Vital Statistics




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TABLE showing for each of the Urban Areas the Causes of the Deaths of all Persons registered during January,
1930—continued.

Causes of Death,

XII.—EARLY INFANCY.

  1. Inanition
    161A. Premature Birth
    161B. Injury at Birth
  2. Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy.

Totals ..

XIII.—OLD AGE.

  1. Senility

XIV.—EXTERNAL CAUSES.

  1. Suicide by Poisonous Gas
  2. " Hanging
  3. " Drowning
  4. " Firearms
  5. " Cutting Instruments
  6. " Jumping from High Place
  7. Accidental Mechanical Suffocation
  8. Accidental Drowning
  9. Accidental Traumatism by Firearms
  10. Accidental Traumatism by Fall
    188B. Accidental Traumatism by Railways
    188D. Accidental Traumatism by Motor-vehicles
    188E. Accidental Traumatism by Seaplane
  11. Accidental Electrocution
  12. Homicide by gas-poisoning
  13. Fracture (cause not known)
  14. Other External Causes

Totals ..

XV.—ILL-DEFINED DISEASES.

  1. Ill-defined

Grand Totals ..

Infant Mortality.

TABLE showing for each of the Urban Areas the Causes of the Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age registered during January, 1930.

(These figures are included in the preceding table.)

Causes of Death,

  1. Whooping Cough
  2. Influenza
  3. Tuberculous Peritonitis
  4. Purpura Neonatorum
  5. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
  6. Infantile Convulsions
  7. Pneumonia
  8. Gastro-enteritis
    118B. Intestinal Obstruction
    159A. Congenital Hydrocephalus
    159B. Congenital Heart Disease
    159C. Other Congenital Malformations
  9. Inanition
    161A. Premature Birth
    161B. Injury at Birth
  10. Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy
  11. Overlain

Totals ..

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th February, 1930.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.



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🏥 Vital Statistics of Urban Areas for January 1930 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
12 February 1930
Vital Statistics, Urban Areas, Deaths, Causes of Death, January 1930
  • MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician