MAY 19.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,— ... ... ... 1 1 2
Cancer ... ... ... 1 1 2

ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,— ... ... ... ... ... ...
Scrofula ... ... ... 1 ... ... 2
Tabes Mesenterica ... ... ... ... 1 3
Phthisis ... 5 ... 1 9
Serous Apoplexy ... ... ... 2 2

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Meningitis ... ... ... ... ... 2
Paralysis ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Insanity ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Convulsions ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Brain Disease ... 1 1 ... 2

ORDER 2:—
Diseases of Organs of Circulation,—
Heart Disease ... ... ... 2 1 3

ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Respiratory Organs,—
Laryngitis ... ... ... ... ... 1
Bronchitis ... ... ... 1 1 2
Pleurisy ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ... 3
Lung Disease ... ... ... 3 ... 3

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Digestive Organs,—
Enteritis ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Peritonitis ... ... ... ... ... 1

ORDER 5:—
Diseases of the Urinary Organs,—
Nephria ... ... ... ... ... 1
Uremia ... ... ... 1 ... 1

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Developmental Diseases of Children,—
Premature Birth ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Teething ... ... ... ... ... ...

ORDER 3:—
Developmental Diseases of Old People,—
Senile Debility ... ... ... ... ... 2

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Nutrition,—
Debility ... ... ... 3 4 3 2 12

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Crushed by Machinery ... ... ... ... 1 1
Scalds ... ... ... ... 1 1
Suffocation ... ... ... ... 1 1

Totals ... 13 33 23 29 98

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :—
The births were 236 in April, against 258 in March, a decrease of 22.
The deaths in April were 98, against 103 in March, a decrease of 5.
There were 7 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: two males of 65 and 74, and two females of 81 and 87, died at
Auckland; a female of 73 at Wellington; and two males of 74 and 76 at Christchurch.

Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths from these diseases fell from 42 in March to 32 in April, the reduction being
attributable to the large decrease in deaths from diarrhœa and dysentery, these deaths having amounted to 39 in March and 15
in April. Of these 15 deaths, 10 occurred in Wellington (the same number as in March), 6 of the deaths having been of children
under 1 year of age. There were 7 deaths during April in these boroughs from typhoid fever; of these, 5 occurred in Wel-
lington.

Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 18 deaths in April, against 15 in March.
Local Diseases.—The deaths from these diseases were 29 in April, against 26 in March. Of these, the deaths from diseases
of the respiratory organs increased from 8 in March to 11 in April.

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.