Vital Statistics of Urban Areas




JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1739

TABLE showing for each of the Urban Areas the Causes of the Deaths of all Persons registered during May,
1931—continued.

Causes of Death.

Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Hamilton. Gisborne. Napier. Hastings. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Palmerston North. Nelson. Timaru. Invercargill. Totals.
IV. DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND HAEMATOPOIETIC ORGANS.
72. Leucæmia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
VI. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE.
79. Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
81. Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord. . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
82A. Cerebral Hæorrhage, Apoplexy . . 5 . . 2 . . . . . . . . 1 3 1 . . . . 14
82B. Cerebral Thrombosis . . 1 1 3 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 7
82C. Hemiplegia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 2
83. General Paralysis of the Insane . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
84. Dementia Præcox and other Psychoses . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
85. Epilepsy . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
86. Convulsions (under 5 years of age) . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1
87. Other Diseases of the Nervous System . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Totals . . . . 14 2 5 4 3 2 1 2 . . 1 1 3
VII. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
91. Acute Endocarditis . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
92. Chronic Endocarditis, Valvular Diseases . . 11 3 5 3 1 . . . . . . 3 . . 1 1 1
93B. Chronic Myocarditis . . 32 16 14 6 . . . . 1 2 6 . . 3 1 . .
93c. Myocardial Weakness . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
94. Diseases of the Coronary Arteries and Angina Pectoris . . 4 . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . .
95. Other Diseases of the Heart . . 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
96. Aneurysm . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
97. Arterio-sclerosis . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
97A. Arterio-sclerosis with record of Cerebral Vascular Lesion . . 5 3 1 . . . . . . 2 . . 1 1 . . . . 13
102. Hyperpiesia . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Totals . . . . 56 25 23 12 1 2 . . 3 2 11 2 4
VIII. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
105. Laryngitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
106. Bronchitis . . 2 3 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 7
107. Broncho-pneumonia . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
108. Lobar Pneumonia . . 5 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
109. Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1
110. Pleurisy . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
111. Congestion, Embolism of Lung . . 3 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 5
112. Asthma . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
114. Gangrene of Lung . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Totals . . . . 16 6 3 2 1 . . 1 . . 2 . . . . 1
IX. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
115. Tonsillitis . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
117. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum . . 3 . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . 7
120. Diarrhœa and Enteritis (2 years and over) . . 1 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
121. Appendicitis . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
122. Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 4
123. Ischio-rectal Abscess . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
124. Cirrhosis of the Liver . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
125. Acute Yellow Atrophy of the Liver . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
127. Diseases of the Gall Bladder and of Biliary Passages . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
128. Pancreatitis . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Totals . . . . 7 8 6 3 . . . . 1 . . 2 1 . . . .
X. DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM.
130. Acute Nephritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 2
131. Chronic Nephritis . . 7 3 3 . . 1 1 2 2 . . 1 1 2 26
134. Calculi of Urinary Passages . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
137. Prostatitis . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 3
Totals . . . . 8 5 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 . . 2 1
XI. PREGNANCY, LABOUR, AND PUERPERAL STATE.
148. Puerperal Embolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
XII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
152. Cellulitis . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
XIII. DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION.
154. Osteomyelitis . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1


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