VITAL STATISTICS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3645, 21 January 1899, Page 4

VITAL STATISTICS.

In his report on the vital statistics, {?f the principal towns of New Zealand during December, 1898, the RegistrarGeneral says : Specific febrile or zymotic diseases The deaths at the four centres and suburbs increased from 8 in November to 22 in December. Of the latter, no less than 13 deaths took place at Auckland, 4 at Wellington, 1 at Christchurch, and 4 at Dunedin. There were 7 deaths from measles—s at Auckland, 1 at Wellington, and 1 at Dunedin. Influenza was fatal in Wellington (1 death). Typhoid, fever caused 2 deaths at Auckland, and diarrhoea! diseases 5 deaths at Auckland, 1 at Wellington, and 2at Dunedin. Constitutional diseases—The deaths in December were 52, against 44 in the previous month. Phthisis.caused 21 of these for last month, and other tubercular diseases 10 deaths, Frgm cancer tnere were 12 doai—s, ’from diabetes 5 deaths, and from rheumatism with rheumatic gout s deaths. Local diseases —Of 79 deaths altogether at four towns, 28 were-from diseases of the nervous system (including 11 apoplexy and 4 meningitis), 1 from diseases of the organs of special sense, 16 from diseases of the circulatory system, 11 of the respiratory system, 12 of the. digestive system, 7 of the urinary system, 3 of the reproductive system, and one of the integuments. Violent deaths—There were 10 deaths, all accidental —a railway employee died of injuries received ’while shunting, a bootmaker was killed, by a bicycle, a youth was run over by a train, another by a tram-car, a seaman was killed by falling downstairs, a saw-mill hand was drowned in harbour, two commercial men were suffocated at the burning of a hotel, an infant was suffocated, pud another died of pressure,