New Zealand Gazette – 1882 – No. 76

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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  • CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

    • ORDER 1:—
      • Diathetic Diseases,—
        • Cancer
    • ORDER 2:—
      • Tubercular Diseases,—
        • Tabes Mesenterica
        • Phthisis
        • Hydrocephalus
        • Tubercular Meningitis
        • Tubercular Ulceration of Larynx

  • CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.

    • ORDER 1:—
      • Diseases of Nervous System,—
        • Meningitis
        • Apoplexy
        • Convulsions
        • Brain Disease
    • ORDER 2:—
      • Diseases of Organs of Circulation,—
        • Heart Disease
    • ORDER 3:—
      • Diseases of Respiratory Organs,—
        • Bronchitis
        • Pneumonia
        • Congestion of Lungs...
    • ORDER 4:--
      • Diseases of Digestive Organs,—
        • Hernia
        • Obstruction of Bowels
        • Jaundice ...
    • ORDER 5:--
      • Diseases of the Urinary Organs,—
        • Albuminuria

  • CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

    • ORDER 1:—
      • Developmental Diseases of Children,—
        • Premature Birth
        • Spina Bifida
    • ORDER 2:—
      • Developmental Diseases of Adults,—
        • Childbirth
    • ORDER 3:—
      • Developmental Diseases of Old People,—
        • Old Age
    • ORDER 4:—
      • Diseases of Nutrition,—
        • Debility

  • CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

    • ORDER 1:—
      • Accident or Negligence,—
        • Burns
        • Poisoned (open verdict)
        • Drowning

  • Totals

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :—
The births were 270 in August, against 245 in July, an increase of 25.
The deaths in August were 101, against 81 in July, an increase of 20.
There were 11 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: two males of 88 and 84, and two females of 83 and 79, died at Auckland; three males of 79, 78, and 65, and a female of 74, at Wellington; two males of 73 and 66, and a female of 74, at Christchurch.

Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths from these causes were much more numerous in August than in July, having increased from 15 to 27. Scarlet fever again appears on the list, the month of July having been the only one of the last twelve months in which it was not given as a cause of death. Diphtheria and croup each caused 5 deaths in August, against 1 in July. Typhoid fever also appears as having caused 1 death, not having been returned as a cause of death in either June or July. Two deaths are again returned as the result of intemperate habits.

Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths from these diseases were 18 in August, against 10 in July. Of these, phthisis caused 11 deaths in August and 6 in July.



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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for August 1882 (continued from previous page)

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Vital statistics, Deaths, Diseases, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch