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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Fractured Skull ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 2
Wound in Thigh ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Burns ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 3
Poison ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Drowning ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Totals ... ... ... ... 27 20 15 25 87

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs:—
The births were 210 in February, against 250 in January, a decrease of 40.
The deaths in February were 87, against 94 in January, a decrease of 7.
There were 8 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 3 females of 76, 72, and 71 died at Auckland; and 4 males of 79, 77, 73, and 72, and a female of 76, at Dunedin.
Zymotic Diseases.—Although the total number of deaths was 87 last month, against 94 in January, yet the deaths from zymotic diseases increased in number from 26 or 27·66 per cent. in January to 28 or 32·19 per cent. in February. Scarlet fever and scarlatina caused 6 deaths, of which 5 were in Auckland, against 2 deaths in January, both in Auckland.
Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 15 deaths in February, against 17 in the previous month. The deaths from cancer were 2 in February, and 5 in January. The deaths from phthisis were 9 in February, against 6 in January.
Local Diseases.—There was a marked decrease in deaths of this class in February, the numbers having been 24 in February, against 32 in January; diseases of the respiratory organs having caused only 4 deaths in February, against 11 in January.
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.

TOWNS.

SIX PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

Measles. Scarlet Fever Typhus and other Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan.
Auckland ... ... 1 ... 5 2 1 1 ... ... 1 1 6* 7
Wellington ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... 5 1
Christchurch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 2
Dunedin ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 2
Totals ... ... 1 ... 6 2 1 3 1 ... 1 1 12 12

PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.

Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Congestion of Lungs.
Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan.
... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ...
... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
2 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... ...
2 4 ... 1 1 4 ... 1

*1 cholera.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1882.

Wm. R. E. Brown,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR FEBRUARY, 1882.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. DUNEDIN.
Mean Temperature in shade ... ... ... ... 65·2 60·8 54·9
Average same month previous years ... ... ... 67·9 62·7 57·5
Maximum Temperature in shade, and date ... ... ... 78·0 on 8th 72·5 on 16th 83·0 on 1st
Minimum Temperature in shade, and date ... ... ... 51·0 on 9th 47·0 on 23rd 41·0 on 9th
Maximum Temperature in sun, and date ... ... ... 131·5 on 2nd 142·0 on 16th 140·0 on 13th
Minimum Temperature on grass, and date ... ... ... 45·4 on 14th 42·0 on 25th 33·0 on 9th
Mean Humidity (Saturation=100) ... ... ... 73 78 70
Average same month previous years ... ... ... 73 71 71
Total Rainfall in inches ... ... ... 1·900 1·600 3·612
Average same month previous years ... ... ... 3·648 3·677 2·547
Number of Days on which Rain fell ... ... ... 11 5 16
Average same month previous years ... ... ... 11 9 12

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.

22nd March, 1882.

J. HECTOR;