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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 82

Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—Of 39 deaths at the four chief centres, including suburbs, 18 were caused by whooping-cough—4 at Auckland, 10 at Wellington, 1 at Christchurch, and 3 at Dunedin. Measles was fatal in 6 cases—2 at Auckland, 2 at Wellington, and 2 at Christchurch. Diphtheria caused 4 deaths—1 at Auckland, 1 at Wellington, and 2 at Christchurch. From diarrhoeal diseases only 2 deaths are observed. There were also 1 death (each) from scarlet fever and influenza, both at Wellington, and 1 from typhoid fever at Auckland, The above, with 6 deaths from puerperal septicemia, &c., complete the total mortality.

Constitutional Diseases.—Of 45 deaths, 17 were the result of phthisis, 9 of tubercular disease, and 16 of cancer.

Local Diseases.—The mortality comprised 150 deaths, or 49·34 per cent. of the total from all causes. Of these, 33 deaths were from diseases of the nervous system; 50 of the circulatory, and 41 of the respiratory systems. These last include bronchitis and pneumonia, from which the mortality was heavy. Diseases of the digestive system account for 12 deaths, and those of the urinary system for 11, leaving 3 caused by diseases of the organs of reproduction and locomotion.

Violent Deaths.—Of 17 deaths, 11 were accidental and 6 suicidal. Among the former are 5 cases of drowning. One of the suicides was effected by throwing himself under a railway-train, 2 by poison, and 1 (each) by drowning, hanging, and starvation.

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.

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 August, 1907.

| BOROUGHS. | POPULATION Census, 1906. | TOTAL BIRTHS, IN BOROUGHS. | Males. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Females. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1907. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1906. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thames | 3,750 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1·07 | 12·80 |
| New Plymouth | 5,141 | 25 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 0·78 | 8·75 |
| Napier | 9,454 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 0·95 | 10·37 |
| Wanganui | 8,175 | 20 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0·98 | 7·09 |
| Palmerston North | 10,239 | 33 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | 11 | 1·07 | 7·32 |
| Masterton | 5,026 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0·80 | 7·36 |
| Blenheim | 3,351 | 26 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 5 | 14 | 4·17 | 19·99 |
| Nelson | 8,164 | 20 | 4 | .. | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2·45 | 12·74 |
| Greymouth | 4,569 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12·69 |
| Hokitika | 2,224 | 7 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 3·15 | 10·79 |
| Lyttelton | 3,941 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·51 | 10·40 |
| Timaru | 7,615 | 21 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 0·79 | 8·67 |
| Oamaru | 5,071 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9·07 |
| Invercargill (Greater) | 12,507* | 40 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0·96 | 10·71 |

• Includes suburban boroughs—Invercargill East, North, and South, with Avenal and Gladstone,

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 17th September, 1907.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,

Registrar-General.