New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 3

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✨ Mortality and Meteorological Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—
The births in December were 224, against 241 in November, a decrease of 17.
The deaths amounted to 84, against 94 in November.
There were 7 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 1 female of 82 died at Auckland; 1 male of 68 at Wellington; 1 female of 69 at Christchurch; 3 males of 75, 72, and 65, and 1 female of 75, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—Although the total number of deaths from all causes in these four boroughs was less by 10 in December than in November, the mortality from these diseases increased from 6 deaths, or 6·38 per cent. of all the deaths in November, to 13 deaths, or 15·48 per cent., in December. Scarlet fever and scarlatina caused 4 deaths in the past month, against 3 in November. In each month all these deaths occurred in Wellington. Diphtheria and typhoid fever caused 1 death each in Wellington in December, no deaths from these diseases having occurred in either of the boroughs in November. The mortality from diarrhœal diseases was slightly on the increase, 3 deaths having occurred in Auckland and 2 in Wellington from this cause, against 2 in Wellington in November.

Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 13 deaths in December, against 22 in November. Cancer caused 5 deaths in each month, but the deaths from phthisis were only 5 in number in December, against 13 in November.

Local Diseases.—The mortality from diseases in this class was less than in the previous month. The number of deaths from diseases of the nervous system was 11, 4 less than in the previous month. Deaths from diseases of the circulatory system fell in number from 7 to 3, and the deaths from diseases of the respiratory system were 12 in number, against 14 in November; but there was an increase in the number of deaths from diseases of the digestive system from 3 to 15, of which 5 occurred from cirrhosis of liver, a disease chiefly caused by over-indulgence in alcoholic drinks.

Violent Deaths.—Five persons met accidental deaths in these boroughs during the past month, of whom 2 were killed by railway-trains in Dunedin, and 2 were drowned at Auckland; also 1 person committed suicide at Dunedin.

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

TOWNS. SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.
Measles. Scarlet Fever. Typhoid and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-cough. Diarrhœal Diseases. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.
Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 2 1 4 .. .. 2 1 .. ..
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 4 3 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. 2 1 1 ..
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 1 1 ..
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 1 .. ..
Totals .. .. .. .. .. 4 3 1 .. 1 .. 5 2 2 9 1 .. 6 2

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1890.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR DECEMBER, 1889.

— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month ..
Average same month previous years ... 64·8
65·2 61·3
60·8 61·8
60·7 59·7
56·0
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date 76·0 on 18th 75·5 on 4th 88·0 on 30th 77·0 on 29th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date 53·5 on 19th 45·2 on 14th 36·0 on 14th 44·0 on 14th
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date .. 143·0 on 27th 139·0 on 4th, 7th, 30th 156·8 on 13th 140·0 on 9th
Minimum Temperature on grass, and date 46·0 on 20th 38·0 on 20th 32·0 on 14th 30·0 on 17th
Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) ..
Average same month previous years ... 70
72 72
73 58
71 82
72
Total Rainfall in inches
Average same month previous years ... 2·630
3·225 2·730
3·935 1·427
1·640 4·070
3·156
Number of Days of Rain ..
Average same month previous years ... 9
10 13
10 11
8 12
14

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, January, 1890.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.



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🏥 Mortality Statistics for Four Principal Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
13 January 1890
Mortality, Births, Deaths, Febrile Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Local Diseases, Violent Deaths, Boroughs, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Return for December 1889

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1890
Meteorology, Temperature, Humidity, Rainfall, Solar Radiation, Auckland, Wellington, Lincoln, Canterbury, Dunedin
  • James Hector, Director