New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 54

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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ORDER 7:—	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		TOTAL.
Diseases of Urinary System,—	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Bright’s Disease ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Cystitis	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Kidney-disease ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Tumour of Bladder	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
ORDER 8:—
Diseases of Reproductive System,—
Ovarian Tumour	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Miscarriage	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
ORDER 9:—
Diseases of Organs of Locomotion,—
Sclerosis of Femur	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
CLASS VII.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Fall from Roof ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Fracture of Skull	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Fall of Clay	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Chloroform Poisoning (accidental)..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Drowned	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
ORDER 3:—
Suicide,—
Overdose of Laudanum	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, &c.	..	..	3	..	..	..	1	..	4
Found Dead	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2
Totals ..	..	14	22	9	30	8	37	3	24

In the first table are given the deaths and death-rates for each of the four cities, for the suburban boroughs severally, and for each city with its suburban towns. As regards Auckland and Christchurch, the whole of the area usually recognised as suburban has not yet been brought under municipal government, and the vital statistics do not deal with such portions as still remain in road districts. But the omission is not very important, for there are in either case quite enough suburbs included within borough boundaries to give a fair idea of the death-rate of Greater Auckland and Greater Christchurch. As further boroughs are formed the vital statistics will be made to include them.

The inclusion of the suburban boroughs tends to lower the death-rate for last month at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin, but raises it at Christchurch. The rates for June are,—

Auckland City	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Death-rate per 1,000 of Population.
" and five suburban boroughs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0·83
Wellington City	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1·04
" and three suburban boroughs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0·93
Christchurch City	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1·06
" and four suburban boroughs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1·09
Dunedin City	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0·61
" and eight suburban boroughs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0·57

Including the suburbs, the rate at Christchurch is the highest and at Dunedin the lowest. Compared with June, 1895, the results are,—

	June, 1895.	June, 1896.
Auckland and suburbs	..	..
Wellington and suburbs	..	..
Christchurch and suburbs	..	..
Dunedin and suburbs ..	..	..

Specific Febrile and Zymotic Diseases.—The mortality from these diseases at the four chief cities, with their suburbs, in June was confined to 7 deaths, against 42 in April and 18 in May. The number for last month is the lowest recorded since November, 1895. From miasmatic diseases there were only 3 deaths—1 from scarlet fever at Christchurch, 1 from diphtheria at Wellington, and 1 from typhoid fever at Dunedin. From diarrhoeal diseases there was only 1 death, which occurred at Dunedin. The remaining three deaths in the class were from stricture of the urethra, erysipelas, and pyæmia.

Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths were 32, against 36 in May. Cancer caused 13, phthisis 9, and diabetes 1 death.

Local Diseases.—Of 80 deaths, 19 were from diseases of the nervous system, including 7 from convulsions, 3 from insanity, 2 from apoplexy, 2 softening of the brain, 2 paralysis, and 1 (each) from meningitis, epilepsy, and cerebral tumour. Diseases of the circulatory system contributed 22 deaths, 19 from heart-disease, including syncope, 1 from angina pectoris, 1 from aneurism, and 1 from thrombosis. From diseases of the respiratory system the deaths were 14, including 7 from bronchitis and pneumonia. Diseases of the digestive system show 17, of the urinary system 5, of the reproductive system 2, and locomotive system 1 death.

Violent Deaths.—Five were accidental and one suicide. A telegraph-lineman was killed by falling from the roof of a warehouse, a boy of 11 years by fracture of skull, a labourer by fall of some clay, a child by chloroform poisoning, and a man was found drowned. The suicide was that of a chemist, who killed himself by means of an overdose of laudanum.

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