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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4439, 11 June 1875, Page 2

The Kegistrar-General's report on the vital statistics of the boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during tho month of May, is published in the Gazette. The total births for the month were 258, and the deaths numbered 211. Of these there were at Auckland 37 births and 48 deaths ; the Thames, 24 births, 29 deaths ; Wellington, 57 births, 25 deaths ; Nelson, 23 births, 12 deaths; Christchurch, 36 births, 39 deaths ; Dunedin, 68 births, 44 deaths; Hokitika, 13 births, 14 deaths. According to the returns, tho deaths from zymotic diseases were 81 in May, against 80 in April. There is to be found, however, a considerable difference in the causes of death. Measles were still epidemic in some places. The deaths from • this cause had decreased in Auckland from 18 to 5, but had increased at the Thames from 4 to 12. This disease also caused 0 deaths in Hokitika. . Typhoid fever caused 27 deaths in May, against 16 in April. The largest number of deaths from this cause occurred in Christchurch. A large increase in the deaths from local diseases, especially of the respiratory organs, is noted. These latter increased from 15 in April to 30 in May.