New Zealand Gazette – 1874 – No. 54

Page 675

✨ Vital Statistics and Weather Data



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 675

CLASS I.-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1.-Miasmatic Diseases.-Chicken-pox, 1; Measles, 2; Scarlet Fever, 1; Diphtheria, 2; Cynanche Maligna, 1; Croup, 2;
Whooping Cough, 1; Enteric or Typhoid Fever, 3; Simple Continued Fever, 1; Puerperal Fever, 1; Influenza, 12;
Diarrhea, 4; Remittent Fever, 1.
ORDER 3.-Dietic Diseases.-Alcoholism, 1.

CLASS II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1. Diathetic Diseases. Dropsy, 1; Anemia, 1; Cancer, 4; Mortification, 1; Sloughing, 1; Bedsores, 1.
ORDER 2. Tubercular Diseases. -Phthisis, 12; Hydrocephalus, 1.

CLASS III.-LOCAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1. Diseases of the Nervous System. Myelitis, 1; Meningitis, 1; Apoplexy, 3; Convulsions, 3; Brain Disease (Con-
gestion), 2; Sea-sickness, 1.
ORDER 2.-Diseases of the Organs of Circulation. Aneurism, 1; Heart Disease, 6.
ORDER 3.-Diseases of the Respiratory System.-Bronchitis, 15; Pneumonia, 7; Congestion of Lungs, 2.
ORDER 4.-Diseases of the Digestive Organs. Enteritis, 3; Ulceration of Colon, 1; Stomach Disease, 1; Hepatitis, 1.
ORDER 5.-Diseases of the Urinary Organs. Bright's Disease, 2.

CLASS IV.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1. Developmental Diseases of Children. Premature Birth, 3; Cyanosis, 1; Teething, 1.
ORDER 2.-Developmental Diseases of Adults. Uterine hæmorrhage, 1.
ORDER 3.-Developmental Diseases of Old People. Old Age, 1.
ORDER 4.-Diseases of Nutrition. Atrophy and Debility, 5.

CLASS V.-VIOLENT DISEASES OR DEATHS.

ORDER 1.-Accident or Negligence. Burn, 2.
ORDER 4. Suicide. --Drowning, 1.
Cause of Death not known (supposed Typhoid Fever), 1.

The deaths from Zymotic Diseases are, by 9, more numerous than in August. The increase is chiefly occasioned by the
number of deaths from Influenza during September. 12 deaths occurred from this cause in September, none in August.
Of those 12 deaths, 11 occurred in Wellington. The deaths from Constitutional Diseases exceeded those in August by 1. The
deaths from Local Diseases were 8 more in number in September than in August. Heart Disease caused 6 deaths in September,
against 2 in August. There was only a difference of one in the number of deaths from diseases of the Respiratory System.
Of the 24 deaths from these diseases, 15 were caused by bronchitis of these 15, 7, or nearly one-half, occurred in Christchurch.
Several of the cases, however, in which the deaths are recorded as having been caused by Influenza, had also Bronchitis and
Pneumonia as accompanying complaints.

The weather still retained its exceptional character during the month, the rainfall having been, at all the stations south
of Auckland, very far in excess of the average for previous years.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1874.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR AUGUST, 1874.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. NELSON. CHRIST-CHURCH. HOKITIKA. DUNEDIN.
Average Temperature in Shade 54.8 50-1 51-6 46.4 48-7 44.1
Ditto for same month previous years 54.9 51.5 51-2 49-1 49.3 48.0
Highest Temperature in Shade 66-9 on 28th 60.0 on 29th 74.0 on 26th 69-2 on 27th 56.8 on 13th, 1st, and 28th 60.0 on 26th
Lowest Temperature in Shade 37.7 on 14th 37.5 on 5th 30.0 on 4th 28.1 ơn 15th 31.0 on 4th 32.0 on 21st
Highest Temperature in Sun 121.0 on 30th 126.0 on 24th 126.0 on 14th 124.3 on 27th 67.2 on 2nd 128.0 on 11th
Lowest Temperature on Grass 13.1 on 14th 28.0 on 15th and 21st 16.0 on 15th 29.0 on 4th 23.0 on 15th
Average Moisture of Air (Saturation=100) 82 84 82 86 84 80
Ditto for same month previous years 78 72 76 77 85 73
Rainfall in inches 3-845 11-052 15-340 5-100 15.660 5.454
Ditto for same month previous years 3-762 3.990 5.488 1-235 5.490 1.818
Number of Days on which Rain fell 26 23 14 20 22 11
Ditto for same month previous years 16 14 8 8 13

NOTE. This Table is prepared from unchecked averages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full Returns, and must not be entirely
relied on for compiling Meteorological Statistics.

3rd October, 1874.

J. HECTOR.



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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for September 1874 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
9 October 1874
Vital statistics, Zymotic diseases, Constitutional diseases, Local diseases, Weather, Rainfall, Wellington, Christchurch
  • WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Report for August, 1874

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
3 October 1874
Meteorological report, Temperature, Rainfall, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Hokitika, Dunedin
  • J. HECTOR