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✨ Mortality Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 33

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES—continued.

ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,—

Tuberculosis ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... ... 3
Tabes Mesenterica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... ... 4 ... ... 5 11
Phthisis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 11
Hydrocephalus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1
Tubercular Meningitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Meningitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 2 ... ... 2
Apoplexy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
Paralysis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... 2
Chorea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1
Convulsions ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 3
Brain Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 4

ORDER 2:—
Diseases of Organs of Circulation,—
Heart Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 2 ... ... 6

ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Respiratory Organs,—
Laryngitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Bronchitis ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 2
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 2 3

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Digestive Organs, —
Gastritis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Enteritis ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... 1 ... ... ... 5
Perforation of Bowels ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1
Stomach Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1
Jaundice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Cirrhosis of Liver ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1

ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Urinary Organs,—
Albuminuria ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Calculus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Developmental Diseases of Children,—
Premature Birth ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 2
Dentition ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

ORDER 3:—
Developmental Diseases of Old People,—
Old Age ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Nutrition,—
Debility ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 4

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

ORDER 4:—
Suicide,—
Poison ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1

Ill defined,—
Abscess ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1

Totals 21 12 24 19 8 13 16 18 131

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :—
The births were 262 in March, against 261 in February, an increase of 1. The deaths in March were 131, against 147 in
February, a decrease of 16.

There were 8 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: two males of 74 and 65 died at Auckland; a male of 80 at
Wellington; three males, two of 70 and one of 68, at Christchurch; and two males, of 72 and 65, at Dunedin.

Zymotic Diseases. These diseases caused 18 fewer deaths in March than in February, the numbers having been 52 and 70
respectively. The decrease in the deaths from dysentery and diarrhea was 10, viz., 48 in February and 38 in March; of these
38, 34 were of children under five years of age. There were not any deaths from scarlet fever in March, but there were 4 in
February. There were 3 deaths from diphtheria, 2 in Wellington, 1 in Dunedin, all of children, a cause of death that did not
appear in the preceding month.

Constitutional Diseases. There were 28 deaths from these causes in March and 19 in February. Cancer caused 7 deaths,
against 6 in February; and phthisis, 11 deaths, against 7 in February.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1883, No 33

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

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