✨ Health and Meteorological Statistics
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40
The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of the four centres 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. | ||||||
| Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | Mar. | Apl. | |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 21 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1896.
E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.
Provisional Meteorological Return for April, 1896.
| AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. | DUNEDIN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in shade for month* | 61·6 | 55·8 | 52·8 | 48·9 |
| Average same month previous years* | 61·7 | 57·0 | 53·8 | 51·9 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date* | 78·0 on 1st | 69·0 on 16th | 75·0 on 14th | 63·0 on 10th |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date* | 47·0 on 18th | 40·0 on 19th | 31·4 on 19th | 35·0 on 22nd |
| Maximum Solar Radiation, and date* | 131·0 on 5th | 127·0 on 9th and 10th | 124·0 on 14th | 115·0 on 10th |
| Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date* | 38·0 on 18th | 28·0 on 19th | 26·4 on 19th | 30·0 on 29th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) | 70 | 76 | 72 | 79 |
| Average same month previous years | 76 | 76 | 77 | 75 |
| Total Rainfall, in inches | 7·200 | 12·153 | 5·056 | 4·186 |
| Average same month previous years | 2·828 | 3·525 | 1·803 | 2·194 |
| Number of Days of Rain | 20 | 24 | 16 | 19 |
| Average same month previous years | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
- Fahrenheit.
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, 26th May, 1896.
Return of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Month of April, 1896.
| Boroughs. | Population, April, 1896 | Total Births in Boroughs. | Deaths in Boroughs registered in April, 1896. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1896. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1895 | |||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | ||||||
| Thames | .. | .. | 4,225 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| New Plymouth | .. | .. | 3,825 | 20 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Napier | .. | .. | 9,232 | 21 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Wanganui | .. | .. | 5,943 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Palmerston North | .. | .. | 5,886 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Blenheim | .. | .. | 3,018 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nelson | .. | .. | 6,660 | 18 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | 3,099 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Hokitika | .. | .. | 2,059 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Lyttelton | .. | .. | 3,889 | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Timaru | .. | .. | 3,613 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Oamaru | .. | .. | 5,226 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Invercargill | .. | .. | 5,630* | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
- At the census taken in April last the population of Invercargill and suburbs was, roughly, 9,995 persons.
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