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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 4

CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Cancer: 4
Tubercular Meningitis: 2
Phthisis: 7
Tuberculosis: 6
Strumous Disease: 1

CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Old Age: 4

CLASS VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diseases of Nervous System,—
Softening of Brain.: 2
Insanity: 1
Epilepsy: 0
Convulsions: 0

ORDER 3:—
Diseases of Circulatory System,—
Disease of Heart, Valvular: 4
Angina Pectoris: 1
Rupture of Fatty Heart..: 1

ORDER 4:—
Diseases of Respiratory System,—
Croup: 2
Bronchitis: 3
Pneumonia: 3
Pleurisy: 1

ORDER 5:—
Diseases of Digestive System,—
Obstruction of Bowels: 1
Peritonitis: 1
Inflammation of Umbilical Vessels: 0

ORDER 7:—
Diseases of Urinary System,—
Bright's Disease: 1
Cystitis ..: 1
Chronic Nephritis: 1

ORDER 8:—
Diseases of the Reproductive System,—
Childbirth: 1

ORDER 9:—
Diseases of Organs of Locomotion,—
Psoas Abscess: 0

CLASS VII.—VIOLENCE.
ORDER 1:—
Accident or Negligence,—
Gunshot Wound ..: 1
Fall: 1
Poisoned: 1
Drowned: 1
Injuries at Mill ..: 0

CLASS VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-
SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, Debility, Inanition: 3

Totals: 78

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs :—
The births in December were 237, against 239 in November, a decrease of 2.
The deaths amounted to 78, against 96 in November.
There were 17 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: six males of 79, 77 (2), 76, 69, and 66, and two females of 78
and 76, died at Auckland; four males of 85, 83, 72, and 66, and two females of 81 and 79, at Wellington; a male of 74 at
Christchurch; and two females of 85 and 69 at Dunedin.

A fall in the mortality at Wellington will be observed on comparing the figures for December (26 deaths) with those for
November (37 deaths). It is traced to a reduced mortality from local diseases, and mainly owing to fewer deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There were only 7 deaths from this class of disease in December, against 9 in
November. While in November there were 3 deaths from diphtheria and 2 from whooping-cough, no deaths took place
from these causes in the month of December.

Constitutional Diseases.—Though the total mortality in December was not widely different from that for November
(24 deaths against 21), yet the deaths from phthisis were 15 in the later month, against 8 in November. Cancer caused 4
deaths in December.

Local Diseases.—The deaths for December were 34, against 51 for November. This large decrease is found chiefly at
Wellington, where deaths from bronchitis, pneumonia, &c., fell from 8 in November to 1 in December, and the mortality
in other orders of this class was lower in the later month.

Violent Deaths.—These were 6 in number, all accidental. Two of the six were children killed by injuries at birth.
The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of these four boroughs from six principal
specific febrile or zymotic diseases, 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.