New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 81

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✨ Vital Statistics

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Table showing for each of the Urban Areas the Causes of the Deaths of all Persons registered during October, 1925 - contd.

Causes of Death.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.	Dunedin.	Hamilton.	Gisborne.	Napier.	Hastings.	New Plymouth.	Wanganui.	Palmerston North.	Nelson.	Timaru.	Invercargill.	Totals.
XL.-MALFORMATIONS.
159. Congenital Heart-disease	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
159. Spina Bifida	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Totals	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
XII.-EARLY INFANCY.
160. Congenital Debility, &c.	..	1	2	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
161. Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
161A. Premature Birth	..	5	3	2	2	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	17
162. Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Totals	..	7	5	2	3	2	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	25
XIII.-OLD AGE.
164. Senility	..	10	2	12	6	..	3	1	..	3	1	2	..	..	41
XIV.-EXTERNAL CAUSES.
165. Suicide by Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
168. " Hanging	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
169. " Drowning	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
170. " Firearms	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
177. Accidental Poisoning	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
179. " Burns and scalds	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
182. " Drowning	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
183. " Traumatism by Firearms	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
185. " Fall	..	1	..	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
188. " Tramways	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
188. " Automobiles	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	4
Totals	..	6	1	9	5	1	..	1	..	..	3	1	1	..	28
XV.-ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.
205. Unspecified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Grand Totals	..	116	84	94	61	11	17	22	16	9	20	13	13	19	17

Infantile Mortality.

TABLE showing for each of the Urban Areas the Causes of the Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age registered during October, 1925.

(These figures are included in the preceding table.)

Causes of Death.	Auckland.	Wellington.	Christchurch.	Dunedin.	Hamilton.	Gisborne.	Napier.	Hastings.	New Plymouth.	Wanganui.	Palmerston North.	Nelson.	Timaru.	Invercargill.	Totals.
9. Whooping-cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2
34. Tuberculosis of Spine	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
56. Rickets	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
71. Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
80. Infantile Convulsions	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
84. Mongolian Idiocy	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
99. Bronchitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
100. Broncho-pneumonia	..	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
101. Pneumonia	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	4
113. Diarrhoea and Enteritis	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1
131. Pyelitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
153. Cellulitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
159. Congenital Heart-disease	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
159. Spina Bifida	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
160. Congenital Debility, &c.	..	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
161. Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
161A. Premature Birth	..	5	3	2	2	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	17
162. Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
205. Unknown	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Totals	..	15	7	4	7	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	3	4	53