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A Table giving an Analysis of the Deaths in the Departmental Year 1906-7.

Hv this is shown that during the departmental year Auckland City Las a death-rate of 12-70, and Auckland and the suburban boroughs 10-60, compared with 1165 as the mean of the four centres Auckland and the suburban boroughs have 44 deaths from zymotic diseases, being 208 per cent of those in the four centres. This is a great improvement relatively, but not so much that Auckland has fewer deaths from those causes as that the other centres (or some of them) have more. A remarkable feature is that no deaths from zymotic diseases are recorded in September or October, 190 G. Reference to the climatic conditions during August, September, and October shows that those conditions were very favourable. In the general infant mortality column the final result is a very favourable one for Auckland, so far as comparison with the total of the four centres is concerned, which relative result is due to the exceptional mortality occurring in Christchurch, January to March of this year. Deaths from Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases. The total deaths are : — . Auckland and Total in Auckland, Suburban Four Proportion Boroughs. Centres. per Cent. 1906 ... ••■ •■■ ••• B2 '232 22-4 The mortality from tubercular diseases is S'2 per cent, of the total deaths from all causes. Deaths from Cancer. The total deaths are: — . . . , Auckland and Total in Auckland, Suburban Foui-f! Proportion Boroughs. Centres. per Cent. 1906 49 217 22>6 The deaths in Auckland centre are above the average of the past five years. N B From this point the statistics are those covering the departmental year —Ist April, 1906, to 31st March, 1907. INFECTIOUS-DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS. (Whole health district.) The total of the cases of infectious diseases as notified over the whole district does not materially vary from that of the previous two years. ■ The number of cases of each disease, compared with that of the previous year, is as follows:— 1 • Increase or Decrease, 1905-6. 1906-7. Present Year. Fnteric 172 153 -19 Sarlet lever" 240 268 4-28 Diphtheria .. .. 9 ? 103 + 6 Tuberculosis.. .'. ' 86 96 +10 Blood-poisoning •• ■• •• •• ' A 1 ~ 2 Suspected plague .. .. •• •• •• A + 3 616 642 + 26

Total Mortality Death-rate per 1 ,000. Zymotic De: Diseases : iths. Infant M deaths undei rtality : Five Yea: Auckland and Suburban Boroughs. Auckli Suburban mi I and Boroughs. Auckland Auckland. |™. 0-74 0-64 1-38 106 111 0-94 1-01 0-82 1-14 1-09 0-77 0-78 1-32 102 0-95 I 0-78 0-79 0-76 m 1-64 1-21 0-79 0-65 106 ; 0-85 Mean of Four Centres. Under Over Five Five Years. , Years. Total for Four Centres. Proportion per Cent., Auckland and Suburban Boroughs. Acute Intestinal Inflammatory States. Total for Four Centres. Proportion per Cent., Auckland and Suburban Boroughs. Total. 1906. April May June July August September .. October November .. December .. 1907. I 0-73 j 2 1 0-90 i 4 1 0-91 1 1 0-95 i 1 1 107 1 4 103 I .. 0-98 0-96 .. 9 0-77 ' 1 4 7 7 11 5 12 10 14 22 15 42-9 71-4 18-2 40-0 41-7 ' 6 7 5 1 4 2 2 3 1 13 22 13 11 20 10 13 12 7 38 59 47 31 58 74 58 51 37 34 37 28 35 35 14 22 23 19 40-9 33-3 January February .. March 1-23 < 4 3 118 .. 3 0-94 i 2 1 34 49 31 20-6 6-1 9-7 9 11 9 19 13 25 92 126 101 21 10 25 totals 1270 10-60 11-65 16 28 217 20-3 60 178 772 23