JULY 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1035

The following remarks apply only to the four principal boroughs: The births in June were 209, against 206 in May, an increase of 3. The deaths amounted to 105, against 118 in May, a decrease of 13. There were 21 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: 5 males of 78, 75, 73, 68, and 67 respectively died at Auckland; 4 males of 85, 73, 72, and 71, and 3 females of 82, 78, and 70, at Wellington; 2 males of 77 and 75, and 2 females of 72 and 71, at Christchurch; 3 males of 72, 71, and 65, and 2 females of 81 and 72, at Dunedin.

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths at the four principal boroughs in June from this class of disease were only 11 in number, against 17 in May and 21 in April. Influenza caused 1 death at Auckland; diphtheria was fatal in 1 case at the same city, and whooping-cough caused 2 deaths at Christchurch. From typhoid fever there were 5 deaths in June, against 6 in May; of the 5 for last month, 4 occurred at Wellington; the figures for that city having been 3 for May, 5 for April, and 7 for March. The deaths from diarrhœa fell to 1 in June, having been 3 in May, 10 in April, 12 in March, and 38 in February.

Constitutional Diseases.—The mortality diminished from 31 deaths in the previous month to 17 in June. The heavy mortality from phthisis in May (16 deaths) fell to 8 deaths in the later month, and deaths from cancer decreased from 6 to 3.

Local Diseases.—The comparison with May shows an increase of deaths from 46 to 57 on the total; but this is not found mainly where it might have been expected on account of the season, i.e., in Order 4, diseases of the respiratory system. From croup, bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma the deaths were 13, or only 1 in excess of those from similar causes in May. The increase is chiefly under the head of diseases of the digestive organs and of the urinary system. From Bright’s disease, acute nephritis, and cystitis there were 6 deaths.

Violent Deaths.—Of 6 violent deaths, 5 were accidental, all of persons over 5 years of age. At Wellington a youth was run over by a tram-car, and 1 case of suicide by drowning was registered.

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.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1892.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR JUNE, 1892.

• No return received.

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, July, 1892.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.