New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 5

Page 93

✨ Health Statistics and Meteorological Data



Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 93

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—
The births in December were 205, against 221 in November, a decrease of 16.
The deaths amounted to 98, against 76 in November.
There were 6 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: a female of 73 died at Auckland; a male of 80 and a female of 74 at Wellington; 2 males of 76 and 74, and a female of 90, at Dunedin.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The mortality from these diseases was considerably greater in January than in December, the number of deaths having increased from 5 to 15, owing chiefly to the mortality in January from diarrhoeal diseases, which caused 9 deaths of young children, no death from those diseases having occurred in December. Typhoid fever caused 2 deaths in January—1 in Auckland and 1 in Christchurch—against 1 in Dunedin in the previous month.
Constitutional Diseases.—The number of deaths in this class was the same, 24, as in December. Cancer caused 10 deaths, 3 more than in the previous month; but phthisis caused only 8 deaths, against 13 in December.
Local Diseases.—Only 42 deaths were attributed to these diseases, against 52 in December. Diseases of the nervous and circulatory systems caused the same number of deaths in each month; but diseases of the respiratory system were less fatal in January, having caused only 11 deaths, against 17 in December; and diseases of the digestive organs caused only 4 deaths in the past month, against 10 in the preceding one.
Violent Deaths.—Three deaths were so classified, including that of an infant suffocated at birth.
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.
Dec. Nov.
Auckland .. .. ..
Wellington .. .. ..
Christchurch .. .. ..
Dunedin .. .. ..
Totals .. .. ..

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1891.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR DECEMBER, 1890.

— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month .. Average same month previous years ... 64·9 65·2 61·5 60·8 61·9 60·7 57·0 56·0
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date 78·5 on 14th 73·3 on 18th 87·2 on 9th 80·0 on 9th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date 50·0 on 3rd 44·0 on 3rd 40·2 on 29th 42·0 on 2nd
Maximum Temperature in sun, and date 142·0 on 15th 137·0 on 11th 159·4 on 17th 138·0 on 9th
Minimum Temperature on grass, and date 41·0 on 3rd 35·0 on 3rd 32·8 on 29th 37·0 on 4th
Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100) .. Average same month previous years ... 70 72 72 73 60 71 70 72
Total Rainfall in inches .. Average same month previous years ... 1·980 3·225 5·070 3·935 0·528 1·640 4·050 3·156
Number of Days of Rain .. Average same month previous years ... 10 10 12 10 6 8 14 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, 1891.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.



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🏥 Causes of Deaths in Principal Boroughs (continued from previous page)

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23 January 1891
Causes of Death, Statistics, 1890, Principal Boroughs
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

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1 January 1891
Meteorological Data, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, 1890
  • James Hector, Director