✨ Vital Statistics
Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 693
Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths in this class at the four towns in January numbered 61, or 21 per cent. of the total mortality. One-half of these deaths were attributable to tubercular disease variously manifested—that is, 19 deaths from phthisis pulmonalis, 5 from tubercular meningitis, 3 from tubercular peritonitis, 1 from tubercular enteritis, and 2 from general tuberculosis; this is a heavy mortality, in which tubercular meningitis is noticeable. Cancer caused 21 deaths, and diabetes 4. The remaining 6 were from anæmia, rheumatism, arthritis, and tabes.
Local Diseases.—Forty-five per cent. of all deaths, being 132 in number, belonged to this class. Diseases of the nervous system contributed 34; of the circulatory, 33; and of the respiratory, 16. Diseases of the digestive system show 36 deaths—a large number (including 25 from gastritis and enteritis), nearly all of children under 5 years; there was also 1 death from appendicitis. Besides these, there were 9 deaths from causes connected with the urinary and 4 of the reproductive systems.
Violent Deaths.—The total of deaths for January at the chief towns was 18—15 accidental and 3 suicidal. Of the former, 4 resulted from fractures, 2 from burns, 3 from drowning, and 1 from suffocation. One death was caused by electric car, 1 by a kick from horse, and 3 by an accident at the Auckland Dock. One suicide was by shooting, and 2 by poison.
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. | |
| Dec. | Jan. | |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | 1 | 1 |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | 1 | .. |
| Christchurch and suburban borough | 2 | 1 |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | 2 | 1 |
| Totals .. | .. | 6 |
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 January, 1907.
| Boroughs. | Population, Census, 1906. | Total Births in Boroughs. | Deaths in Boroughs Registered in January, 1907. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1907. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | |||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |||
| Thames .. | .. | 3,750 | 15 | .. | 1 |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 5,141 | 26 | 1 | .. |
| Napier .. | .. | 9,454 | 23 | 2 | .. |
| Wanganui .. | .. | 8,175 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| Palmerston North .. | .. | 10,239 | 47 | 5 | 1 |
| Masterton .. | .. | 5,026 | 20 | 2 | .. |
| Blenheim .. | .. | 3,351 | 20 | .. | .. |
| Nelson .. | .. | 8,164 | 16 | 1 | .. |
| Greymouth .. | .. | 4,569 | .. | .. | .. |
| Hokitika .. | .. | 2,224 | 7 | .. | .. |
| Lyttelton .. | .. | 3,941 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Timaru .. | .. | 7,615 | 26 | 1 | .. |
| Oamaru .. | .. | 5,071 | 11 | 2 | .. |
| Invercargill (Greater) .. | .. | 12,507* | 47 | .. | .. |
- Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1907.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.
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🏥 Health & Social WelfareMortality, Statistics, Public Health, Disease Classification, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
🏥 Vital Statistics: Mortality from Specific Diseases
🏥 Health & Social WelfareMortality, Statistics, Public Health, Influenza, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Whooping-cough, Diarrhoeal Diseases, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Congestion of Lungs
🏥 Vital Statistics: Births and Mortality in Boroughs
🏥 Health & Social Welfare14 February 1907
Births, Mortality, Statistics, Population, Thames, New Plymouth, Napier, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Invercargill
- E. J. von DADELSZEN, Registrar-General