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Rainfall and Temperature, 1914. (Auckland Museum Observations.)

The District Health Officer, Wellington, reports :— The number of cases notified in the health district during the last five years were — 1910 .. .. ..278 | 1913 .. .. .. 120 1911 .. ... ..357 1914 .. .. ..269 1912 .. .. ..288 j This shows a fair decrease. There was a small epidemic among the Maoris at Patea in July and August. In September at Raetihi there were about 20 cases among the Maoris. -A small hospital was established at Raetihi by the Wanganui Hospital Board, and all the cases were nursed there. There were 84 cases of typhoid notified in the Cook Hospital District, 54 of which occurred in the Gisborne Borough. The installation of drains and water-supply might have been expected to have had a more pronounced effect on the number of cases of enteric fever in Gisborne Borough. The result, however, is not so disappointing as at first appears. Of the 54 cases, 23 occurred in the first two months of the year, and what cases have occurred since, at the time of writing it does not appear as if Gisborne is going to have another epidemic, there having been only two cases in January and two in February, 1915. The District Health Officer, Christchurch, reports : — Although there were more cases reported (34) in the district this year than there were last year (19) in the same area, there was no suggestion of an epidemic, the cases being widely distributed both in locality and time, and call for no special comment. Tuberculosis. The District Health Officer, Auckland, reports : — The cases notified from the health district during the last five years are — 1909 .. .. ..137 | 1913 .. .. .. 246 1911 .. .. ..177 1914 .. .. ..245 1912 .. .. .. 240 | The District Health Officer, Wellington, reports : — The number of cases notified from the health district during the last five years are— 1910 .. .. .. L 99 | 1913 .. .. .. 341 1911 .. .. ..278 1914 .. .. ..307 1912 .. .. .. 347 | The District Health Officer, Christchurch, reports : — Slightly fewer cases were brought under notice, the figures being 235 for this year, as against 262 last. This, however, is of no special significance. The establishment of the King George V Coronation Memorial Hospital for advanced cases makes provision for the reception of a number of the more infective type, and should greatly assist the crusade against the spread of this disease by the removal of such cases from homes where the conditions are not favourable for effective precautions being taken. BI.OOU-POISONING. The District Health Officer, Auckland, reports : — The cases notified from the health district during the last five years are — 1910 .. .. ..52 | 1913 .. .. .. 07 1911 .. .. ..55 lit II .. .. .. 65 1912 .. 70 I

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Rainfall Average. Mean Temperature Average. 1.914. Previous 45 Years, 1914. Previous 45 Years. January February March April May June July August September October November December In. In. 1-32 2-77 1-66 3-18 2-22 2-78 4-21 3-05 4-71 4-50 3-32 4-53 4-08 4-95 1-16 4-19 I -45 3-42 1.15 3-42 .1.41 3-09 1-77 2-62 In. 1-32 1-66 2-22 4-21 4-71 3-32 4-08 I -16 I -45 1.15 .1.41 1-77 In. 2-77 3-18 2-78 3-05 4-50 4-53 4-95 4-19 3-42 3-42 3-09 2-62 Deg. 67-2 66-3 64-7 60-7 51 -0 51-3 50-2 52-4 53-3 55-6 58.4 60-5 Deg. 67-1 67-1 64-3 61-7 57-2 53-8 52-3 53-0 54-8 57-0 60-4 62-4 Totals and means 28-46 42-50 28-46 42-50 57-9 59-3 J_