New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 69

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

1430 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 69

CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatism .. .. ..
Cancer .. .. ..
Pthisis .. .. ..
Hæmoptysis .. .. ..
Tuberculosis .. .. ..

CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth .. ..
Atelectasis .. .. ..

CLASS VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Meningitis .. .. ..
Apoplexy .. .. ..
Softening of Brain .. .. ..
Paralysis Agitans .. .. ..
Epilepsy .. .. ..
Convulsions .. .. ..
Paralysis .. .. ..
Hydrocephalus .. .. ..
ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Circulatory System,—
Disease of Heart .. ..
Fatty Degeneration of Heart .. ..
Syncope .. .. ..
ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Respiratory System,—
Croup .. .. ..
Pneumonia .. .. ..
Pleurisy .. .. ..
ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Digestive System,—
Dentition .. .. ..
Enteritis .. .. ..
Hernia .. .. ..
Peritonitis .. .. ..
Cirrhosis of Liver .. .. ..
Hepatitis .. .. ..
ORDER 7:—
Diseases of the Urinary System,—
Albuminuria .. .. ..
ORDER 10:—
Diseases of Integumentary System,—
Cellulitis .. .. ..
Ulcer .. .. ..

CLASS VII.—VIOLENCE.
ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Fall from a Height .. ..
Fracture of Skull .. ..
ORDER 3:—
Suicide,—
Poison .. .. ..

CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, Debility .. ..

Totals .. ..

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—

The births in November were 271 against 361 in October, a decrease of 90. The deaths in November were 74 against 116 in October, a decrease of 52.

There were 5 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: a male of 68 and a female of 68 died at Auckland; a male of 70 at Wellington; a male of 74 at Christchurch; and a female of 66 at Dunedin.

The mortality in the four boroughs was less in November last than during any other month in the past four years. The deaths during November in each of the years 1882, 1883, 1884, and 1885 were respectively 87, 83, 87, and 74, or a total for this month during four years of 331. This total was less than that for any other month during the same period, and exceeded that for the month of May, which had the next lowest number by 29. The mortality in the other boroughs specified in the report, as well as for the four principal boroughs, was also, on the average, lower in the month of November than in any other month.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths in the four principal boroughs from these diseases were only 9 in November against 17 in October. These included 3 deaths from diphtheria and 1 from typhoid fever, all of which occurred in Wellington.

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