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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 99
Local Diseases.—Of 79 deaths, or 43·17 per cent. of the whole mortality for the month at the chief centres, 23 were caused by diseases of the nervous system, 15 of the circulatory, 18 of the respiratory, 11 of the digestive, 10 of the urinary, 1 of the integumentary, and 1 of the reproductive systems.
Violent Deaths.—Of 13 deaths, 11 were accidental: 3 persons were killed at Auckland by railway-train, 1 by fall of timber, and 1 (a painter) died from chronic lead-poisoning. There was also 1 death at Christchurch caused by train accident. At Wellington a death occurred by a fall at foot of ladder on board ship, and another by a fall which was the effect of a blow; a third from fracture caused in moving house material. A gunner was killed by the blowing-out of a breech-block, and a marine engineer was suffocated by ammonia-gas. There were 2 suicides at Christchurch by hanging.
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Influenza. | Scarlet Fever. | |
| Nov. | Oct. | |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | .. |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | .. | .. |
| Christchurch and suburban borough | .. | .. |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | 3 | 1 |
| Totals .. | .. | 3 |
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 November, 1904.
| Boroughs: | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1904. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Nov., 1904. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1903. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
| 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 | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 0·28 |
| New Plymouth | .. | .. | 5,158 | 21 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 0·97 | 13·54 |
| Napier .. | .. | .. | 9,422 | 13 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 | 0·85 | 11·49 |
| Wanganui .. | .. | .. | 7,796 | 16 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 | 0·90 | 9·51 |
| Palmerston North | .. | .. | 8,957 | 20 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·56 | 8·58 |
| Blenheim .. | .. | .. | 3,985 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1·25 | 23·45 |
| Nelson .. | .. | .. | 7,766 | 20 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 7 | 0·90 | 15·84 |
| Greymouth .. | .. | .. | 4,436 | 17 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·90 | 11·79 |
| Hokitika .. | .. | .. | 2,100 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1·43 | 24·72 |
| Lyttelton .. | .. | .. | 4,637 | 17 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 0·86 | 9·21 |
| Timaru .. | .. | .. | 6,758 | 21 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 | 0·89 | 10·27 |
| Oamaru .. | .. | .. | 5,880 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·19 | 10·78 |
| Invercargill .. | .. | .. | 6,514* | 47 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | 11 | 1·69 | 12·38 |
*At the census taken in March, 1901, the population of Invercargill and suburbs was 10,637 persons.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1904.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.
Government Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Kowhia.
Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 7th December, 1904.
AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at
THE POST-OFFICE, KAWHIA,
as from the 15th December, 1904.
J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.
Government Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Makuri.
Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 7th December, 1904.
AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at
THE POST-OFFICE, MAKURI,
as from the 15th December, 1904.
J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.
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Vital Statistics for Principal Towns in November 1904
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare12 December 1904
Causes of death, Mortality, Zymotic diseases, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, Congenital conditions, Old-age, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Influenza, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Births, Proportion of deaths, Boroughs
- E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General
🏢 Government Insurance Agency Opening at Kawhia
🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance7 December 1904
Government Insurance Department, Life and Accident Branches, Agency opening, Kawhia, Post-Office
- J. H. Richardson, Commissioner
🏢 Government Insurance Agency Opening at Makuri
🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance7 December 1904
Government Insurance Department, Life and Accident Branches, Agency opening, Makuri, Post-Office
- J. H. Richardson, Commissioner