New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 80

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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TABLE showing the Causes of the Deaths of Persons in the Urban Areas, registered during October, 1923—continued.

Causes of Death.	Auckland Urban Area.		Wellington Urban Area.		Christchurch Urban Area.		Dunedin Urban Area.		Others.		Total
	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 Year and over.
VI.—DISEASES OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM—continued.
117. Appendicitis	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	4
118. Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	3
119. Haemorrhage from Bowel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
122. Cirrhosis of Liver	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
123. Biliary Calculi	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
124. Other Diseases of Liver	..	1	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	4
126. Peritonitis (without specified cause)	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	2
Totals ..	1	7	..	2	1	3	..	4	..	5	23
VII.—NON-VENEREAL DISEASES OF GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM AND ANNEXA.
128. Acute Nephritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
129. Chronic Nephritis	..	2	..	3	..	3	..	2	..	2	12
131. Other Diseases of Kidneys and Annexa	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
132. Renal Calculus	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
135. Diseases of Prostate	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	3
137. Cystic Disease of Ovary	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
138. Salpingitis and Pelvic Abscess	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
Totals ..	..	9	..	4	..	4	..	3	..	4	24
VIII.—PUERPERAL STATE.
146. Puerperal Septicaemia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
148. Puerperal Eclampsia	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Totals ..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
IX.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
151. Gangrene	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
153. Acute Abscess	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	2
Totals ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	3
X.—DISEASES OF BONE AND OF ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION.
155. Osteomyelitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
XI.—MALFORMATIONS.
159. Congenital Hydrocephalus	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
159. " Pyloric Stenosis	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Totals ..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
XII.—EARLY INFANCY.
160. Congenital Debility, Icterus, and Sclerema	..	..	3	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	5
161. Injury at Birth	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	3
161A. Premature Birth	..	11	2	..	4	..	..	..	3	..	20
162. Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy	..	..	3	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	5
Totals ..	12	..	9	..	6	..	1	..	5	..	33
XIII. OLD AGE.
164. Senility	..	11	..	3	..	7	..	8	..	7	36
XIV.—EXTERNAL CAUSES.
166. Suicide by Corrosive Substances	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
167. " Poisonous Gas	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
170. " Firearms..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
171. " Cutting or Piercing Instruments	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
172. " Jumping from High Places	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
179. Accidental Burns	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
182. " Drowning	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
" Traumatism by—
183. Firearms	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
185. Fall	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
188. Automobile	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	3
188. Railway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
199. Homicide	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
201. Fractures (cause not specified)	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Totals ..	..	9	..	5	..	..	..	1	1	4	20
XV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
204. Syncope	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
205. Ill-defined or not stated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
Totals ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
Grand totals	19	120	11	51	10	81	4	64	9	108	477