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the deatlis uiiiler 5 yoiira old were considerably below the avernge, and con- 

 stituted a very suiail iK»rtiou (little more than one-fourth) of tlio total mor- 

 tality at all agps. From " 5 to 20" the deaths were one-third above the 

 averai^e. At "^O to 45" the deaths were — 1 5-7 less than the average, 

 only 1850, having fewer, 1803 the same number, and all tlie other years 

 more. From " 45 to 00" the deaths were also below the average by —1 1-7. 

 At " GO and above," the deaths were -1-1 3-7 above the average. This month, 

 therefore, has been unfavorable to very young and very oM persons. Two of 

 the old persons were each aged 80 years, and three others had passed beyond 

 the " three score and ten." 



The small number of two deaths from Zymotic, diseases, shows how great was 

 the atmospheric purity of the month, the avei'age being more than three 

 times as much. Constitutional diseases were nearly one-fourth less fat;)l 

 than usual. Two of the deaths were from cancerous affections, one was 75 

 years old, and died at the Male Invalid Asylum. Four were deaths from 

 consumption, one of them being a native of Tasmania. Local diseases were 

 slightly below the average, on the whole class. 12 of the number were from 

 diseases of the Brain and Nervous System. This order usually furnishes 

 a large proportion of the deaths when atmospheric pressure has undergone 

 numerous and extensive perturbations. The Heart and organs of circulation 

 had only three deaths. The Lungs and other organs of respiration had few 

 (3) deaths, as before noticed. The Digestive organs had four deaths. In the 

 other orders of this class there were not any deaths. The Developmental 

 class had more than the average of deaths, owing principally to deaths from 

 old age. The class of violent and accidental deaths was also above the average. 

 Of the five, one was from burns, one from drowning, two from suffocation, 

 of which one was a child overlaid by its mother, the other an old man by 

 the inhalation of carburetted hydrogen gas, which had escaped into his bed- 

 room, and from the danger of which he rejected all waniing ; the last was 

 suicide by cuttmg the throat. There were seven inquests during the month, 

 being pi-ecisely the same in number as October 1863 had. Ten died in the 

 Hospital being — 6 less than in 1863. In the Male Invalid Asylum there were 

 4 deaths, aged respectively 65, 73, 75, 80. In 1863 there were 5. Of the 41 

 deaths, 4 died in the Glenorchy district, the rest in the city ; 24 were males, 

 17 females. On the 1st, 9th, 10th, 15th, 22nd, 31st, no deaths took place. 

 The greatest number that died on any day was 6 on the 26th, and the next 

 4 on the 28th. The most fatal peiiod of the month was the three days, 26th 

 to 28th inclusive, when 12 deaths took place, which has been previously com- 

 mented upon. In the first week of the month the deaths were 8, in the second 

 6, in the third 9, in the fourth 16, in the last three days 2. 

 The registered Births were 70, being -f 3 more than in October 1863. 



