1918 THE NEW ZEALAND GАЗETTE. No. 90

The subjoind table shows the motality for the last two months at each of the four centres from six principal specific febrile or zymotic disease, and also the death from certain inflamatory disease of the luns. These causes of death have been distinguished from the others of the classes to which they belong as being the most important special disease which give rise to sudden increases in the death-rates of town, and the prevalence of which is closely connected with sanitary condition and climatic influence of the season on health.

SIX PRINCIPAL-SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
PRINCIPAL LUNG-DISEASES.

TOWNS.

Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid and Other Fevers.
Diphtheria.
Whooping Cough.
Diarrheal and Dysenteric.
Phthisis.
Pneumony.
Congestions of L.

Auckand and sub urban
boroughts

Wellington and sub urban
boroughts

Chistchurch and sub urban
boroughts

Dun edin and sub urban
boroughts

Totals

Register-General's Office, Wellington, 10th December, 1895.
E. J. VON DADIELSZEN,
Register-General.

PROVINCIAL METEOROLOGICAL Return FOR NOVEMBFR, 1895.

AUCOLAND.
WELLLINGTON.
LINCOIN, CANTERBUIY.
DUNEDIN.

Me an Temperature in shad e for month
Av erage same month previous years ...

57·6
60·5

56·1
56·5

54·0
55·9

51·1
52·6

Max imum Temperature in shad e, and date*

68·0 on 21st

73·8 on 1st

75·0 on 30th

71·0 on 15th

Min imum Temperature in shad e, and date*

46·0 on 27th

42·2 on 7th

35·0 on 20th

37·0 on 26th

Max imum Sol ar Radiation, and date* ..

134·0 on 11th

136·0 on 3rd

142·0 on 15th

132·0 on 15th

Min imum Terrestri al Radiation, and date*

42·0 on 27th

32·0 on 7th

31·2 on 20th

33·0 on 6th

Me an H umidit y (Saturation=100)
Av erage same month previous years ...

73
72

71
71

69
74

74
73

Total R ainfall, in inches
Av erage same month previous years ...

5·540
2·757

5·995
4·166

2·783
2·186

5·682
2·732

Number of Day s of R ain
Av erage same month previous years ...

22
14

20
10

16
8

19
12

*Fahre n heit.

Note.—This table is prepared from unchecked av erages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full returns, and must not be entirely relied on for compiling Meteorological Statistic s.
JAMES HECTOR,
Director.
Meteorological Office, Wellington, 10th December, 1895.

Return of the Number of Births, with the Actual Motality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the month of November, 1895.

BOROUGHS.

ESTIMATED
POPU LATION
OF BOROUGHS, 1st JANUARY, 1895.

TOTA L BIRTHS
IN BOROUGHS.

DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN NOVEM BER, 1895.

Males.
Females.
Total Deaths.
Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population, November, 1895.
Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population in the Year
1894.

Under
1 Year.

1 & under
5 years.

5 years
and over.

Under
1 Year.

1 & under
5 years.

5 years
and over.

Thames ..
4,669
11

3

1
2
6
1·29
9·41

New Plym outh ..
8,683
8

1

1
8
0·27
12·39

Napier ..
9,163
25

5

3
8
0·87
15·91

Wang anui ..
5,601
10
1
1

2
5
0·36
9·25

Palm erston North ..
6,543
19

3

2
5
0·76
9·13

Blenhe im ..
3,240
10

1

2
4
0·62
10·18

N elson ..
6,552
21

2

2
1
0·61
15·23

Greym outh ..
3,796
5

1

1
0·26
10·82

H okitika ..
2,160
12

3

3
0·75
28·50

L yttelton ..
3,998
7
1

3
1
0·26
8·49

T im aru ..
3,778
6
1

2
5
0·87
9·52

O am aru ..
5,772
13

2

1
3
0·52
10·21

Invercargill ..
5,740
13

2

1

*The population of Invercargill and suburb s was, at the cens us taken in April, 1891, 8,551 persons.