New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 72

Page 1289

✨ Vital Statistics, Meteorological Data

SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1289

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs: The births in August were 242, against 207 in July, an increase of 35. The deaths amounted to 100, against 111 in July, a decrease of 11. There were 16 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 2 males of 88 and 65, and 2 females of 78 and 68, died at Auckland; 6 males of 85, 76, 75, 73, 67, and 65 at Wellington; 1 male of 65, and 1 female of 66, at Christchurch; 2 males of 74 and 65, and 2 females of 86 and 85, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths in this class fell from 10 in July to 6 in August, being the lowest mortality observed for the four chief boroughs during the year. Influenza caused 3 deaths—1 at Auckland, 1 at Christchurch, and 1 at Dunedin, the numbers for July having been 3 deaths at Auckland and 1 at Christchurch. There was 1 death from typhoid fever in August, which occurred at Wellington, making 20 deaths recorded for the city as from this cause since the beginning of the year.

Constitutional Diseases.—The exceptionally high mortality from these diseases, which obtained in July (30 deaths), is not found for August, when the deaths numbered only 19. Phthisis contributed 11 of these, against 18 in the previous month; and cancer 4, against 6 in July.

Local Diseases.—The deaths from these complaints numbered 57, or 7 in excess of the number for July. Diseases of the respiratory organs were more fatal in August (18 deaths) than in July (14). Of the deaths in August at the four boroughs from respiratory disease, Dunedin had the highest number, amounting to 8.

Violent Deaths.—These were 6 in number, the same as in the previous month: 5 were accidental, amongst which is noticed the death of a child by burning, and 1 was suicidal by shooting.

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.
	Aug.	July
Auckland ..	..	..
Wellington ..	..	..
Christchurch ..	..	..
Dunedin ..	..	..
Totals ..	..	..

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1892.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR AUGUST, 1892.

—	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	LINCOLN, CANTERBURY.	DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade for month .. Average same month previous years ...	54·5 52·1	50·5 48·0	47·7 44·1	45·9 43·2
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date	65·0 on 30th	61·0 on 30th	62·2 on 11th	60·0 on 6th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date	39·0 on 2nd	36·8 on 13th	27·0 on 15th	32·0 on 1st
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date ..	118·0 on 27th	112·0 on 15th	119·3 on 31st	93·0 on 14th
Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date	30·0 on 2nd	30·0 on 12th and 13th	22·4 on 15th	27·0 on 1st
Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) .. Average same month previous years ...	80 78	78 79	79 77	73 75
Total Rainfall in inches .. Average same month previous years ...	4·340 4·637	5·850 5·204	2·407 2·265	2·978 2·824
Number of Days of Rain .. Average same month previous years ...	20 19	16 17	11 9	13 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, September, 1892.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1892, No 72

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🏥 Vital Statistics for Four Principal Boroughs

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated15 September 1892
KeywordsVital Statistics, Mortality, Diseases, Boroughs, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. Von Dadelsez, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional Meteorological Return for August 1892

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated1 September 1892
KeywordsMeteorological Data, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Auckland, Wellington, Lincoln, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

James Hector, Director

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