New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 68

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There were 8 deaths belonging to this class at the four centres with their suburbs in the month of June, including 1 from scarlet fever at Wellington, 2 from influenza—1 at Auckland and 1 at Christchurch—and 2 from diphtheria at Wellington. These, with 2 from congenital specific disease (children), and 1 from puerperal sepsis, complete the total.

Constitutional Diseases.—Of 27 deaths, 8 were caused by cancer, and 10 resulted from phthisis. There were besides 5 from other tubercular diseases than phthisis. The remainder included 2 deaths from diabetes, 1 from anaemia, and 1 from mesenteric disease.

Local Diseases.—Of 112 deaths at the four centres, 25 resulted from nervous diseases, 1 from disease of organs of special sense, 24 from diseases of the organs of circulation, 31 of the respiratory system, 15 of the digestive, 12 of the urinary, 2 of the reproductive, and 2 of the integumentary systems.

Violent Deaths.—Nine were accidental and 1 suicidal. One death was caused by tetanus from injury, 1 by fracture of skull, 1 by injury to spine, 1 by capsizé of a lorry, 1 by blow from an engine, 1 by burns, 1 by drowning, 1 by difficult birth, and 1 by cranial hæmorrhage. The suicide was caused by suffocation (gas).

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.
	June	May	June	May	June	May	June	May	June	May
Auckland and suburban boroughs	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
Wellington and suburban boroughs	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	..	..
Christchurch and suburban borough	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dunedin and suburban boroughs	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
Totals ..	..	2	1	..	..	1	1	2	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 June, 1905.

BOROUGHS:	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1905.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1904.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1905.
			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	..	..	2	0·47	8·14
New Plymouth ..	..	5,308	20	1	1	2	..	..	4	0·76	10·70
Napier ..	..	9,704	27	1	..	3	..	..	7	0·72	10·35
Wanganui ..	..	7,817	20	..	..	2	..	..	3	0·38	10·12
Palmerston North ..	..	9,795	29	1	..	2	..	1	5	0·51	11·52
Blenheim ..	..	3,547	17	..	..	..	..	1	6	1·69	14·87
Nelson ..	..	7,726	21	1	..	4	1	..	8	1·04	11·62
Greymouth ..	..	4,563	7	1	..	4	2	..	7	1·53	11·56
Hokitika ..	..	2,100	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18·10
Lyttelton ..	..	4,682	8	1	..	2	..	..	5	1·07	10·52
Timaru ..	..	6,800	18	..	..	1	..	1	5	0·74	9·44
Oamaru ..	..	5,105	14	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·92
Invercargill (Greater) ..	..	11,400*	44	..	..	4	1	1	9	0·71	..

*As estimated. Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1905.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1905, No 68

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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Causes of Death for June 1905 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated17 July 1905
KeywordsCauses of Death, Vital Statistics, Mortality, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, June 1905, Death Rates, Specific Febrile Diseases, Zymotic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Local Diseases, Violent Deaths, Sanitary Conditions, Climatic Influence
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. Von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🏥 Return of Births and Deaths in Provincial Boroughs for June 1905

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated17 July 1905
KeywordsBirths, Deaths, Mortality, Population Statistics, Proportion of Deaths, Boroughs, Thames, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Invercargill, June 1905
👩‍💼 Officials

E. J. Von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

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