South Island influenza death rates - The 1918 influenza pandemic

These figures are taken from Geoffrey Rice, Black November: the 1918 influenza pandemic, University of Canterbury Press, 2005. The population figures are those of the 1916 Census. Death rate is per 1,000 of population. Maori populations for counties are inclusive of interior boroughs. Only registered Maori deaths are listed, and these are not available for some districts.

Region:

Marlborough
Nelson
West Coast
North Canterbury
Christchurch
Banks Peninsula and Chatham Islands
South Canterbury
Otago
Dunedin
Southland

Marlborough

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Sounds County and Picton	8	2,322	3.4
Marlborough	11	6,915	1.5
Blenheim	27	3,822	7.0
Awatere	2	1,542	1.2
Kaikoura	9	1,906	4.7
TOTAL	57	16,507	3.4

Nelson

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Waimea County	11	9,334	1.1
Motueka	4	1,475	2.7
Nelson	29	8,774	3.3
Takaka	3	1,858	1.6
Collingwood	–	1,253
Murchison	6	1,251	4.7
TOTAL	53	23,945	2.2

West Coast

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Buller County	10	5,071	1.9
Denniston	13	702	18.5
Westport	10	4,067	2.4
Inangahua and Reefton	12	4,130	2.9
Grey County	17	7,519	2.2
Greymouth	38	4,863	7.8
Westland	14	4,578	3.0
Hokitika	20	2,091	9.5
Kumara	3	623	4.8
TOTAL	137	33,644	4.0
Maori deaths	1	81

North Canterbury

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Amuri County	1	1,836	3.8
Cheviot County	9	1,224	1.3
Waipara County	11	2,058	5.3
Kowai County	7	1,444	4.8
Amberley	8	470	17.0
Ashley County	–	728	–
Rangiora County	10	2,747	3.6
Kaiapoi	11	1,560	10.8
Rangiora	9	1,808	4.9
Eyre County	9	1,806	4.9
Oxford County	10	989	10.1
Tawera County	1	847	1.1
Malvern County	6	2,757	2.1
Paparua County (excluding Christchurch)	6	2,566	2.3
Halswell County	2	1,785	1.2
Springs County	4	1,785	2.2
Ellesmere County	6	3,441	1.7
Selwyn County	7	1,423	4.9
TOTAL	129	31,117	4.1
Maori deaths	1	145

Christchurch

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
City East	31	5,109	6.1
City Northwest	26	4,364	6.4
City Southwest	29	3,999	7.3
Riccarton	11	2,890	3.8
New Brighton	13	2,310	5.6
Sumner	5	2,287	2.1
Lyttelton	21	3,766	5.6
Addington	10	3,045	3.3
Sydenhem	43	8,418	5.1
Waltham	7	2,218	3.2
Beckenham	5	909	5.5
Spreydon East	10	1,565	6.4
Spreydon West	4	1,645	2.4
Somerfield	6	1,079	5.5
Opawa	4	890	4.5
St Martins	1	278	3.5
Woolston	9	3,990	2.2
Linwood South	14	5,195	2.7
Linwood North	25	4,758	5.3
Avonside and Bromley	1	1,933	0.5
Richmond	16	2,696	5.9
St Albans East	22	4,775	4.6
St Albans West	33	5,665	5.8
Papanui	11	1,866	5.8
Strowan and Merivale	11	2,567	4.2
Belfast and Styx	8	1,839	4.3
Marshland	7	1,454	4.8
Fendalton	13	5,078	2.5
Sockburn and Islington	8	2,397	3.3
Heathcote	7	2,738	2.5
Harewood	3	1,050	2.8
Soldiers who died in camp	19
‘Christchurch’, no address	25
TOTAL	458	92,773	4.9

Banks Peninsula and Chatham Islands

	*European*			*Maori*
Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Mt Herbert County	2	405	4.9	1	120	16.6
Akaroa County	13	1,982	6.5	–	33	–
Akaroa	4	540	7.4
Chatham Islands County	1	219	4.5	5	258	19.3
Wairewa County	2	1,036	1.9	2	75	26.6
TOTAL	22	4,182	5.2	8	486	16.4

South Canterbury

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Ashburton County	46	13,136	3.5
Ashburton	25	3,109	8.0
Geraldine County	11	5,194	2.1
Geraldine	5	869	5.7
Temuka	21	2,173	9.6
Levels County	11	4,378	2.5
Pleasant Point	4	722	5.5
Timaru	38	12,238	3.1
Mackenzie County	6	2,868	2.0
Waimate County	13	6,984	1.8
Waimate	17	1,867	9.1
TOTAL	197	53,538	3.6
Maori deaths	10	232	43.1

Otago

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Waitaki County	22	9,694	2.2
Hampden	4	364	10.9
Oamaru	46	5,140	8.9
Waihemo County	6	1,446	4.1
Palmerston	5	752	6.6
Waikouaiti County	6	2,841	2.1
Waikouaiti	4	611	6.5
Seacliff*	21	1,253	16.7
Taieri County	10	5,662	1.7
Mosgiel	11	1,719	6.3
Bruce County	3	4,763	0.6
Kaitangata	4	1,681	2.3
Milton	5	1,317	3.7
Clutha County	6	6,194	0.9
Balclutha	10	1,409	7.0
Owaka district	15	707	21.2
Tuapeka County	4	4,818	0.8
Lawrence	4	837	4.7
Roxburgh	2	449	4.4
Tapanui	8	627	12.7
Maniototo County	–	2,527	–
Naseby	2	276	7.2
Vincent County	7	3,930	1.7
Alexandra	9	679	13.2
Cromwelll	4	549	7.2
Lake County	1	1,749	0.5
Arrowtown	1	307	3.2
Queenstown	3	657	4.5
TOTAL	223	62,958	3.5

* includes Seacliff Mental Hospital

Dunedin

Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Roslyn	22	6,300	3.4
Maori Hill	4	2,075	1.9
North East Valley	18	4,750	3.7
Central Dunedin	63	21,290	2.9
Mornington	9	4,381	2.0
St Kilda	28	5,520	5.0
South Dunedin	30	6,687	4.4
Caversham	22	6,165	3.5
Green Island	15	1,841	8.1
St Clair	–	1,797	–
Port Chalmers	20	2,615	7.6
West Harbour	1	1,631	0.6
Tainui–Andersons Bay	4	1,871	2.1
Peninsula County	1	1,793	0.5
‘Dunedin’, no address (including soldiers who died in camp)	36
TOTAL	273	68,716	3.9

Southland

	*European*			*Maori*
Place	Deaths	Population	Death rate	Deaths	Population	Death rate
Southland County	100	23,531	4.2	1	43	23.2
Campbelltown (Bluff)	8	1,823	4.3
Gore	27	3,551	7.6
Lumsden	5	570	8.7
Mataura	13	1,129	11.5
Winton	19	1,155	16.4
Wyndham	13	991	13.1
Invercargill	171	15,866	10.7
Wallace County	65	7,729	8.4	7	92	76.0
Nightcaps and Wairio	33	718	45.9
Otautau	21	837	25.0
Riverton	16	985	16.2
Fiord County	–	17	–
Stewart Island County	–	349	–	1	4	250
TOTAL	491	59,251	8.2	9	139	64.7