New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 65

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✨ Vital Statistics and Meteorology

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 65

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs :-
The births in October were 264, against 212 in September, an increase of 52.
The deaths amounted to 96, against 88 in September.
There were 16 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 4 males of 80, 73, 72, and 67, and 2 females of 86 and 66,
died at Auckland; 3 males of 80, 68, and 66 at Wellington; 2 males of 80 and 73, and a female of 80, at Christchurch; 2
males of 67 and 65, and 2 females of 96 and 67, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There were 6 deaths in this class in October, against 1 in September: 2 of
these deaths were of children from diphtheria in Wellington.

Constitutional Diseases.—There was a decrease in the mortality from these diseases from 26 in September to 21 in
October. Cancer caused 5 deaths, against 4 in the previous month; but the deaths from phthisis fell in number from 16 in
September to 11 in October. The deaths from phthisis were more numerous in each of these months than in the corre-
sponding months in 1888.

Local Diseases.—There was a decrease of 5 in the number of deaths from these causes in October on that in September
—from 52 to 47. Diseases of the nervous system caused 9 deaths, against 12 in September; but diseases of the circulatory
system (heart disease, &c.) were slightly more fatal, having caused 12 deaths, against 11 in September. There was a great
decrease in the mortality from diseases of the respiratory system, namely, from 19 to 10 deaths; on the other hand, diseases
of the digestive system caused 10 deaths in October, against 1 in September.

Violent Deaths.—There were 2 deaths in this class, of which one was of a child wilfully drowned in a bath; the other
was of a child run over by a cart.

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.

SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.

TOWNS. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid and other Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Diarrheal Diseases. | Bronchitis. | Pleurisy. | Pneumonia. | Congestion of Lungs.
| Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep.
Auckland | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Wellington | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ..
Christchurch | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | ..
Dunedin | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ..
Totals | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1889.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR OCTOBER, 1889.

TOWNS.	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	LINCOLN, CANTERBURY.	DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month	58.0	54.5	53.9	53.2
Average same month previous years	57.3	53.6	52.6	50.4
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date	74.0 on 31st	68.0 on 30th	76.2 on 30th	83.0 on 27th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date	47.0 on 13th	41.0 on 26th, 27th	32.4 on 26th	36.0 on 13th
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date	135.0 on 31st	127.0 on 19th	145.4 on 18th	140.0 on 28th
Minimum Temperature on grass, and date	35.0 on 3rd	34.0 on 4th, 16th, 27th	22.0 on 10th	33.0 on 22nd
Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100)	74	74	64	74
Average same month previous years	76	77	71	70
Total Rainfall in inches	3.200	3.203	.496	1.670
Average same month previous years	3.240	4.830	1.726	2.489
Number of Days of Rain	11	16	5	12
Average same month previous years	17	13	10	15

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, November, 1889.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1889, No 65

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🏛️ Vital Statistics Report for Four Principal Boroughs (Continuation) (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated12 November 1889
KeywordsVital statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality, Diphtheria, Phthisis, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General

🏛️ Provisional Meteorological Return for October, 1889

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated1 November 1889
KeywordsMeteorology, Weather statistics, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Auckland, Wellington, Lincoln, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

JAMES HECTOR, Director

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