New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 33

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✨ Mortality and Meteorological Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

There were 14 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: a male of 78 and two females of 80 and 78 died at Auckland; five males of 74, 68 (2), and 65 (2) at Wellington; three females of 74 and 72 (2) at Christchurch; and three females of 82, 73, and 68, at Dunedin.

Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused only 13 deaths in April, against 38 in March. The deaths from typhoid fever were the same (4) in each month; but the number of deaths from diarrhoeal diseases fell from 26 in March to 5 in April. The decrease was, doubtless, largely consequent on the fall in temperature in April, the mean average temperature in the shade having been nearly 5 degrees lower than in the preceding month, and about a degree and a half lower than the mean average temperature for the same month in previous years.

Constitutional Diseases.—There was an increase in the deaths from these diseases in April, the numbers having been 24 in March, and 28 in April. The increase is chiefly attributable to the larger number of deaths from cancer, viz., 2 in March, and 7 in April.

Local Diseases.—The total number of deaths under this class was 49 in April, or 2 less than in the preceding month; but the number in the orders in the class varied considerably. While there was a slight decrease in deaths from diseases of the nervous system, there was a more than corresponding increase in deaths from diseases of the heart. Diseases of the respiratory system were considerably more fatal in April, having caused 15 deaths in that month, against 10 in March. The lower temperature, so favourable in the cases of diarrhoeal diseases, is detrimental in cases of diseases of the respiratory system. The diseases of the digestive system caused only 7 deaths in April, against 17 in March.

Violent Deaths.—There were 6 accidental deaths in this class in each month.

The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of these four boroughs from six principal specific febrile or zymotic diseases, 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.

TOWNS.	SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.	PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.
	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.
	Apl.	Mar.
Auckland ..	..	..
Wellington ..	..	..
Christchurch ..	..	..
Dunedin ..	..	..
Totals ..	..	..

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1885.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR APRIL, 1885.

—	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month .. Average same month previous years ...	59·5 62·4	55·1 57·1	51·9 52·0
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date	70·0 on 8th and 20th	68·0 on 1st	73·0 on 3rd
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date	48·0 on 24th and 25th	40·0 on 24th	38·0 on 23rd
Maximum Temperature in sun, and date	140·0 on 1st	130·0 on 1st and 2nd	122·0 on 3rd
Minimum Temperature on grass, and date	38·0 on 25th	36·0 on 24th	31·0 on 12th
Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100) .. Average same month previous years ...	71 76	84 76	74 75
Total Rainfall in inches .. Average same month previous years ...	·540 2·918	2·760 3·605	2·938 2·237
Number of Days of Rain .. Average same month previous years ...	12 12	11 10	15 12

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.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 18th May, 1885.

JAMES HECTOR.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1885, No 33

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🏥 Causes of Deaths in Selected Boroughs (continued from previous page)

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated1 April 1885
KeywordsCauses of Death, Zymotic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Local Diseases, Violent Deaths, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin

🏥 Mortality Statistics for April 1885

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated18 May 1885
KeywordsMortality, Zymotic Diseases, Lung Diseases, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Return for April 1885

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated18 May 1885
KeywordsMeteorology, Temperature, Humidity, Rainfall, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

James Hector

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