New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 31

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✨ Mortality and Meteorological Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs: The births in March were 232, against 224 in February, an increase of 8. The deaths amounted to 107, against 132 in February. There were 16 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 3 males of 84, 80, and 73, and 2 females of 72 and 68, died at Auckland; 5 males of 84, 81, 78, 75, and 73, and 2 females of 71 and 65, at Wellington; 1 male of 68 at Christchurch; and 2 males of 72 and 67, and 1 female of 72, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The mortality from these diseases was much less in March than in February, owing to the decrease in the number of deaths caused by diarrhœal diseases, from 38 in the previous to 12 in the past month; but there was an increase in the number of deaths caused by miasmatic diseases from 5 in February to 14 in March, due to the prevalence of typhoid fever in Auckland, where it caused 3 deaths, and in Wellington, where it caused 7 deaths. Influenza again appeared as a cause of mortality in March, 2 deaths in Wellington having been attributed to that disease. There were no deaths from this complaint in the four boroughs in February. Diphtheria caused only 1 death in these boroughs in March—it occurred in Wellington.

Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 22 deaths in March—6 fewer than in February. The most noticeable differences are a decrease from 8 to 6 in the number of deaths from cancer, and a decrease from 10 to 6 in the number from phthisis.

Local Diseases.—The number of deaths from diseases in this class was nearly the same in each of the two past months—37 deaths in February, 36 in March, but the mortality in each order differed greatly. In February, diseases of the nervous system caused 5 deaths, diseases of the circulatory system 8, and diseases of the respiratory system 3. In March the deaths were, from diseases of the nervous system 13, from diseases of the organs of circulation 3, and from diseases of the respiratory system 6.

Violent Deaths.—5 deaths were thus classified: of these, 4 were accidental, including 1 from drowning; 1 person committed suicide by shooting himself through the head.

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.
Mar. Feb.
Auckland .. .. ..
Wellington .. .. ..
Christchurch .. .. ..
Dunedin .. .. ..
Totals .. .. ..

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1892.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR MARCH, 1892.

— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month ..
Average same month previous years ... 67·4
66·2 61·5
62·1 60·4
57·9 56·3
55·3
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date 79·0 on 17th 75·0 on 2nd, 9th, 15th 84·4 on 3rd, 10th 76·0 on 3rd
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date 51·0 on 23rd 44·0 on 27th 37·8 on 25th 39·0 on 31st
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date .. 136·0 on 5th, 11th 132·0 on 16th 146·8 on 4th 130·0 on 1st
Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date 47·0 on 24th, 25th 38·0 on 27th 32·2 on 25th 35·0 on 31st
Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) ..
Average same month previous years ... 80
73 77
74 73
... 75
72
Total Rainfall in inches ..
Average same month previous years ... 1·530
2·632 6·360
2·819 2·942
1·804 2·580
2·724
Number of Days of Rain ..
Average same month previous years ... 7
10 11
10 12
8 14
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, April, 1892.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.



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🏥 Mortality Statistics for Principal Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
11 April 1892
Mortality, Statistics, Boroughs, Diseases, Accidents, Suicide
  • W. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Return for March 1892

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 April 1892
Meteorology, Temperature, Humidity, Rainfall, Radiation
  • James Hector, Director