✨ Causes of Death in Principal Towns - September 1906
Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2759
Developmental Diseases.—The deaths numbered 29—15 from premature birth, and 14 from senile decay.
Local Diseases.—These numbered 138, or 57·50 per cent. of the total. Twenty-two deaths were from diseases of the nervous system; 1 from disease of the organs of special sense. Diseases of the circulatory system caused 27 deaths; of the respiratory, 47 deaths, this latter including 42 deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia. There were also 30 deaths under diseases of the digestive system, and 11 others in this class. The latter include diseases of the urinary system, 6 deaths, 3 of them Bright’s complaint.
Violence.—Of the 15 deaths in this class at the chief cities and suburbs, 2 were by suicide, 2 by cutting throat, and 1 by poison. Accidental deaths resulted from the following causes: Fall on picket fence, 1; fracture of skull, 1; run over by railway-engine, 1; scalds, 2; poison (lead), 1; drowning, 1; suffocation, 1; overlain, 1; misadventure (chloroform), 1; neglect and want of proper nourishment, 1. The cause of death in one case—that of an infant—was given as violence and neglect.
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. | |
| Sep. | Aug. | |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | 3 |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | .. | .. |
| Christchurch and suburban borough | 3 | 2 |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | .. | 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 September, 1906.
| Boroughs. | Population, Census, 1906. | Total Births in Boroughs. | Deaths in Boroughs Registered in September, 1906. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1906. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1905. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | |||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |||
| Thames | .. | .. | 3,750 | 11 | .. |
| New Plymouth | .. | .. | 5,141 | 29 | 1 |
| Napier | .. | .. | 9,454 | 16 | .. |
| Wanganui | .. | .. | 8,175 | 33 | 1 |
| Palmerston North | .. | .. | 10,239 | 31 | 1 |
| Masterton | .. | .. | 5,026 | 16 | .. |
| Blenheim | .. | .. | 3,351 | 11 | 2 |
| Nelson | .. | .. | 8,164 | 20 | 2 |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | 4,569 | .. | .. |
| Hokitika | .. | .. | 2,224 | 7 | .. |
| Lyttelton | .. | .. | 3,941 | 4 | .. |
| Timaru | .. | .. | 7,615 | 19 | .. |
| Oamaru | .. | .. | 5,071 | 16 | .. |
| Invercargill (Greater) | .. | .. | 12,507* | 39 | 1 |
*Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare15 October 1906
Vital statistics, Mortality, Causes of death, Public health, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, September 1906
- E. J. von Dadelsten, Registrar-General