✨ Vital Statistics and Weather Data
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs :-
The births in April were 215, against 249 in March, a decrease of 34.
The deaths amounted to 95, against 147 in March.
There were 3 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 1 female of 73 died at Auckland; 1 male of 73, and 1 female
of 71, at Christchurch.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There was a decrease in the number of the deaths from these diseases, from 56
in March to 20 in April. This decrease was in accordance with the results experienced in former years, and a continued
decrease may still be expected for the winter months. There were only 2 deaths from miasmatic diseases in the month,
both from diphtheria, in Wellington. Typhoid fever did not cause any death; and the deaths from diarrhœal diseases were
only 16, against 42 in March.
Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases were also less fatal in April: the deaths therefrom numbered 12, against 20 in
March. Phthisis caused 4 deaths in April, being 6 fewer than in March.
Local Diseases.—The mortality from these diseases was greater in April, the number of deaths having been 4 in
March, and 47 in April. Diseases of the nervous system caused a larger number of deaths, 10 as against 8; diseases of
the circulatory system only caused 4 deaths, against 10 in the previous month. The deaths from diseases of the respiratory
system doubled in number, from 5 in March to 10 in April; but diseases of the digestive organs, which caused 17 deaths in
March, caused 12 deaths in April.
Violent Deaths.—Of the 5 deaths in this class, two were of persons found drowned in the Wellington Harbour, and one
was that of an elderly man, at Dunedin, who poisoned himself by taking chlorodyne.
These
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.
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. | Apl. Mar. | |
| Auckland | .. | .. |
| Wellington | .. | .. |
| Christchurch | .. | .. |
| Dunedin | .. | .. |
| Totals | .. | .. |
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1889.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.
PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR APRIL, 1889.
| AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. | DUNEDIN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in shade for month | 60.5 | 56.2 | 54.4 | 51.9 |
| Average same month previous years | 61.7 | 57.0 | 53.8 | 51.9 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date | 74.0 on 8th | 70.0 on 4th | 76.8 on 19th | 71.0 on 11th |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date | 46.0 on 24th | 40.0 on 14th | 32.8 on 15th | 37.0 on 30th |
| Maximum Temperature in sun, and date | 138.0 on 8th | 123.0 on 2nd | 127.0 on 21st | 119.0 on 26th |
| Minimum Temperature on grass, and date | 40.0 on 24th | 31.0 on 5th and 29th | 28.8 on 28th | 31.0 on 30th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100) | 75 | 75 | 69 | 74 |
| Average same month previous years | 76 | 76 | 77 | 75 |
| Total Rainfall in inches | 1.040 | 1.315 | 1.600 | 1.838 |
| Average same month previous years | 2.828 | 3.525 | 1.803 | 2.194 |
| Number of Days of Rain | 13 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Average same month previous years | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
Meteorological Office, Wellington, May, 1889.
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.
JAMES HECTOR,
Inspector.
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- WM. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General
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- WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General
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