New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 39

Page 687

✨ Vital Statistics and Weather Data



JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 687

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—
The births in May were 254, against 215 in April, an increase of 39.
The deaths amounted to 78, against 95 in April.
There were 8 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 1 male of 84, and 2 females of 78 and 71, died at Auckland;
1 female of 65 at Wellington; 1 male of 70 at Christchurch; and 3 females of 78, 70, and 67 at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The expectation raised last month of a further decrease in the number of
deaths from these causes has been fully realised, these deaths having numbered 13 in May, against 20 in April. Of these 13,
6 (or nearly one-half) occurred in Wellington, and 3 of these 6 were caused by enteric or typhoid fever. There were
only 4 deaths from diarrhœal diseases in the month, of which 3 occurred at Auckland, against 16 in April.

Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths in this class increased in number from 12 in April to 19 in May, the chief increases
being in deaths from cancer, from 1 to 6, and in those from phthisis, from 4 to 8.

Local Diseases.—These diseases were much less fatal in May than in April. There was a slight decrease in the number
of deaths from diseases of the respiratory system, but the deaths from diseases of the digestive system fell in number from
11 to 6; and diseases of the urinary system caused only 3 deaths, against 8 in the previous month.

Violent Deaths.—The only death in this class was that of a man drowned in Wellington Harbour. In the previous
month two deaths of persons drowned in this harbour were registered.

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. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Typhoid and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-cough. Diarrhœal Diseases. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.
May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May. Apl. May.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. 3 6 2 .. .. .. 1 1 ..
Wellington .. .. .. .. 3 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 1 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 5 .. .. .. .. 1 .. ..
Totals .. .. .. .. .. 4 2 .. 1 2 4 16 1 5 .. .. 1 3 1

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1889.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR MAY, 1889.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month 56\cdot8 52\cdot9 49\cdot0 48\cdot1
Average same month previous years 57\cdot0 52\cdot0 48\cdot0 47\cdot2
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date 68\cdot0 on 7th 67\cdot0 on 3rd and 5th 75\cdot0 on 4th 67\cdot0 on 4th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date 42\cdot5 on 18th 36\cdot0 on 18th 30\cdot8 on 20th 34\cdot0 on 28th
Maximum Temperature in sun, and date 124\cdot0 on 8th 135\cdot0 on 13th 123\cdot0 on 4th 110\cdot0 on 3rd
Minimum Temperature on grass, and date 35\cdot0 on 18th 26\cdot0 on 18th 25\cdot6 on 20th 30\cdot0 on 16th
Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100) 74 76 73 79
Average same month previous years 80 76 80 76
Total Rainfall in inches 5\cdot410 \cdot921 1\cdot366 \cdot904
Average same month previous years 4\cdot083 4\cdot984 2\cdot238 3\cdot640
Number of Days of Rain 17 13 7 13
Average same month previous years 20 14 9 13

Meteorological Office, Wellington, June, 1889.

JAMES HECTOR,
Inspector.

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.



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🏥 Summary of Births and Deaths in Four Boroughs (May 1889)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
18 June 1889
Births, Deaths, Mortality statistics, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Typhoid fever
  • WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General

🏛️ Provisional Meteorological Return for May, 1889

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Meteorology, Weather statistics, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Auckland, Wellington, Lincoln, Dunedin
  • JAMES HECTOR, Inspector