THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

CLASS III.-LOCAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:–
Diseases of Nervous System,–
Meningitis ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 4 5
Apoplexy ... ... ... 1 ... 1 1 3
Paralysis ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Convulsions ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1
Brain Disease 1 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 2
Epilepsy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1

ORDER 2:–
Diseases of Organs of Circulation,–
Heart Disease ... ... ... 3 ... ... 2 2 7

ORDER 3:–
Diseases of Respiratory Organs,–
Bronchitis ... ... ... ... ...
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ...

ORDER 4:–
Diseases of Digestive Organs,–
Peritonitis ... ... ... 2 ... 1 3
Liver Disease ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
Jaundice ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
Obstruction of Bowels ... ... ... ... ... 1 1

ORDER 5:–
Diseases of Urinary Organs,–
Bright's Disease [...] ... ... ... ... 1 1

ORDER 6:–
Diseases of Organs of Generation,–
Metritis ... ... ... ... ... 1 1

CLASS IV.–DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:–
Developmental Diseases of Children,–
Premature Birth ... ... 2 2 2 6
Teething ... ... ... 1 1

ORDER 4:–
Diseases of Nutrition,–
Atrophy and Debility ... ... 2 2 6
Old Age ... ... ... 1 1

CLASS V.–VIOLENT DEATHS.

Fractures and Contusions ... ... ... ... 4 4
Gun-shot Wound–Excision of Knee-joint... ... ... ... 1 1
Found Drowned ... ... ... 1 1
Suicide by Poison ... ... ... 1 1
Not Specified ... ... ... ... 1 1

Totals ... ... ... 22 31 21 35 109

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :–
The births were 235 in May, against 269 in April, a decrease of 34.
The deaths in May were 109, against 128 in April, a decrease of 19.
There were 5 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards–viz., 2 males of 65 and 88 in Auckland; 1 male of 67 and 1
female of 80 in Wellington; and 1 female of 76 in Christchurch.

Zymotic diseases caused 28 deaths in May, against 51 in April. The greatest decrease occurred in Wellington, the deaths
from dysentery and diarrhea in that borough having fallen from 17 in April to 4 in May. In Dunedin there were not any
deaths from diarrhea in May; there were 5 in April.

Constitutional diseases caused 19 deaths in May, against 17 in April. Of these deaths, cancer caused 7 in May, against 2 in
April; and Phthisis caused 4 in May, against 13 in April.

Local diseases caused 40 deaths in May, against 42 in April; but of these, diseases of the respiratory organs caused 14
deaths in May, against 8 in April; 8 of these 14 deaths occurred in Dunedin.

The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of these four boroughs 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.

SIX PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES. PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.

TOWNS. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Typhus and
other Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping
Cough. | Dysentery
and
Diarrhea. | Bronchitis. | Pleurisy. | Pneumonia. | Congestion
of Lungs.
| Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May | Apr. | May
Auckland | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...
Wellington | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...
Christchurch | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ...
Dunedin | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ...
Totals | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ...

Registrar-General's Office,
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Wellington, 11th June, 1879.
Registrar-General.