New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 28

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✨ Vital Statistics

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Centres registered during February, 1913—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		TOTAL.
	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
II.—DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE.
61. Meningitis	3	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	5
64. Cerebral Hemorrhage, Apoplexy	1	3	..	4	..	..	..	1	9
66. Hemiplegia	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
68. Melancholia	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
69. Epilepsy	..	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	4
71. Convulsions of Infants	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
74. Cerebral Tumour	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
III.—DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
78. Endocarditis	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
79. Heart-disease	..	9	..	4	..	6	..	2	21
81. Aneurism	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	2	6
82. Thrombosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
IV.—DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
88. Goitre	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
89. Acute Bronchitis	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	2
90. Chronic Bronchitis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
91. Broncho-pneumonia	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
92. Pneumonia	1	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	5
94. Pulmonary Congestion	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
98. Pneumoconiosis..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
V.—DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
103. Gastritis	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
104. Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2 years)	11	..	9	..	7	..	6	..	33
105. " (2 years and over)	..	3	1	..	1	2	1	1	9
108. Appendicitis	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
109. Intestinal Obstruction	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	1	4
114. Gall-stones	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
117. Peritonitis	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	3
118. Pancreatitis	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
VI.—DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM AND ANNEXA.
119. Acute Nephritis..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2
120. Bright's Disease	..	4	..	..	..	3	..	6	13
126. Prostatitis	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	4
VII.—PUERPERAL STATE.
136. Parturition	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
VIII.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
144. Cellulitis	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	2
X.—MALFORMATIONS.
150. Hydrocephalus	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
XI.—DISEASES OF INFANCY.
151. Marasmus	4	..	3	..	2	..	1	..	10
151A. Premature Birth	5	..	5	..	4	..	..	..	14
152. Septicæmia from Cord	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
XII.—OLD AGE.
154. Senility	..	..	..	3	..	3	..	4	10
XIII.—VIOLENCE.
155. Suicide by Poisoning	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
157. " Hanging	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
159. " Firearms	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
165. Accident—Poisoning	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
169. " Drowning	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
172. " Fall	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
174. " Machinery	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
175. " Vehicles	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	3	5
178. Exposure and cold	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
186. Accident, struck by stone	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
XIV.—ILL-DEFINED CAUSES.
189. Heart-failure	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
Totals	28	50	20	36	18	37	12	55	246