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274 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 11
CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatism .. .. ..
Cancer .. .. ..
Tabes Mesenterica .. .. ..
Hydrocephalus .. .. ..
Tubercular Peritonitis .. .. ..
Phthisis .. .. ..
Tuberculosis .. .. ..
CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth .. .. ..
Spina Bifida .. .. ..
CLASS VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Meningitis .. .. ..
Apoplexy .. .. ..
Hemiplegia .. .. ..
Epilepsy .. .. ..
Convulsions .. .. ..
Congestion of Brain .. .. ..
ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Circulatory System,—
Disease of Heart .. .. ..
Aortic Aneurism.. .. ..
Phlebitis .. .. ..
ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Respiratory System,—
Bronchitis .. .. ..
Pneumonia .. .. ..
ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Digestive System,—
Dentition .. .. ..
Gastritis .. .. ..
Enteritis .. .. ..
Ulceration of Intestines .. .. ..
Peritonitis .. .. ..
Cirrhosis of Liver .. .. ..
Hepatitis .. .. ..
Liver Disease .. .. ..
ORDER 8:—
Diseases of Organs of Generation,—
Uterine Tumour .. .. ..
Puerperal Convulsions .. .. ..
ORDER 9:—
Diseases of Organs of Locomotion,—
Curvature of Spine .. .. ..
ORDER 10:—
Diseases of Integumentary System,—
Eczema .. .. ..
CLASS VII.—VIOLENCE.
ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Breaking of Lift-chain .. .. ..
Killed by Machinery .. .. ..
Killed by Tramcar .. .. ..
Killed at a Fire .. .. ..
Found drowned .. .. ..
Sunstroke .. .. ..
CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, Debility, Inanition .. ..
Tumour .. .. ..
Totals .. .. ..
The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs:—
The births in January were 277 against 242 in December, an increase of 35. The deaths in January were 108
against 88 in December, an increase of 20.
There were 4 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 2 males of 76 and 74, and a female of 75, died at Auckland;
and a female of 72 at Wellington.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The mortality from these diseases was more than double that in December, the
number of deaths having increased from 11 to 28, and the proportions per cent. of the total deaths from 12·50 to 25·92.
The increase is chiefly due to the mortality in Wellington from infantile diarrhœa. The total number of deaths from
diarrhœal diseases in these boroughs was 24 against 5 in the previous month. Of these, 12 occurred in Wellington (11
having been of infants)—no deaths from this cause having been registered there in the previous month. Seven deaths of
children and 2 of adults occurred in Auckland from diarrhœal diseases. The high mean temperature in the shade in
Auckland and Wellington may account for the increase of infantile diarrhœa; but the contrast between the number of
deaths from that cause in Auckland, and especially in Wellington, and the number in Christchurch and Dunedin—one in
each of the latter—is very noticeable. Two deaths occurred at Auckland from typhoid fever; and 1 death at Wellington
from diphtheria.
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