New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 14

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✨ Vital Statistics Mortality Table



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

AUCKLAND WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Anæmia ... 2 1 ... 1
Cancer ... ... 1 1 4
ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,—
Scrofula ... 1 ... ... 2
Tabes Mesenterica ... 1 2 ... 2
Phthisis ... 1 1 1 3
CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Meningitis ... ... ... 1 1
Paralysis ... ... ... 1 1
Apoplexy ... ... ... ... 1
Convulsions ... ... 2 ... 3
ORDER 2:—
Diseases of Organs of Circulation,—
Aneurism ... ... ... ... 1
Heart Disease ... ... 1 ... 1
ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Respiratory Organs,—
Bronchitis ... ... 1 ... 1
Pleurisy ... ... ... ... ...
Pneumonia ... ... 2 ... 2
ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Digestive Organs,—
Enteritis ... ... 1 ... 1
Dyspepsia ... ... ... ... ...
Jaundice ... ... ... ... ...
ORDER 5:—
Diseases of the Urinary Organs,—
Cystitis ... ... ... 1 1
CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Developmental Diseases of Children,—
Premature Birth ... ... 1 1 2
Teething ... ... ... ... ...
ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Nutrition,—
Debility ... ... 1 2 4
CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Operation (Ovariotomy) ... ... ... ... ...
Sunstroke ... ... 1 ... 1
Suffocation ... ... 1 1 2
Order Unspecified ... ... ... ... 1
Unspecified ... ... ... ... ...
Totals 18 25 28 16 87

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :—
The births were 232 in January, against 270 in December, a decrease of 38.
The deaths in January were 87, against 96 in December, a decrease of 9.
There were 4 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards. Two males of 78 and 80 died at Wellington, and two females
of 69 and 70 at Christchurch.
Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths from these diseases were 31 in January, against 29 in December; but as the deaths from all
causes in the four boroughs decreased from 96 in December to 87 in January, the proportion of deaths from Zymotic diseases
increased from 30·21 per cent. in December to 35·63 per cent. in January. Of these deaths, those from Miasmatic diseases were
23 in each month. The deaths from diarrhea were 17 in January, against 18 in December; but in Wellington the number of
these deaths fell from 11 in December to 3 in January.
Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 12 deaths in January, against 10 in December; but the percentage on the
aggregate deaths was 13·79 in January, against 10·42 in December, the decreased number of deaths from local diseases having
disturbed the proportions.
Local Diseases.—The deaths from these diseases were much less numerous than in the previous month. There were 36 in
December and 25 in January. There was a marked diminution in deaths from heart disease and diseases of the respiratory and
digestive organs.
The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of these four boroughs from six principal Zymotic
diseases of the Miasmatic order, and also the deaths from certain inflammatory diseases of the lungs. These causes of death
have been distinguished from the others of the classes to which they belong, as being the most important special diseases which
give rise to sudden increases in the death-rates of towns, and the prevalence of which is closely connected with sanitary
condition and climatic influence of the season on health.



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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for January, 1881 (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
17 February 1881
Mortality statistics, Disease classification, Borough comparison, Zymotic diseases, Constitutional diseases, Local diseases, Violent deaths, January 1881