New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 4

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✨ Vital Statistics of Urban Areas

Jan. 26]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Table showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons at the Urban Areas registered during the Year 1921.

Causes of Death.	Auckland Urban Area Under 5 Years	Auckland Urban Area 5 Years and over.	Wellington Urban Area Under 5 Years	Wellington Urban Area 5 Years and over.	Christchurch Urban Area Under 5 Years	Christchurch Urban Area 5 Years and over.	Dunedin Urban Area Under 5 Years	Dunedin Urban Area 5 Years and over.	Others Under 5 Years	Others 5 Years and over.	Total.
I.—GENERAL DISEASES.
(a.) Epidemic Diseases.
1. Typhoid fever	..	6	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	10
6. Measles	12	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	17
7. Scarlet fever	9	3	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	..	15
8. Whooping-cough	7	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	12
9. Diphtheria	9	4	5	1	6	13	..	4	4	3	49
9a. Croup	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2
10. Influenza	1	11	..	15	2	9	..	3	..	11	52
14. Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
18. Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	3

(b.) Other General Diseases.
20. Purulent Infection and Septicæmia	5	2	..	1	2	2	..	2	..	1	15
24. Tetanus	2	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
28. Pulmonary Tuberculosis	2	76	2	72	..	51	..	57	2	48	312
29. Acute Miliary Tuberculosis	3	3	..	..	..	5	..	7	..	..	18
30. Tuberculous Meningitis	9	2	9	1	1	5	1	4	6	2	40
31. Abdominal Tuberculosis	2	2	1	3	..	3	..	2	1	2	16
32. Tuberculosis of Spine	..	2	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	4	9
33. Tuberculosis of Hip and Joints	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
34. Tuberculosis of other Organs	..	6	..	2	..	3	1	1	..	4	17
35. Disseminated Tuberculosis	2	..	..	..	9	..	..	..	..	..	11
36. Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
37. Syphilis	11	2	1	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	17
38. Gonococcus Infection	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
40. Cancer of Buccal Cavity	..	11	..	8	..	6	..	1	..	4	30
41. Cancer of Stomach and Liver	..	46	..	45	..	42	..	31	..	48	212
42. Cancer of Intestines, Rectum	..	27	..	18	..	25	..	22	..	18	110
43. Cancer of Female Genital Organs	..	13	..	11	..	9	..	10	..	9	52
44. Cancer of Breast	..	19	..	10	..	8	..	3	..	9	49
45. Cancer of Skin	..	1	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	6
45. " Parotid Glands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
45. " Neck	..	2	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	5
45. " Cervical Glands	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
45. " Tongue	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
45. " Larynx	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
45. " Hand	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
45. " Spine	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
45. " Sacrum	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
45. " Back	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
45. " Chest	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
45. " Thorax	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
45. " Lung	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	2	6
45. " Mediastinum	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
45. " Heart	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
45. " Peritonaeum	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	..	3	9
45. " Abdomen	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	1	6
45. " Pancreas	..	1	..	..	..	2	..	3	..	6	12
45. " Kidney	..	3	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	9	15
45. " Prostate	..	5	..	3	..	1	..	2	..	..	11
45. " Bladder	..	4	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	5	13
45. " Pelvis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
45. " Scrotum	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
45. " Buttock	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
45. " Groin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
45. " Leg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
45. " Hip	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
45. " Arm	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
45. " Bone	..	2	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	5
45. " Glands (undefined)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
45. Disseminated Cancer	..	10	..	1	..	5	..	4	..	1	21
46. Cancer (undefined)	..	4	..	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	9
47. Non-malignant Tumours	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	..	2	6
48. Chronic Rheumatism and Gout	..	5	..	..	..	3	..	2	..	3	13
49. Scurvy	..	4	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	7
50. Diabetes	..	20	..	8	1	19	..	21	..	19	88
51. Exophthalmic Goitre	..	5	..	1	..	3	..	2	..	7	18
52. Addison's Disease	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
53. Leucæmia	..	6	..	3	..	5	..	3	..	4	21
54. Anæmia, Chlorosis	..	1	..	1	..	8	..	11	..	3	24
55. Other General Diseases	6	17	..	8	1	5	..	8	..	10	55
56. Alcoholism (acute or chronic)	..	4	..	6	..	5	..	1	..	3	19
Totals	40	348	16	247	18	255	14	218	23	276	1455

II.—DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF THE ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE.
60. Encephalitis	..	5	..	1	..	2	..	1	..	2	11
61. Meningitis	5	1	3	8	3	1	1	2	..	8	32
61a. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis	1	7	5	1	..	3	1	11	..	2	31
62. Locomotor Ataxia	..	1	1	4	..	1	..	..	..	1	8
63. Other Diseases of Spinal Cord	..	7	..	4	..	6	..	4	2	9	32