THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames,
Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, for the Month of April, 1874.

TABLE showing the Total Number of Births, the actual Mortality of Males' and Females, and the Percentage of Deaths to
Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during the
Month of April, 1874.

DEATHS IN THE BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1874.

N.B. The Auckland Hospital is without the boundary of the borough.

The numbers of the population must not be taken as absolutely correct, as the compilation from the schedules may cause a
slight alteration. The numbers given do not include the persons on board ship. The population for the Thames and Hokitika
Boroughs cannot yet be given.

On account of the absence of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from Nelson, the information required for this
report has not been forwarded.

Of the total deaths, males contributed 44; females, 48. Of the same total, 47 deaths, or 51.08 per cent. of the whole
number, were of children under 5 years of age; and of these 47 deaths, 31 were of children under 1 year, being 33.69 per cent.
of the whole number of deaths.

The following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 years of age and 5 years and upwards, and
the proportions per cent. of Deaths from each cause in the Boroughs named, and that were registered, during the month of
April, 1874.

CLASS I.-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1.-Miasmatic Diseases. Diphtheria, 4; Croup, 4; Typhoid Fever, 11; Diarrhœa, 12.
ORDER 3.-Dietic Diseases.--Inanition, 2.
ORDER 4.-Parasitic Diseases.--Worms, 1.

CLASS II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1. Diathetic Diseases.---Dropsy, 2; Cancer, 2.
ORDER 2.-Tubercular Diseases.---Tabes Mesenterica, 3; Phthisis, 9; Hydrocephalus, 1.

CLASS III.-LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1. Diseases of the Nervous System. - Cephalitis, 1; Apoplexy, 2; Paralysis, 1; Convulsions, 2; Cerebral Disease, 1.
ORDER 2.-Diseases of the Organs of Circulation.---Aneurism, 1; Heart Disease, 5.
ORDER 3. Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.---Laryngitis, 1; Pneumonia, 2.
ORDER 4.-Diseases of the Digestive Organs.---Gastritis, 1; Enteritis, 1; Peritonitis, 2; Liver Disease, 2.

CLASS IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1. Developmental Diseases of Children.---Premature Birth, 1; Teething, 1.
ORDER 2.-Developmental Diseases of Adults.---Exhaustion after Childbirth, 1.
ORDER 3.-Diseases of Nutrition.---Atrophy and Debility, 9.

CLASS V.-VIOLENT DISEASES OR DEATHS.
ORDER 1.-Accident or Negligence.---Fracture, 3; Suffocated, 1. Unspecified Deaths, 3.

Of the cases of diphtheria, 2 occurred in Christchurch and 2 in Dunedin.
The deaths from diarrhœa have fallen from 37 in March to 12 in April.
The numbers of cases of death from this cause lessen as the temperature is reduced. In February they were 52; in March,
37; in April, 12.
The accompanying Meteorological Report shows that the average temperature in the shade, for the whole Colony, was
4 degrees lower in April than in March.
Of the cases of fever, 4 occurred in Wellington, 4 in Christchurch, 1 in Dunedin, 1 in Auckland, and 1 in the Thames
Borough. 1 death, of a child at Auckland, was supposed infanticide.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1874.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.