69 



The 38 Zynu)tic deaths in 1860 were ;— Influenza 30, Croup 6, Diarrhoea 1, 

 Fever 1. 



Of the 44 local dcatlis in 18G0, 18 were from Pneiimonia, 



Of the 11 Devdopnicntal deaths in 1860, 8 were from old age. 



The Zymotic class of diseases had not one death this month, being the first 

 time in eight years, this class has had a blank return. This alone would sliow, 

 what a higb degree of atmospheric purity prevailed in July, and the Ozono 

 returns ccufirm the fact. The excess of the latter,however, has been injurious 

 in the opposite direction, by its stimulating effects on the circulatory and 

 respiratory organs. The cojistitt'tional class of disease, caused a very great 

 number of deaths, comparativelj', being not many shoii; of double the seven 

 years' average. All were diseases of loug standing, 4 being cancerous affections 

 in persons from 51 to 05 years of age — 9 were cases of consumption, being the 

 highest number »Ter recorded in any month during the previous seven and a 

 half years. Four of the number were young Tasmanians. The local class of 

 diseases had many deaths beyond the seven years' average. Of these the Nervous 

 system had 9 ; the Circulatory system 5 ; the Respiratory system 22, mostly 

 acute inflammations, consequent upon the prevailing catarrh ; the Digestive 

 system 4; .the Urinary system 1 ; the order of bones^ joints, tt'C, 1. The Develop- 

 inental class of diseases had rather more than double the seven years' average, 

 but six of the number were aged from 76 to 92 years. The class of Accidental 

 and Violent deaths and diseases, had one less than the average. One was burnt 

 to death in his hut ; one was found drowned ; the third was killed by a mass 

 of stone falling upon him in a quarry ; the fourth died from the effects of a 

 bite from a boar on the thigh. Tliough live months of the year in succession 

 have had an excess of deaths, over the seven years' average ,yet the fiist two 

 months, usually so fatal in Tasmania had so much below the average, that the 

 first half of the year had actually five less deaths than the first half of 1863 

 had. It is gratifying to record, that while death has been rife in the com- 

 munity at large in this registration-district, the Queen's Asylmn, with an 

 average of nearly 550 children, has not had a single death. The last death 

 recorded for this Institution was in June 1863 in the male division, a boy aged 

 11 years, whose death had long been expected as he had been a sufferer frora 

 Epilepsy for many years. In the infant division the last death took place in 

 January 1863, in a child 4^ years old, who died from the mechanical rupture 

 of air the cells of the lungs, while laboring under a paroxysm of "Whooping- 

 cough. In the girls' division the last death occurred nearly three years since. 



The Inquests this month were 4, July 1863 had 3. The deaths in the 

 public Hospital were 24, three being cases received from country districts, 

 and one from a vessel in harbor. At the 3fale Invalid Asylum 2 deaths took 

 place, 1863 had 4, Of the 70 deaths, 3 occurred in the Glenorchy, 2 in the 

 Queenborough districts, the rest in the city — 40 were males 30 females. 



On the 8th, 14th, 19th, 20th, and 30th, no deaths took place. The greatest 

 number on any two consecutive days was 10, on the 17th and 18th, when the 

 barometer fell suddenly, with strong southerly winds and heavy rain ; but 

 it is note-worthy, that on the two following days (rain and wind from the south 

 still prevaiHng) no deaths took place, and only one each on the two succeeding 

 days. The most fatal period of the month was the four days 15th to 18th, 

 which ushered in and commenced the heavy rains, when 17 deaths occurred ; 

 no other four days in the month had more than eleven. The weekly totals 

 of deaths were pretty uniform ; the first having 19 ; the second 15 ; the 

 third, 18 ; the fourth, 16 ; and the last three days 2. 



The registered birtlis were 68, being + 3 more than July 1863 had. 



