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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
February, 1879.

I. Zymotic Diseases: 83 (48.26%)
II. Constitutional Diseases: 25 (14.53%)
III. Local Diseases: 43 (25.00%)
IV. Developmental Diseases: 17 (9.88%)
V. Violent Deaths: 4 (2.33%)
Unspecified: 0 (0.00%)
Totals: 172 (100.00%)

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.—Scarlet Fever, 1; Whooping Cough, 6; Typhoid Fever, 3; Dysentery, 10; Diarrhœa, 47;
Cholera, 2; Rheumatism, 1.
ORDER 2.—Enthetic Diseases.—Syphilis, 1.
ORDER 3.—Dietic Diseases.—Want of Breast-milk, 2; Inanition of Infancy, 5.
ORDER 4.—Parasitic Diseases.—Worms, 3; Hydatids, 2.

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1.—Diathetic Diseases.—Carcinoma, 4; Mortification, 1; Gangræna, 1.
ORDER 2.—Tubercular Diseases.—Tabes Mesenterica, 2; Phthisis, 12; Hydrocephalus, 5.

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1.—Diseases of Nervous System.—Congestion of Brain, 1; Meningitis, 2; Paralysis, 2; Epilepsy, 1; Convulsions, 2;
Necrencephalus, 2; Cerebral Disease, 2.
ORDER 2.—Diseases of Organs of Circulation.—Heart Disease, 4.
ORDER 3.—Diseases of Respiratory Organs.—Laryngitis, 2; Bronchitis, 8; Pneumonia, 1; Congestion of Lungs, 4.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Digestive Organs.—Enteritis, 3; Stomatitis, 2; Peritonitis, 1; Jaundice, 1; Liver Disease, 1.
ORDER 5.—Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Bright’s Disease, 1.
ORDER 6.—Diseases of Organs of Generation.—Pelvic Abscess, 1.
ORDER 7.—Diseases of Organs of Locomotion.—Necrosis, 1; Disease of Spine, 1.

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1.—Developmental Diseases of Children.—Premature Birth, 3; Teething, 3.
ORDER 3.—Developmental Diseases of Old People.—Old Age, 2.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.—Atrophy and Debility, 9.

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

ORDER 1.—Accident.—Fracture and Contusion, 1; Drowning, 2; Protracted Labour, 1.

There was last month a decrease of 6 in the number of deaths, but this decrease is small compared with the increase (46)
in the number of deaths in January upon the number in December. Excluding the deaths in Invercargill, as the deaths for
that borough were not published in the early part of last year, the number of deaths is greater than the number in February,
1878, by 77.

Zymotic diseases caused 83 deaths in February, against 78 in January. Dysentery and diarrhea caused 51 deaths in
January and 57 in February: 26, or nearly one-half, of these deaths occurred in Wellington. 17 deaths from these causes
occurred in Christchurch; but only 1 in the most populous borough, Dunedin. The mortality from these causes was only 4 in
Auckland. Of these 57, only 3 were of persons exceeding 3 years of age, 39 having been of infants under 1 year. There were,
in addition, 2 deaths from cholera of children not exceeding 2 years of age.

Constitutional diseases.—There was a slight increase in the number of deaths in this class as compared with January.
Phthisis caused 12 deaths in February, against 9 in January.

Local diseases caused 43 deaths in February, against 48 in January. Of this class, diseases of the respiratory organs caused
15 deaths in February, against 14 in January.

The subjoined table shows the mortality for the two months at each town from six principal Zymotic diseases of the
Miasmatic order, and also the deaths from certain inflammatory diseases of the lungs. These causes of death have been
distinguished from the others of the classes to which they belong, as being the most important special diseases which give rise
to sudden increases in the death-rates of towns, and the prevalence of which is closely connected with sanitary condition and
climatic influence of the season on health.

• • One case of cholera.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1879.

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