ..	328	333	321	321	305	18.94	19.00	17.95	17.81	16.63
Invercargill .. ..	510	454	466	438	459	22.62	19.86	20.03	18.61	19.17
Totals .. ..	13,053	12,875	12,486	12,531	12,383	18.29	17.73	16.92	16.72	16.20

URBAN AREAS.—DEATHS, 1927–31.

Urban Area.	Number of Deaths.					Rate per 1,000 of Mean Population.
	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.
Auckland .. ..	1,769	1,784	1,849	1,921	1,936	8.79	8.68	8.86	9.06	8.97
Wellington .. ..	1,066	1,224	1,228	1,275	1,143	8.44	9.44	9.21	9.24	8.02
Christchurch .. ..	1,156	1,147	1,143	1,204	1,126	9.49	9.31	9.13	9.57	8.86
Dunedin .. ..	874	801	849	795	769	10.51	9.54	9.99	9.32	8.90
Hamilton .. ..	115	129	151	120	164	6.73	7.46	8.68	6.79	9.09
Gisborne .. ..	144	117	125	142	131	9.60	7.72	8.18	9.18	8.27
Napier .. ..	208	159	170	170	264	11.30	8.55	9.05	8.98	13.89
Hastings .. ..	114	101	146	118	224	7.66	6.68	9.52	7.49	13.51
New Plymouth ..	126	169	161	151	143	7.58	10.01	9.45	8.65	7.94
Wanganui .. ..	221	238	241	222	233	8.22	8.75	8.82	8.08	8.46
Palmerston North	137	189	181	176	182	6.69	9.05	8.54	8.05	8.01
Nelson .. ..	116	147	138	134	150	9.68	12.19	11.28	10.89	12.02
Timaru .. ..	155	135	143	147	142	8.95	7.70	8.00	8.16	7.74
Invercargill .. ..	192	221	230	195	171	8.51	9.67	9.89	8.28	7.14
Totals .. ..	6,393	6,561	6,755	6,770	6,778	8.96	9.03	9.15	9.03	8.87

URBAN AREAS.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1927–31.

Urban Area.	Number of Deaths under One Year of Age.					Rate per 1,000 Births.
	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.
Auckland .. ..	134	139	110	106	92	37.67	40.93	33.95	35.06	29.52
Wellington .. ..	102	85	102	106	77	43.53	34.54	40.95	40.12	30.25
Christchurch .. ..	127	95	80	85	62	59.18	44.08	39.78	41.10	30.95
Dunedin .. ..	57	59	53	43	46	42.51	46.90	42.43	33.33	36.11
Hamilton .. ..	22	23	15	23	23	63.40	58.67	45.45	61.99	64.61
Gisborne .. ..	20	13	15	17	12	58.48	41.94	49.50	57.82	35.82
Napier .. ..	20	13	5	13	15	63.90	40.00	15.48	39.87	60.24
Hastings .. ..	13	9	13	8	13	41.80	33.33	44.06	26.94	43.48
New Plymouth ..	14	9	10	7	16	38.89	23.75	29.06	21.34	43.01
Wanganui .. ..	20	19	18	21	22	36.90	35.65	39.04	42.60	49.44
Palmerston North	17	22	17	14	8	43.59	56.12	37.77	32.41	19.80
Nelson .. ..	13	9	6	7	11	58.30	41.47	29.56	33.65	49.77
Timaru .. ..	14	14	9	6	13	42.68	42.04	28.04	18.69	42.62
Invercargill .. ..	16	24	24	29	24	31.37	52.86	51.48	66.21	52.29
Totals .. ..	589	533	477	485	434	45.12	41.40	38.16	38.70	35.05

URBAN AREAS.—BIRTHS REGISTERED EACH MONTH, 1931.

Urban Area.	January.	February.	March.	April.	May.	June.	July.	August.	September.	October.	November.	December.	Total.
Auckland .. ..	263	229	275	276	248	272	274	277	260	271	243	228	3,116
Wellington .. ..	243	182	222	217	205	215	232	207	209	216	200	197	2,545
Christchurch .. ..	175	179	175	160	149	155	181	169	180	156	164	160	2,003
Dunedin .. ..	106	109	113	96	100	109	108	100	110	84	124	115	1,274
Hamilton .. ..	15	29	44	32	29	31	33	34	27	30	32	20	356
Gisborne .. ..	30	30	24	31	26	33	28	28	24	35	24	22	335
Napier .. ..	35	7	14	15	13	22	24	22	21	20	30	26	249
Hastings .. ..	26	11	24	18	33	30	25	22	34	29	22	25	299
New Plymouth ..	32	23	33	29	29	20	38	35	31	29	45	28	372
Wanganui .. ..	44	37	46	42	42	31	35	42	20	37	41	28	445
Palmerston North	30	30	37	28	29	31	37	37	37	33	43	32	404
Nelson .. ..	26	20	21	19	18	17	22	18	16	18	18	8	221
Timaru .. ..	35	20	30	23	21	29	31	22	14	31	25	24	305
Invercargill .. ..	42	34	41	34	49	32	41	37	34	35	45	35	459
Totals .. ..	1,102	940	1,099	1,020	991	1,027	1,109	1,050	1,017	1,024	1,056	948	12,383

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