New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 93

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—

  • Meningitis
  • Apoplexy
  • Paralysis
  • Epilepsy
  • Convulsions
  • Brain Disease

ORDER 2:—
Diseases of Organs of Circulation,—

  • Aneurism
  • Heart Disease

ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Respiratory Organs,—

  • Laryngitis
  • Bronchitis
  • Asthma
  • Pneumonia
  • Congestion of Lungs

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Digestive Organs, —

  • Gastro-Enteritis
  • Peritonitis
  • Hernia
  • Hepatitis
  • Jaundice
  • Liver Disease

ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Urinary Organs,—

  • Nephritis
  • Bright's Disease
  • Kidney Disease
  • Uræmia

ORDER 8:—
Diseases of Integumentary System,—

  • Ulcer
  • Eczema

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Developmental Diseases of Children,—

  • Premature Birth
  • Malformation
  • Dentition

ORDER 3:—
Developmental Diseases of Old
People,—

  • Old Age

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Nutrition,—

  • Debility

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—

  • Killed by tramcar

Totals . .

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs:—
The births were 296 in August, against 307 in July, a decrease of 11. The deaths in August were 111, against 98 in
July, an increase of 13.

There were 19 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: five males, aged 66, two 71, 76, and 79, and four females of 65,
66, 76, and 77, died at Auckland; two males of 67 and 77, and six females of 67, 74, 75, 79, 80, and 90, at Wellington;
and two females of 69 and 75, at Dunedin.

Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 19 deaths in August, against 17 in July; of these 19, whooping cough caused
8, all of children. There were 2 deaths from typhoid fever, both in Wellington. One death occurred from diphtheria in
Christchurch, against 3 in the previous month; and 1 occurred in each month at Dunedin from the same cause.

Constitutional Diseases.—The number of deaths from these diseases slightly decreased from that in the previous
month, although the deaths from phthisis increased from 11 to 13.

Local Diseases.—There was a marked increase in the deaths from these diseases, the numbers having been 47 in July
and 56 in August. Diseases of the nervous system were somewhat more fatal, but the number in August included 5
deaths of children from convulsions. Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 17 deaths in August, against 11 in July.

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 Principal Towns, August 1883 (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 September 1883
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality rates, Boroughs, Population statistics, Public health