✨ Vital Statistics
SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2967
TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Four Metropolitan Areas, and Total for Nine Suburban Areas, registered during August, 1919.
| 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. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | ||
| I.—GENERAL DISEASES. | |||||||||||
| (a.) Epidemic Diseases. | |||||||||||
| 1. Typhoid Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7. Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8. Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 9. Diphtheria .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 10. Influenza .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 18. Erysipelas .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| (b.) Other General Diseases. | |||||||||||
| 28. Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 31 | ||||
| 29. Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 30. Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 31. Abdominal Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 32. Tuberculosis of Spine | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 37. Syphilis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 39. Cancer of Buccal Cavity | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 40. " Stomach, Liver | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| 41. " Intestines, Rectum.. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 42. " Female Genital Organs | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||||||
| 43. " Breast | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 45. " Abdomen | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 45. " Bladder | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 45. " Cervical Glands | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 45. " Pancreas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 45. " Prostate | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 45. " Pylorus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 45. Disseminated Cancer | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 45. Cancer (Undefined) .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 50 Diabetes | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 51. Exophthalmic Goitre | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 53. Hodgkin’s Disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 54. Pernicious Anæmia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 55. Purpura Hæmorrhagica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 55. Toxæmia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 56. Chronic Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals .. | 1 | 35 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 119 | |
| II.—DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE. | |||||||||||
| 60. Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 60. " Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 61. Meningitis .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 64. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Apoplexy | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | |||||
| 65. Cerebral Softening | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 66. Paralysis without Specified Cause | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 67. General Paralysis of Insane | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 68. Other Forms of Mental Alienation | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 69. Epilepsy | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 71. Convulsions of Infants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 73. Neuritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals .. | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 56 |
| III.—DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. | |||||||||||
| 77. Pericarditis.. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 78. Acute Endocarditis .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 79. Organic Diseases of Heart | 1 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 80 | |||
| 80. Angina Pectoris | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 81. Diseases of Arteries, Atheroma, &c. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 82. Thrombosis.. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 84. Disease of Thymus Gland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 85. Auricular Fibrillation of Heart | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals .. | 1 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 99 | |||
| IV.—DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. | |||||||||||
| 88. Goitre | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 89. Acute Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
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NZ Gazette 1919, No 115
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