New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 58

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✨ Vital Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There were 12 deaths at the chief towns with their suburbs from diseases in this class during the month of May. Influenza caused 1 death at Dunedin and diphtheria another at the same place. Enteric fever was fatal in 1 case at Auckland. Three deaths from diarrhoeal diseases occurred at Auckland and 1 at Dunedin. The remaining deaths for the month at the four centres were 3 from septicaemia and 1 from puerperal septicaemia; besides 1 (of a child) from specific disease.

Constitutional Diseases.—Nineteen persons died of cancer at the chief towns in May—8 at Dunedin, 6 at Christchurch. There were 14 deaths from phthisis, and 6 from other tubercular diseases. There were 4 from diabetes, and 2 others complete the total of 45 deaths, being 20 per cent. of the deaths from all causes.

Local Diseases.—The deaths in the chief towns were 121, being 53 per cent. of the whole. Twenty-nine were from diseases of the nervous system, 22 of the circulatory, and 24 of the respiratory (bronchitis, croup, and pneumonia), 32 resulted from diseases of the digestive system, 1 of the lymphatic, 10 of the urinary (5 Bright’s), and 3 of the reproductive system.

Violent Deaths.—Of 11 deaths, 9 were accidental and 2 suicidal. Of the former, 1 person was killed by a tramcar and another run over by a train. One death was caused by falling down stairs, and 1 described as from “laceration of brain.” A child was killed by phosphorus poisoning, an infant by being overlain. Two deaths resulted from misadventure under anaesthetics. The last was by a shock from internal injury. The suicides were by poisoning and drowning.

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. Influenza. Scarlet Fever. Typhoid and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-cough. Diarrhoeal Diseases. Bronchitis Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.
May Apl. May Apl. May Apl. May Apl. May Apl.
Auckland and suburban boroughs .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. ..
Wellington and suburban boroughs .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Christchurch and suburban borough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dunedin and suburban boroughs 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. ..
Totals .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 1 1 .. ..

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 May, 1905.

BOROUGHS: ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1905. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1905. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1904
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Thames .. .. 4,300 6 .. ..
New Plymouth .. .. 5,308 23 2 ..
Napier .. .. 9,704 21 1 ..
Wanganui .. .. 7,817 20 .. ..
Palmerston North .. .. 9,795 28 3 ..
Blenheim .. .. 3,547 20 .. ..
Nelson .. .. 7,726 11 .. ..
Greymouth .. .. 4,563 14 .. ..
Hokitika .. .. 2,100 5 .. ..
Lyttelton .. .. 4,682 12 .. ..
Timaru .. .. 6,800 12 1 ..
Oamaru .. .. 5,105 14 .. ..
Invercargill .. .. 6,862* 39 2 ..

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

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1905.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.



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🏥 Vital Statistics on Causes of Death in Principal Towns, May 1905 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Causes of Death, Mortality, Statistics, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Public Health, Death Rates, Digestive Diseases, Urinary Diseases, Reproductive Diseases, Violence, Suicide, Accidents

🏥 Mortality from Specific Febrile and Inflammatory Diseases in Major Towns

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Mortality, Specific Febrile Diseases, Zymotic Diseases, Influenza, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Diarrhoeal Diseases, Septicaemia, Puerperal Septicaemia, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Lung Congestion, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin

🏥 Table of Mortality from Key Infectious and Respiratory Diseases in Four Main Centres

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Mortality Table, Influenza, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoeal Diseases, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Lung Congestion, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Monthly Statistics

🏥 Return of Births, Deaths, and Mortality Rates in Selected Boroughs, May 1905

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
20 June 1905
Births, Deaths, Mortality Rates, Population Statistics, Boroughs, Thames, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Invercargill, Proportion of Deaths per 1000, Registrar-General
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General