Tho vital statistics of New Zealand for January, 1879, are as follows :
The Registrar-General remarks:—” Zymotic diseases caused 78 deaths in January, agaiust 33 in December—an increase of 45, or within one of the total increase for the month. Of these, dysentery and diarrhoea cause an increased number of 34 deaths during January —lB in December, 52 in January—the increase in Wellington alone having amounted to 19 deaths, or mere than half the total increase. Of the 52 deaths from this cause, 42 were of infants under one year.” There were three accidental deaths during the month.
B»ROUGIt. Total Births. Total Deaths, Proportion of Deaths to the 1000 of Population. Auckland is 32 2*38 Thames .. 22 13 2-40 Wellington 100 57 SOI Nelson .. 22 U 2-12 Christ hurch 00 83 210 Dunedin 70 U 1-00 flokltaka 12 2 062 Invercargill ., 21 8 0'80 Total g«l 178
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5586, 22 February 1879, Page 2
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