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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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
November, 1877.

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.—Scarlatina, 3; Croup, 2; Whooping Cough, 14; Typhoid Fever, 3; Diarrhœa, 2.
ORDER 3.—Dietic Diseases.—Alcoholism, 1; Inanition, 1.

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diathetic Diseases.—Anasarca, 1; Cancer, 2; Senile Gangrene, 1.
ORDER 2.—Tubercular Diseases.—Spinal Disease, 1; Tuberculosis, 1; Phthisis, 8; Hydrocephalus, 3; Tubercular Meningitis, 1.

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diseases of Nervous System.—Inflammation of Brain, 4; Apoplexy, 3; Paralysis, 2; Epilepsy, 2; Convulsions, 1.
ORDER 2.—Diseases of Organs of Circulation.—Aneurism, 2; Heart Disease, 5.
ORDER 3.—Diseases of Respiratory Organs.—Laryngitis 1; Bronchitis, 5; Pneumonia, 6; Lung Disease, 4.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Digestive Organs.—Intussusception, 1; Iliac Abscess, 1; Liver Disease, 2.
ORDER 5.—Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Nephria, 1; Hæmaturia, 1.
ORDER 8.—Diseases of Integumentary System.—Pyæmia, 1.

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Developmental Diseases of Children.—Premature Birth, 2; Malformation, 1; Teething, 1.
ORDER 2.—Developmental Diseases of Adults.—Childbirth, 2.
ORDER 3.—Old Age, 4.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.—Atrophy and Debility, 3.

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
ORDER 1.—Accidental.—Run over, 1; From fall, 1; Fractured skull, 1; Crushed by cart, 1; Overlaid in bed, 1.
Insufficiently described.—Found Drowned, 1; Poisoned by Strychnine, 1.

Comparison with the previous Month. - The death rates for November were higher than for October at Auckland, Thames,
Christchurch, and Hokitika; at Wellington, Nelson, and Dunedin they were lower.

Zymotic Diseases.—Out of 106 deaths from all causes 26 were caused by Zymotic Diseases. There were 3 deaths from
Scarlatina during November, which took place at Dunedin. The number for October at that town was 4. This disease has
caused deaths at Dunedin during each of eighteen consecutive months previous to the one now under consideration, making, in
all, a total of 103. The most fatal Zymotic Disease during November was Whooping Cough, from which there were 14 deaths,
12 of which occurred at Wellington. Typhoid Fever was the cause of 3 deaths, 2 of which were at Wellington. Thus, of the
total of 26 deaths from Zymotic Diseases in the seven boroughs, 14 took place at Wellington.

Diseases of the Respiratory System.—Inflammatory diseases of the lungs caused 16 deaths in November. The numbers for
each town are the following:—Auckland, 1; Thames, 2; Wellington, 4; Christchurch, 5; Dunedin, 3; and Hokitika, 1. In
October there were 12 deaths from similar causes in the different boroughs.

Violent Deaths.—There were 7 accidental deaths registered during November. A labourer was run over by a railway truck;
a man died from the effects of a fall, the circumstances not being stated; a miner fractured his skull by falling down a shaft,
and died in consequence; a carter was fatally crushed by his cart; and a child was found dead, having probably been overlaid
in bed. The remaining 2 violent deaths were insufficiently described as to cause—one was the case of an hotelkeeper, who was
poisoned by strychnine; the other that of a woman who was found drowned in the River Avon, at Christchurch.

Comparison with the previous Year.—The total number of deaths in the boroughs for November, 1877, is the same as for
November, 1876, but differing in respect of each borough. Against 31 deaths at Wellington in November, 1877, there were only
19 in November of the previous year; against 17 deaths at Auckland in November, 1877, there were 24 in November, 1876; and
against 18 at Christchurch in November, 1877, there were 25 in November previous. Looking at the causes of mortality it is
found that Whooping Cough, from which there were 14 deaths in November, 1877, is the principal cause of the higher mortality
from Zymotic Diseases for that month, as compared with that for November, 1876; but that Developmental Diseases of children
and Diseases of Nutrition, the deaths from which were only 7 in number during November, 1877, caused 15 deaths in November
of the previous year.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1877.

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

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR NOVEMBER, 1877.

Note.—This table is prepared from unchecked averages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full returns, and must not be entirely
relied on for compiling Meteorological Statistics.

December, 1877.

W. B. D. MANTELL, for Inspector.