✨ Vital Statistics Report
1856
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73
TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Metropolitan Areas, and Total for Nine Suburban Areas,
registered during April, 1918.
| Causes of Death | Auckland Metropolitan Area. | Wellington Metropolitan Area. | Christchurch Metropolitan Area. | Dunedin Metropolitan Area. | Nine Suburban Areas. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |
| 1. — GENERAL DISEASES. | ||||||
| (a.) Epidemic Diseases. | ||||||
| 1. Typhoid Fever | 2 | |||||
| 7. Scarlet Fever | ||||||
| 8. Whooping-cough | 2 | |||||
| 9. Diphtheria .. | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 10. Influenza | 1 | |||||
| 14. Dysentery .. | 1 | |||||
| (b.) Other General Diseases. | ||||||
| 20. Pyaemia | 1 | |||||
| 28. Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 29. Miliary Tuberculosis | 1 | |||||
| 30. Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | |||||
| 31. Abdominal Tuberculosis | 1 | |||||
| 32. Potts Disease | 1 | |||||
| 34. Lupus Vulgaris | ||||||
| 34. Tuberculosis of Genito-urinary System | 1 | |||||
| 34. Tubercular Abscess .. | 1 | |||||
| 39. Cancer of Buccal Cavity | 2 | |||||
| 40. " Stomach, Liver, &c. | 4 | |||||
| 41. " Intestines, Rectum | 1 | |||||
| 42. " Female Genital Organs | ||||||
| 43. " Breast | 1 | |||||
| 44. " Skin | ||||||
| 45. " Axilla | 1 | |||||
| 45. " Bladder | 1 | |||||
| 45. " Brain | 1 | |||||
| 45. " Cervical Gland | 1 | |||||
| 45. " Larynx | ||||||
| 45. " Lung | 1 | |||||
| 45. " Pancreas | ||||||
| 45. " Prostate | 2 | |||||
| 45. " Sacrum | ||||||
| 46. Tumour of Mediastinum | 1 | |||||
| 47. Acute Articular Rheumatism.. | 2 | |||||
| 50 Diabetes | 1 | |||||
| 52. Addison's Disease | ||||||
| 53. Leuchaemia | 1 | |||||
| 54. Pernicious Anæmia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 55. Purpura Hæmorrhagica | ||||||
| 56. Alcoholic Gastritis | 1 | |||||
| Totals .. | 3 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 1 | |
| II.—DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE. | ||||||
| 61. Meningitis .. | ||||||
| 63. Spinal Tumour | ||||||
| 63. Paralysis Agitans | ||||||
| 64. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Apoplexy | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 65. Softening of the Brain | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 66. Paralysis without Specified Cause | 3 | |||||
| 67. General Paralysis of the Insane | 2 | |||||
| 68. Melancholia | 1 | |||||
| 68. Chronic Brain Disease | 2 | |||||
| 71. Convulsions of Infants | ||||||
| 73. Anorexia Nervosa | 1 | |||||
| 74. Cerebral Disease | 1 | |||||
| Totals .. | 21 | 5 | ||||
| III.—DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. | ||||||
| 79. Organic Diseases of the Heart | 12 | 4 | ||||
| 80. Angina Pectoris | ||||||
| 81. Arterio Sclerosis | ||||||
| 82. Pulmonary Embolism | ||||||
| 84. Status Lymphaticus.. | 1 | |||||
| Totals .. | 12 | 1 | 4 | |||
| IV.—DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. | ||||||
| 90. Chronic Bronchitis | 1 | |||||
| 91. Broncho-pneumonia.. | 1 | |||||
| 92. Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 93. Pleurisy | ||||||
| 96. Asthma | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 98. Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals .. | 1 | 6 | 3 |
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