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✨ Health & Meteorological Statistics

Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1975

Violent Deaths.—There were 6 accidental and 1 suicidal. Of the former, 1 resulted from injury to the spine, 1 falling from cab, 1 burns, 1 overdose of chloral, 1 drowning, and 1 accident at birth. The suicide was by shooting.

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.

SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. PRINCIPAL LUNG-DISEASES.

Townes. Influenza. Scarlet Fever. Typhoid and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-cough. Diarrhoeal Diseases. Bronchitis Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.

July June July June July June July June July June July June July June July June July June July June

Auckland and suburban boroughs 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 2 3 2 .. .. 2 5 .. ..
Wellington and suburban boroughs .. .. .. 1 1 2 .. .. .. .. 1 3 5 .. 1 5 4 .. ..
Christchurch and suburban boroughs 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 4 4 .. .. 4 3 .. ..
Dunedin and suburban boroughs .. 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 3 .. .. 2 8 .. ..
Totals .. 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 .. 1 3 12 14 .. 1 13 20 .. ..

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of July, 1904.

BOROUGHS: ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1904.

Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1904. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1903.

Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.

Thames .. .. 4,300 20 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·23 10·58
New Plymouth .. .. 5,158 17 .. .. 2 1 .. 1 4 0·78 13·54
Napier .. .. 9,422 22 2 .. 5 1 .. 1 9 0·96 11·49
Wanganui .. .. 7,796 24 .. .. 2 3 .. .. 5 0·64 9·51
Palmerston North .. .. 8,957 24 3 .. 3 1 .. 1 8 0·89 8·58
Blenheim .. .. 3,985 19 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·50 23·45
Nelson .. .. 7,766 22 2 1 3 .. .. .. 6 0·77 15·84
Greymouth .. .. 4,436 18 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·23 11·79
Hokitika .. .. 2,100 4 .. .. 3 .. .. 4 7 3·33 24·72
Lyttelton .. .. 4,637 10 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·65 9·21
Timaru .. .. 6,758 11 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 4 0·59 10·27
Oamaru .. .. 5,380 13 1 .. 1 1 .. 2 5 0·93 10·78
Invercargill .. .. 6,514* 17 1 .. 5 .. .. 6 12 1·84 12·38

At the census taken in March, 1901, the population of Invercargill and suburbs was 10,637 persons.

Registrar-General’s Office, E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Wellington, 15th August, 1904. Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR JULY, 1904.

— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. LINCOLN, CANTERBURY. DUNEDIN.

Mean Temperature in shade for month 51·3 46·6 42·8 42·2
Average same month previous years... 52·2 47·6 42·5 42·7
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date 61·0 on 11th and 14th 57·9 on 20th 65·8 on 29th 58·0 on 7th
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date 37·0 on 23rd 32·0 on 3rd 23·4 on 2nd 29·0 on 4th
Maximum Solar Radiation, and date .. 115·0 on 15th 97·0 on 19th 103·8 on 29th ..
Minimum Terrestrial Radiation, and date 33·0 on 23rd 29·0 on 3rd 17·8 on 21st ..
Mean Humidity (Saturation = 100) .. 80 79 73 84·3
Average same month previous years ... 80 78 82 78
Total Rainfall, in inches .. .. 2·240 4·290 1·565 1·280
Average same month previous years ... 4·818 6·335 2·607 2·474
Number of Days of Rain .. .. 11 15 11 11
Average same month previous years ... 19 18 13 12

Fahrenheit.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 11th August, 1904. CUTHBERT FREYBERG,
C Acting-Observer.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1904, No 68

The General Assembly Library (on the right) was completed in 1899 and survived the 1907 fire. Now the oldest remaining original Parliament building, still used as the Parliamentary Library.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Causes of death by age group and borough (continued from previous page)

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
KeywordsViolent deaths, Accidental deaths, Suicide, Spinal injury, Drowning, Burns, Chloral overdose, Birth accident, Shooting

🏥 Mortality from zymotic and lung diseases in major centres

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
KeywordsZymotic diseases, Influenza, Scarlet fever, Typhoid fever, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoeal diseases, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Lung congestion, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin

🏥 Births, deaths, and mortality rates in provincial boroughs

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated15 August 1904
KeywordsBirths, Deaths, Mortality rates, Infant mortality, Population statistics, Thames, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Invercargill
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🏥 Provisional meteorological data for July 1904

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated11 August 1904
KeywordsMeteorological data, Mean temperature, Maximum temperature, Minimum temperature, Solar radiation, Terrestrial radiation, Humidity, Rainfall, Rainy days, Auckland, Wellington, Lincoln, Dunedin, Climate, Weather statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

Cuthbert Freyberg, Acting-Observer

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