New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 46

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✨ Vital Statistics and Meteorological Data

JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 717

There were 14 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 2 males of 76 and 65, and 3 females of 75, 70, and 67, died at Auckland; 3 females of 94, 93, and 67 at Wellington; a male of 71, and a female of 76, at Christchurch; a male of 65, and 3 females of 75, 73, and 65, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from these diseases fell from 21 in April to 13 in May, owing to the decrease in the number of deaths from diarrhœal diseases from 12 in April to 1 in May. Whooping-cough was slightly more fatal in May, but there were only 4 deaths from typhoid fever (of which 2 were in Wellington), against 6 (of which 3 were in Wellington) in April.

Constitutional Diseases.—20 deaths occurred from these diseases in May, against 22 in April. The deaths from phthisis were 9 in April and 11 in May. Cancer caused only 3 deaths in May, against 6 in the previous month; all these deaths from cancer in May occurred in Dunedin.

Local Diseases.—The deaths from these diseases were also less numerous in May than in April, 47 against 50. Of these, the diseases of the nervous system caused 9 deaths in May and 18 in April. Apoplexy caused 4 out of the 9 deaths in May. Diseases of the circulatory system were much more fatal in May, having caused 14 deaths, against 7 in April; but there was less mortality from diseases of the respiratory system, the deaths having numbered 14 in April and 8 in May. Bronchitis and pneumonia, which caused respectively 3 and 6 deaths in April, caused only 2 deaths each in May.

Violent Deaths.—2 deaths from accidents occurred during May in Wellington and 1 in Auckland.

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.	SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.	PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.
	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.
	May. Apr.	May. Apr.
Auckland ..	.. ..	.. ..
Wellington ..	.. ..	.. ..
Christchurch ..	.. ..	.. ..
Dunedin ..	.. ..	.. ..
Totals ..	.. ..	.. ..

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1891.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR MAY, 1891.

—	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	LINCOLN, CANTERBURY.	DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month .. Average same month previous years ...	55·7 57·0	52·0 52·0	48·1 48·0	45·9 47·2
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date	66·0 on 11th	65·0 on 13th	70·6 on 12th	63·0 on 11th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date	43·0 on 28th	37·0 on 22nd	28·6 on 15th	33·0 on 15th
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date ..	125·0 on 5th	120·0 on 3rd	124·8 on 10th	103·0 on 10th
Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date	35·0 on 28th	28·0 on 22nd	24·2 on 14th	29·0 on 31st
Mean Degree Humidity (Saturation=100) Average same month previous years ...	69 80	85 76	73 80	72 76
Total Rainfall in inches .. Average same month previous years ...	3·410 4·083	2·075 4·984	1·679 2·238	1·894 3·640
Number of Days of Rain .. Average same month previous years ...	15 20	17 14	6 9	12 13

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, June, 1891.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1891, No 46

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🏥 Vital Statistics Report (continued from previous page)

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated18 June 1891
KeywordsMortality, Diseases, Boroughs, May 1891, Age Groups
👩‍💼 Officials

Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Return

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated1 June 1891
KeywordsWeather, Temperature, Humidity, Rainfall, Radiation, May 1891
👩‍💼 Officials

James Hector, Director

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