✨ Vital Statistics
Nov. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1335
CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Cancer ..
Tubercular Meningitis ..
Phthisis ..
Tuberculosis ..
Anemia ..
CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth ..
Old Age ..
CLASS VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Meningitis ..
Apoplexy ..
Paralysis ..
Epilepsy ..
Convulsions ..
ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Circulatory System,—
Disease of Heart, Valvular
Syncope ..
ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Respiratory System,—
Laryngitis ..
Croup ..
Bronchitis ..
Pneumonia ..
Pleurisy ..
ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Digestive System,—
Dentition ..
Gastritis ..
Enteritis ..
Obstruction of Bowels ..
ORDER 7:—
Diseases of Urinary System,—
Nephritis ..
Bright’s Disease ..
Cystitis ..
Renal Disease ..
ORDER 8:—
Diseases of the Reproductive System,—
Uterine Hæmorrhage ..
CLASS VII.—VIOLENCE.
ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Burns ..
CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, Debility, Inanition ..
Totals ..
The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—
The births in October were 271, against 234 in September an increase of 37.
The deaths amounted to 90, against 98 for September.
There were 18 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: four males of 82, 74, 73, and 66, died at Auckland; two males of 79 and 73, and four females of 92, 76, 75, and 65, at Wellington; two males of 68 and 67, and two females of 86 and 83, at Christchurch; two males of 70 (both), and two females of 82 and 72, at Dunedin.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There were only 6 deaths in October from diseases in this class, against 12 in the previous month. Diphtheria caused 7 deaths in August, of which 6 were in Wellington, and 1 (at Dunedin) in September, but does not appear as a cause of death in October. Typhoid fever caused 1 death at Auckland and 1 at Dunedin; in the previous month there were 3 deaths from this cause, 1 at Auckland and 2 at Wellington.
Constitutional Diseases.—The number of deaths (21) from these diseases was the same as in September. Cancer contributed the large number of 8 deaths, against 7 in the previous month. Phthisis caused 10 deaths in October and 9 in September.
Local Diseases.—The total mortality in October was 50 deaths, or 2 less than the number in September. Deaths by diseases of the respiratory organs increased from 14 to 18, but deaths from diseases of the circulatory system and of the digestive system slightly decreased.
Violent Deaths.—There were two deaths from accident, both of adults and from burns. No death from suicide was recorded.
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.
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NZ Gazette 1888, No 65
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Vital Statistics of Principal Towns
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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, New Zealand, Diseases, Mortality