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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.

The year 1908 exhibits reduced figures in relation to all chest troubles as compared with the previous year ; probably the lower rainfall and drier atmosphere as compared with|the|previous year had;much to do with the improvement. There were 78 deaths from this cause. f i Causes of Death in the Wellington District. The following table relating to the deaths from infectious diseases in Wellington was compiled by Dr. Frengley : — Causes of Death from Zymotic and Other Diseases. Wellington and Suburbs. , ft 1908. 1907. 1908. Diarrhoea .. .. .. .. ..41 23 191 Measles .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 15 7 Diphtheria .. .. .. .. ..6 9 13 Scarlet fever .. .. .. .. ..16 9 21 Enteric fever .. .. .. .. .. 5 .. 28 Influenza .. .. .. .. ..3 17 22 Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. .. 1 28 7 Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 4 Septicaemia .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. 13 Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. ..4 .. 10 Puerperal septicaemia .. .. .. .. 1 .. 16 Tubercle.. .. .. .. 73 69 260 Cancer .. .. .. .. .. ..48 50 202 VACCINATION. The vaccinations registered for the last ten years are us under : — Total • Proportion of Vaccinations y „ mat ; n „ Successful registered » Number of Vaccinations of Year. of Children , Births Children under under i Year of Acre registered. 1 Year of Age to 14 Years of * Year ot A § e - Total Births. Age. Per Cent. 1908 .. .. .. 3,346 1,249 25,940 4-82 1907 .. .. .. 5,328 1,961 25,094 7-81 1906 .. .. .. 3,602 1,810 24,252 7-46 1905 .. .. .. 3,818 2,079 23,682 8-78 1904 .. .. .. 18,368 2,323 22,766 10-20 1903 .. .. .. 11,683 5,566 21,829 25-50 1902 .. .. .. 8,763 2,611 20,655 12-64 1901 .. .. .. 3,768 1,984 20,491 9-68 1900 .. .. .. 4,525 3,151 19,546 16-12 1899 .. .. .. 5,133 3,379 18,835 17-94

PART 2.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Return showing the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease reported to the Public Health Department throughout the Dominion during the Year ending 31st March, 1909.

Summary for Whole Dominion.

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Health Districts. Nature of Disease. i a I 4 02 I i .1 I 4 o i "tH o j a s I U s Hi c 3 o i Total. Cnteric fever .. Icarlet fever .. )iphtheria Jlood-poisoning 'uberculosis .. lydatids 241 142 101 77 176 103 208 67 28 45 119 722 192 46 206 5 2 li) 42 9 13 3 11 57 35 1 17 2 51 386 99 71 86 13 25 606 85 48 170 9 561 2,183 624 271 717 30 7 1 10 Totals 737 451 1,290 71 65 123 706 943 4,386