✨ Vital Statistics and Meteorological Report
Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1497
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The total number of deaths from these causes at the four towns was only 17,
against 33 in August. The difference is mainly the result of a lower mortality from measles, chiefly among children. The
deaths from measles fell from 26 in August to 11 in September. Of these last, 8 were at Wellington, 2 at Christchurch,
and 1 at Dunedin. There was 1 death from influenza, at Christchurch. Whooping-cough is noticed at Wellington and
Dunedin, 1 death at each place. Diphtheria caused 1 death, at Wellington.
Constitutional Diseases.—Of 23 deaths, 9 were by cancer, 13 from tubercular diseases (including 10 from phthisis), and
1 from anaemia.
Local Diseases.—The deaths belonging to this class numbered 55 (against 59 in the previous month), of which 13 were
from diseases of the respiratory system, including 10 from bronchitis and pneumonia.
Violent Deaths.—The accidental deaths comprise that of a widow woman burnt by her house catching fire, a
commercial traveller accidentally poisoned, a child smothered, and another killed by compression of the brain at birth.
The suicides were two: a commercial traveller committed felo de se by means of chlorodyne, and a woman destroyed
herself by strangulation when in a state of temporary insanity.
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. | |
| Sept | Aug. | |
| Auckland | .. | 1 |
| Wellington | .. | 8 |
| Christchurch | .. | 2 |
| Dunedin | .. | 1 |
| Totals | .. | 11 |
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1893.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.
Provisional Meteorological Return for September, 1893.
| AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. | DUNEDIN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in shade for month .. | 56·3 | 53·8 | 51·5 | 48·1 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 54·8 | 50·9 | 48·7 | 47·4 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date | 67·0 on 27th | 65·0 on 22nd, 26th | ,70·2 on 24th | 68·0 on 2nd |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date | 44·0 on 21st | 36·0 on 30th | 33·0 on 18th | 34·0 on 30th |
| Maximum Solar Radiation, and date .. | 140·0 on 17th | 123·0 on 17th, 26th | 120·4 on 24th | 120·0 on 25th |
| Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date | 40·0 on 21st | 27·0 on 30th | 27·6 on 18th | 31·0 on 29th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) .. | 75 | 79 | 82 | 79 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 75 | 76 | 75 | 73 |
| Total Rainfall, in inches .. | 3·570 | 5·965 | 2·638 | 8·172 |
| Average same month previous years... | 3·394 | 4·259 | 1·766 | 2·473 |
| Number of Days of Rain .. | 20 | 23 | 11 | 18 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 16 | 14 | 8 | 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.
JAMES HECTOR,
Director.
Meteorological Office, Wellington, October, 1893.
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- E. J. von Dadelssen, Registrar-General
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