JUNE 14.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

797

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Under 5 Years | 5 Years & over | Under 5 Years | 5 Years & over | Under 5 Years | 5 Years & over | Under 5 Years | 5 Years & over

ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—

Meningitis
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
...
1
3
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Paralysis
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
...
1
Epilepsy
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Convulsions
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
3
Brain Disease
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Tetanus Infantum
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1

ORDER 2:—
Diseases of Organs of Circulation,—

Aneurism
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Heart Disease
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
3

ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Respiratory Organs,—

Bronchitis
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
1
Pneumonia
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
2

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Digestive Organs,—

Peritonitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Perforation of Bowels
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Ileus
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Stomach Disease
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Hepatic Disease
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
3
Liver Disease
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
2

ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Urinary Organs,—

Nephritis
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1

ORDER 8:—
Diseases of the Integumentary System,—

Cellulitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Developmental Diseases of Children,—

Premature Birth
...
...
...
...
2
...
1
...
3

ORDER 3:—
Developmental Diseases of Old People,—

Old Age
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
4

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Nutrition,—

Debility
...
1
...
2
1
...
1
5

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.

ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—

Killed by Railway-engine
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Hæmorrhage from Cord
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Found Drowned
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1

Totals
3
17
7
15
8
12
4
15
81

The following remarks apply only to the above four principal boroughs :—
The births were 265 in May, against 271 in April, a decrease of 6. The deaths in May were 81, against 126 in April,
a decrease of 45.

There were 13 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: three males, aged 89, 84, and 76, and two females of 76
and 67, died at Auckland; two females of 73 and 68 at Wellington; two males of 68 and a female of 84 at Christchurch;
a male of 65 and two females of 78 and 71 at Dunedin.

Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 13 deaths in May in the four boroughs specified, the lowest actual number in any
month since April, 1881, and the lowest in proportion to the population since October, 1880. There were 4 deaths from typhoid
fever during the month, viz., 2 at Auckland and 2 at Wellington, and 1 death from scarlatina at Auckland.

Constitutional Diseases.—There were 21 deaths from these diseases in May, against 28 in the preceding month. Of these
21, phthisis caused 13 and cancer 3.

Local Diseases.—These diseases caused 17 fewer deaths in May than in the preceding month. Of these deaths, diseases of
the nervous system caused 12 in May, against 18 in April, and diseases of the respiratory organs, 4 deaths in May, against 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.