New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 37

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✨ Mortality Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 37

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years.
CLASS V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth 3
Cyanosis 1
Old Age.. 1
CLASS VI.-LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:-
Diseases of Nervous System,-
Meningitis 1
Apoplexy 2
Softening of Brain 1
Hemiplegia 1
Paralysis
Insanity
Convulsions
Cerebral Tumour
ORDER 3:-
Diseases of Circulatory System,-
Valvular Disease of Heart 1
Pericarditis
Fatty Degeneration of Heart
Syncope
Aneurism 1
ORDER 4:-
Diseases of Respiratory System,-
Croup 2
Asthma
Bronchitis
Pneumonia 1
Pleurisy
ORDER 5:-
Diseases of Digestive System,-
Gastritis 1
Enteritis
Obstruction of Bowels
Peritonitis
Liver Disease
ORDER 7:-
Diseases of Urinary System,-
Nephritis
Cystitis
Disease of Kidneys
ORDER 10:-
Diseases of Integumentary System,-
Eczema
CLASS VII.-VIOLENCE.
ORDER 1:-
Accident or Negligence,-
Fall of Earth
Drowned
CLASS VIII.-ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-
SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, Debility, Inanition 2 1 1
Totals 12 23 12 20 4

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:-

The births in April were 256, against 195 in March, an increase of 61.

The deaths amounted to 109, against 82 in March.

There were 20 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 1 male of 67, and 3 females of 81, 70, and 67, died at Auckland; 5 males of 81, 79, 70, 69, and 67, and 2 females, both of 70, at Wellington; 3 males of 86, 76, and 70, and 1 female of 74, at Christchurch; 3 males of 75, 69, and 67, and 2 females of 96 and 76, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.-There was an increase in the number of deaths in this class from 17 in March to 21 in April. Whooping-cough was more fatal in Dunedin, having caused 3 deaths, against 1 in March. Typhoid fever caused 6 deaths, an increase of 1; of these, 3 occurred in Auckland and 3 in Wellington. There was 1 more death from diarrhoeal diseases in April than in the previous month.

Constitutional Diseases.-These diseases caused an increased mortality during the past month, viz., from 15 to 22; of this increase, 5 were due to the greater mortality from phthisis-9 in April and 4 in March. There were 6 deaths from cancer in each month; of those in March, 4 occurred in Wellington and 1 in Auckland; in April, 4 occurred in Auckland and 1 in Wellington.

Local Diseases.-There was a large increase in the number of deaths from these diseases, from 38 in March to 50 in April. Of these, diseases of the nervous system, which caused 8 deaths in March, caused 18 in April: the most fatal in April having been apoplexy, 5; meningitis, 4; and infantile convulsions, 4 deaths. Diseases of the circulatory system caused the same number (8) of deaths in each month; but diseases of the respiratory system caused 14 deaths in April, against 6 in the previous month. Of these, 7 deaths occurred from pneumonia and pleurisy (5 of which were in Dunedin), 3 in Auckland from croup, and 3 from bronchitis, of which 2 were in Dunedin.

Violent Deaths.-2 deaths were attributed to accident, of which 1 was from drowning.

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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21 May 1891
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