Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1857

The following remarks apply to the four principal boroughs only: The births in November were 205, against 227 in October—a decrease of 22. The deaths amounted to 104, against 93 in October—an increase of 11. There were 15 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: one man of 69 and one woman of 75 died at Auckland; two men of 74, and four women of 69, 78, 80, and 86 at Wellington; one man of 74 and one woman of 74 at Christchurch; one man of 70, and four women of 66, 72, 77, and 78 at Dunedin.

Of the four chief towns Dunedin had the highest death-rate for November, being 1·16 per 1,000 persons living. At Wellington the rate was 1·01 per 1,000; at Auckland, 0·96; while Christchurch had the lowest rate, being 0·78 per 1,000 persons. As compared with November, 1892, the rate will be found higher at Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, but lower at Auckland:—

                Death-rate,   Death-rate,   Death-rate,
                Oct., 1893.   Nov., 1893.   Nov., 1892.

Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·83 .. 0·96 .. 1·08
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·98 .. 1·01 .. 0·84
Christchurch.. .. .. .. .. .. 1·08 .. 0·78 .. 0·62
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·72 .. 1·16 .. 0·94

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The mortality for November at the four cities was not so low as in October, the number of deaths having risen from 6 to 15, and the proportion per cent. of deaths from all causes from 6·45 to 14·42. Measles are still observed at Auckland and Christchurch, but there was only one case at each town last month. Scarlatina caused one death at Auckland; influenza, one at Dunedin; and diphtheria, one at Wellington. There were also at the four towns 3 deaths from whooping-cough, 2 from typhoid fever, and 3 from diarrhoea.

Constitutional Diseases.—These numbered 27, against 23 in October. 15 deaths were attributable to phthisis, 2 were from tuberculosis, and 3 from tubercular meningitis. The deaths from cancer were 3, an unusually small number.

Local Diseases.—The total number of deaths was 45, of which diseases of the respiratory organs (bronchitis, pneumonia, &c.) numbered 11. Diseases of the nervous system (apoplexy, meningitis, &c.) contributed 9 deaths. The deaths from diseases of the urinary organs were 8, including 5 from Bright’s disease. From diseases of the circulatory organs (heart-disease, &c.) the deaths were 7. To these must be added 6 deaths from diseases of the digestive system, and 4 others to complete the mortality in the class.

Violent Deaths.—The total number is 5. A boy of 10 years of age was accidentally run over by a tram-car at Sumner, a man of 60 was found drowned in Auckland Harbour, a child of 15 months was choked by a bread-crumb, and a youth of 16 died from blood-poisoning caused by accidental injury to the ankle. The fifth death was the suicide of a woman of 23, who shot herself while temporarily insane.

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 December, 1893.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR NOVEMBER, 1893.

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, December, 1893.

JAMES HECTOR,
Director.

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