New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 59

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✨ Health and Meteorological Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs: The births in July were 245, against 224 in June, an increase of 21. The deaths amounted to 113, against 111 in June. There were 21 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 2 males of 89 and 65, and 4 females of 73, 70, 66, and 65, died at Auckland; 6 males of 82 (2), 81, 72, 71, and 69, and 4 females of 96, 86, 77, and 74, at Wellington; 2 males of 82, 73, and 67 at Christchurch; 1 male of 72, and 1 female of 78, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 10 deaths in July, against 15 in June. Whooping-cough was less fatal in July, the deaths therefrom having been 8 in June and 5 in the past month. No deaths were attributed to diarrhoeal diseases in July; in June there were 4.

Constitutional Diseases.—There was an increase in the past month of 2 deaths from diseases in this class, but, while the mortality from phthisis decreased from 11 deaths in June to 5 in July, that from cancer increased from 2 deaths in June to 9 in July. Three deaths in July were attributed to rheumatism and rheumatic fever.

Local Diseases.—The number of deaths from these diseases was 60 in July, a decrease of 5 on the number in June. Of the orders in this class, diseases of the respiratory system were most fatal, having caused 22 deaths, of which 9 were from pneumonia and 7 from bronchitis. In June pneumonia caused 6 deaths and bronchitis 7. Diseases of the nervous system caused 11 deaths in July, against 15 in June, the deaths from apoplexy and convulsions having been fewer in July. There was an increase in July of 2 in the number of deaths from diseases of the digestive system, and an increase from 4 to 10 in the number of deaths from diseases of the urinary system, viz., Bright’s disease, cystitis, &c.

Violent Deaths.—In June only 2 deaths from causes in this class occurred in the four boroughs, in July the number was 7, of which 2 were self-inflicted, 1 by cutting the throat and the other by poison.

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. Typhoid and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-cough. Diarrhoeal Diseases. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.
July June July June July June July June July June July June July June
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 2 .. 2 2 2 .. 1
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2 3 2 .. 1
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 6 .. .. 2 3
Totals .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3 .. 5 8 .. 4 7 7

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1891.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR JULY, 1891.

— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month .. Average same month previous years ... 51·9 52·2 45·4 47·6 41·5 42·5 40·7 42·7
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date 63·0 on 5th 57·5 on 30th 54·6 on 5th 55·0 on 4th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date 40·5 on 25th 31·3 on 13th 24·2 on 13th 28·0 on 1st
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date .. 117·0 on 18th 104·0 on 30th 105·2 on 5th 81·0 on 5th
Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date 27·0 on 12th 20·0 on 13th 20·8 on 13th 22·0 on 1st
Mean Degree Humidity (Saturation=100) Average same month previous years ... 72 80 85 78 83 82 76 78
Total Rainfall in inches .. Average same month previous years ... 5·230 4·818 5·230 5·886 1·385 2·607 2·096 2·440
Number of Days of Rain .. Average same month previous years ... 16 19 22 17 11 13 10 12

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, August, 1891.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.



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🏥 Mortality Statistics for Principal Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
11 August 1891
Mortality, Statistics, Boroughs, Diseases, Deaths
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Return for July 1891

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 August 1891
Meteorology, Temperature, Humidity, Rainfall, Radiation
  • James Hector, Director