✨ Vital Statistics and Meteorology
Jan. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 147
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. | ||||||||
| Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | Dec. | Nov. | |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
| Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Totals .. | .. | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | .. |
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 December, 1898.
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population, January, 1898. | Total Births in Boroughs. | Deaths in Boroughs Registered in December, 1898. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1898. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1897. | ||||||||||
| Thames .. | .. | 5,500 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 1·27 | 11·64 | ||||||
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 4,081 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 0·74 | 10·49 | ||||||
| Napier .. | .. | 9,388 | 19 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 8 | 0·85 | 12·07 | ||||||
| Wanganui .. | .. | 6,103 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·33 | 11·53 | ||||||
| Palmerston North .. | .. | 6,143 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0·81 | 7·40 | ||||||
| Blenheim .. | .. | 3,148 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·32 | 12·21 | ||||||
| Nelson .. | .. | 6,804 | 14 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 7 | 14 | 2·06 | 9·76 | ||||||
| Greymouth .. | .. | 3,319 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1·20 | 14·87 | ||||||
| Hokitika .. | .. | 2,252 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·44 | 18·33 | ||||||
| Lyttelton .. | .. | 4,053 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·25 | 11·21 | ||||||
| Timaru .. | .. | 3,732 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·54 | 11·62 | ||||||
| Oamaru .. | .. | 5,309 | 16 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | 1·32 | 8·68 | ||||||
| Invercargill .. | .. | 5,689* | 12 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 1·05 | 8·94 |
- At the census taken in April, 1896, the population of Invercargill and suburbs was 9,996 persons.
Registrar-General’s Office, E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Wellington, 12th January, 1899. Registrar-General.
PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR DECEMBER, 1898.
| AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. | DUNEDIN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Temperature in shade for month* | 64·7 | 62·2 | 61·5 | 57·5 |
| Average same month previous years* ... | 65·2 | 60·8 | 60·7 | 56·0 |
| Maximum Temperature in shade, and date* | 77·0 on 16th | 77·3 on 11th | 89·7 on 11th | 76·0 on 31st |
| Minimum Temperature in shade, and date* | 53·0 on 3rd | 47·0 on 25th | 43·1 on 2nd | 40·0 on 6th |
| Maximum Solar Radiation, and date* .. | 146·0 on 30th | 138·0 on 21st | 140·0 on 20th | 135·0 on 31st |
| Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date* | 47·0 on 4th | 37·0 on 25th | 43·2 on 3rd | 35·0 on 6th |
| Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) .. | 73 | 67 | 66 | 75 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 72 | 73 | 71 | 72 |
| Total Rainfall, in inches .. | 3·750 | 2·710 | 1·750 | 2·972 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 3·225 | 3·807 | 1·640 | 3·156 |
| Number of Days of Rain .. | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Average same month previous years ... | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
- 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.
Meteorological Office, Wellington, 9th January, 1899. JAMES HECTOR, Director.
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- E. J. Von Dadelszen, Registrar-General
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Meteorology, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Solar Radiation, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Lincoln, December 1898
- James Hector, Director