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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 86

The subjoined table shows the mortality for the last two months at each of the four centres 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. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Influenza. | | Scarlet Fever. | | Typhoid and other Fever. | | Diphtheria. | | Whooping-cough. | | Diarrhoeal Diseases. | | Bronchitis. | | Pleurisy. | | Pneumonia. | | Congestion of Lungs. | |
| | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. | Oct. | Sep. |
| Auckland and suburban boroughs | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. |
| Wellington and suburban boroughs | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. |
| Dunedin and suburban boroughs | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 |
| Totals .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 |

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of October, 1903.

| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1903. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Oct., 1903. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1902. |
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| | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | Total Deaths. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | | | | | | | | |
| Thames .. | .. | 4,209 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 | 1·43 | 17·52 |
| New Plymouth | .. | 4,885 | 21 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1·84 | 9·15 |
| Napier .. | .. | 9,370 | 18 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 0·75 | 12·05 |
| Wanganui .. | .. | 7,386 | 21 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 0·81 | 10·46 |
| Palmerston North | .. | 7,823 | 30 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 5 | 13 | 1·66 | 10·82 |
| Blenheim .. | .. | 3,263 | 17 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2·76 | 18·51 |
| Nelson .. | .. | 7,513 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1·46 | 15·46 |
| Greymouth .. | .. | 4,218 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8·35 |
| Hokitika .. | .. | 1,885 | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 3·18 | 27·66 |
| Lyttelton .. | .. | 4,263 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·70 | 8·38 |
| Timaru .. | .. | 6,869 | 24 | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1·31 | 12·00 |
| Oamaru .. | .. | 5,380 | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 0·93 | 10·31 |
| Invercargill .. | .. | 6,250* | 23 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 1·12 | 8·88 |

• At the census taken in March, 1901, the population of Invercargill and suburbs was 10,637 persons.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1903.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR OCTOBER, 1903.

• Fahrenheit.

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, 5th November, 1903.

S. H. EILERS,
For Director.