AY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

AUCKLAND
AND SUBURBAN
BOROUGHS.
WELLINGTON
AND SUBURBAN
BOROUGHS.
CHRISTCHURCH
AND SUBURBAN
BOROUGHS.
DUNEDIN
AND SUBURBAN
BOROUGHS.
TOTAL.
Under
5 Years
and over.
Under
5 Years
and over.
Under
5 Years
and over.
Under
5 Years
and over.
Under
5 Years
and over.
CLASS VI.--LOCAL DISEASES--continued.
ORDER 7:--
Diseases of Urinary System.--
Nephritis
Pyonephrosis
Bright's Disease.
Uraemia
ORDER 8:--
Diseases of Reproductive System.--
Stoppage of Menstruation
CLASS VII.--VIOLENCE.
ORDER 1:--
Accident or Negligence.--
Run over by Tram
Killed while boarding Train
Scald
Sunstroke
Drowned
Misadventure (ether)
Delayed Birth
ORDER 3:--
Suicide.--
By Drowning
CLASS VIII.--ILL-DEFINED AND NOT-
SPECIFIED CAUSES.
Marasmus, Debility, &c...
Totals
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.. 38
.. 7
.. 29
.. 10
.. 33
.. 10
.. 32
.. 8
.. 189
In the first table are given the deaths and death-rates for each of the four cities, for the suburban boroughs severally,
and for each city with its suburban towns. As regards Auckland and Christchurch, the whole of the area usually recognised
as suburban has not yet been brought under municipal government, and the vital statistics do not deal with such portions
as still remain in road districts. But the omission is not very important, for there are in either case quite enough suburbs
included within borough boundaries to give a fair idea of the death-rate of Greater Auckland and Greater Christchurch.
As further boroughs are formed the vital statistics will be made to include them.
The inclusion of the suburban boroughs tends to lower the rate at Wellington and Christchurch, but raises it at
Auckland and Dunedin. The rates for April are--
Death-rates per 1,000 of Mean
Population.
Auckland City

and five suburban boroughs
Wellington City

and three suburban boroughs
Christchurch City

and four suburban boroughs
Dunedin City

and eight suburban boroughs

Including the suburbs, the rate at Auckland is the highest, and at Wellington the lowest. Compared with
April, 1899, the results are,--

April, 1899.
Auckland and suburbs
Wellington and suburbs
Christchurch and suburbs ...
Dunedin and suburbs ..

April, 1900.
1·25
1·30
0·77
0·75
1·14
0·95
0·64
0·84

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.--The mortality in this class of disease at the chief centres and suburbs during
April amounted to 31 deaths, against 30 in March. Of 31 deaths in April, no less than 17 were at Auckland, 14 of these
being children dying from diarrhoeal complaints. The deaths from diarrhoea at Wellington were limited to 2, at Dunedin
there were 5, while at Christchurch there were no deaths from this cause. Influenza was fatal at Auckland in April
(1 death) and at Christchurch (2 deaths). Typhoid fever is noticed as causing 2 deaths at Wellington, and diphtheria 1 at
Auckland.
Constitutional Diseases.--The deaths last month at the cities and suburbs in this class numbered 36, against 30 in
March and 22 in February. Phthisis shows 17 deaths in April, tubercular enteritis 2, tubercular meningitis 1, tuber-
culosis 2, and tabes mesenterica 1 death.
Local Diseases.--Of 87 deaths, 21 resulted from disease of the nervous system, 18 of the circulatory, 12 of the
respiratory, 27 of the digestive, 7 of the urinary, 1 of the reproductive, and 1 of the locomotive systems.
Violent Deaths.--At Christchurch a guard was run over by a tram, and a labourer killed while boarding a railway-train.
At Dunedin an aged woman lost her life by a tram-car, making three fatal cases of accident of this kind. At Auckland a
child was scalded to death by the upsetting of a kettle of hot water, another killed by sunstroke, while a boy and two adult
males were drowned in the harbour. At Christchurch a girl died from failure in respiration caused by ether, and an
infant from delayed birth. The suicide was that of a domestic, and was effected by drowning.