Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 931

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs :-
The births in July were 217, against 196 in June, an increase of 21.
The deaths amounted to 90, against 86 in June.
There were 17 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 4 males of 83, 75, 68, and 66, and 4 females of 87, 80, 74,
and 71, died at Auckland; 2 males of 69 (both), and a female of 78, at Wellington; 2 males of 69 and 65 at Christchurch;
and 4 males of 74, 70, 68, and 66 at Dunedin.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—There were only 6 deaths from these diseases in July, of which 4 occurred in
Wellington, viz., 3 from diphtheria and 1 from typhoid fever. The mortality from diphtheria is much greater in Wellington
than in either of the other three boroughs. In 1888, out of 24 deaths from deaths from this cause in all the four boroughs,
12 occurred in Wellington. Of 96 deaths in these boroughs from diphtheria in the four years 1885-88 inclusive, 45, nearly
one-half, occurred in Wellington.
Constitutional Diseases.—These diseases caused 13 deaths in July, against 17 in June. There was a decrease from 8 to
5 in the number of deaths from cancer; also a decrease from 5 to 3 in the number from phthisis.
Local Diseases.—There was a considerable increase in the past month in the number of deaths from these diseases.
In June the deaths numbered 40, in July 52. The increase is owing chiefly to a greater number of deaths from diseases of
the respiratory system (10 in June, 16 in July) and of the digestive system, also to 3 deaths incidental to childbirth.
Violent Deaths.—There were 6 accidental deaths in July, of which two (in Dunedin) were apparently from drowning,
one of them having been found dead in the harbour.
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.

TOWNS.
SIX PRINCIPAL SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
PRINCIPAL LUNG DISEASES.
| TOWNS. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid and other Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Diarrheal Diseases. | Bronchitis. | Pleurisy. | Pneumonia. | Congestion of Lungs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | July June | July June | July June | July June | July June | July June | July June | July June | July June | July June |
| Auckland | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | 1 1 | 2 .. | .. .. | .. .. | 4 .. | .. 1 |
| Wellington | .. .. | .. .. | 1 .. | 2 .. | 3 .. | .. .. | .. .. | 1 .. | 1 .. | .. .. | .. .. |
| Christchurch | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | 1 .. | 3 .. | .. .. | .. .. | 2 .. | 1 .. | 2 .. | .. .. |
| Dunedin | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | .. .. | 2 .. | .. .. |
| Totals | .. .. | 1 .. | 1 .. | 3 .. | .. .. | 1 .. | 5 3 | 2 .. | 8 5 | .. .. | 1 .. |

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1889.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR JULY, 1889.

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.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, August, 1889.
JAMES HECTOR,
Director.