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Venereal Disease.—The following tables summarize the work of the venereal-disease clinics in the four main centres for the past five years : —

Number of Persons dealt with for the First Time at each Venereal-disease Clinic and found to be suffering from Syphilis

Number of Persons seen for the First Time at each Venereal-disease Clinic and found to be suffering from Gonorrhæa

Cancer. —With a purpose of encouraging early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, which ranks second as the cause of death in Now Zealand, a series of health advertisements and broadcasts talks were presented to the public. The clinics established by Hospital Boards in collaboration with the New Zealand Branch of the British Empire Cancer Campaign Society for diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the main centres continue their valuable service. PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH The following table gives the main causes of death, the actual number of deaths therefrom during the year, and the death-rates per 10,000 mean population for each of the last five years

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' 7 Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. —.— Total. M. F. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. F. 1940 .. 63 37 77 58 12 8 22 8 174 111 285 1941 .. .. 102 57 96 63 29 17 33 6 260 143 403 1942 .. ..70 78 53 71 18 11 20 6 161 166 327 1943 .. ..48 95 20 41 17 14 29 3 114 153 267 1944 .. 21 48 14 26 14 10 27 4 76 88 164

Auckland. Wellington. Ckristchureh. Dunedin. Total. , .. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1940 .. .. 474 118 310 53 286 79 78 89 1,148 339 1,487 1941 .. .. 410 183 373 42 271 72 81 79 1,135 376 1,511 1942 .. .. 312 286 236 63 181 69 75 73 804 491 1,295 1943 .. .. 265 441 138 89 122 92 51 15 576 637 1,213 1944 .. .. 215 470 140 59 139 86 50 22 544 637 1,181

1944. „ 1943 : 1942 : 1941 : 1940: use ' Rate. Rate. Rate. Rate. Number. Rate. . . - I Heart-disease (all forms) .. .. .. 5,209 33-47 33-68 36-41 31-55 29-52 Cancer 2,170 13-94 14-24 13-07 13-18 12-02 Violence .. .. .. .. .. 838 5-38 6-06 5-77 5-64 5-68 Pneumonia . .. 204 1-31 1-41 1-52 1-47 1-60 Pneumonia (secondary to influenza, whooping-cough, 48 0-31 0-17 0-81 0-38 0-28 and measles) Bronchitis .. .. .. .. 175 1-12 1-39 1-36 0-94 1-12 Broncho-pneumonia .. .. .. ■■ 284 1-82 1*67 2-11 1-96 1-79 Tuberculosis (all forms) .. .. •• 593 3-81 3-72 3-93 3-88 3-88 Kidney, or Bright's, disease .. .. •• 434 2-79 2-68 3-19 3-66 3-18 Apoplexy or cerebral haemorrhage .. .. 1,431 9-19 9-97 9-90 8-95 8-45* Diseases of the arteries .. .. 189 1-21 1-21 1-22 1-14 0-98* Senility .. .. .. .. •• 455 2-92 3-17 3-03 3-13 2-63 Diabetes .. .. .. .. •• 329 2 11 2-16 2-28 2-21 1-98 Hernia and intestinal obstruction .. 115 0-74 0-65 0-74 0-73 0-78 Diseases and accidents of childbirth (puerperal 89 0-57 0-44 0-55 0-77 0-62 mortality) Appendicitis 75 0-48 0-47 0-44 0-55 0-58 Diarrhoea and enteritis .. .. • •, 99 0-64 0-58 0-50 0-53 0-50 Epilepsy .. .. • • • • • • 46 0-30 0-46 0-53 0-43 0-34 Common infectious diseasesInfluenza (all forms, including pneumonia) .. 02 0-40 0-42 1-61 0-49 0-77 Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 30 0-19 0-21 0-16 0-11 0-10 Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. 45 0-29 0-11 0-03 0-44 0-15 Scarlet fever .. .. ... •• 25 0-16 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-01 Typhoid and paratyphoid .. .. .. 3 0-02 0-02 0-05 0-05 0-04 Measles .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 0-05 0-20 0-03 0-01 * Owing to an alteration in the international agreement as to the allocation of deaths to various causes, the figures for these two conditions are not separably comparable with those of earlier years.