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3. Diseases of the heart antl organs of circulation ha<l one death, }>eing the 

 same in number as in 1864. The lungs and organs of resj)iration liadB deaths, 

 all but one above 20 years old, the exception being a child aged nine months. 

 Last year this " order" had exactly the same number of deatlis. The 

 organs of digestion had 3 deaths from inflammation of the liver, all above 45 

 yejirs old. In 1864 there was only one. The organs of reproduction gave one 

 death this April, none in the former. 



The developmental class had a trifle more deaths than the eight years' average, 

 but precisely the same in number aa last year, though differing materially in 

 age. All the 5 this year were from old age, aged respectively 62, 72, two at 

 75, and one 78. In April, 1864, three were young children, and two were old 



Eeople from 70 to 75 years old. The 5th class, violent and accidental deaths, 

 ad less than half the eight yeai's' average, though 1864 had none whatever. 

 The death in the present month was a man of 77 brought to hospital fi'om a 

 country district with fracture of the thigh and other injuiies. 



The inquests held on deaths occurring during this month were 2 ; in 

 April, 1864, there were not any. In the Hospital 9 deaths took place, the same 

 in number as in 1864. Of these persons two did not belong to the Hobarton 

 Registration District, one being a sailor, the other brought from a rural 

 distriot. At the Male Invalid Asylum 5 deaths took place, three of them'being 

 upwards of 70 years old. Last April no deaths were recorded for this establish- 

 ment. A female invalid aged 72 died at the Cascades establishment, together 

 with a prisoner, aged 42 (one of the inquest cases), and a child aged 17 

 months. There were not any deaths there in April 1864. At the Queen's 

 Asylum for Destitute Children, a boy verging on 9 years old, died from 

 scrofula, after years of suffering ; in fact life had been prolonged only by the 

 assiduous attention he had received. No other death has occurred in this 

 institution, so far, in 1865; 



Of the 38 deaths, 23 were males, 15 females. Two of the deaths took place 

 in the Glenorchy district, the rest in the city. On nine days there was not a 

 single death ; on 13 others only one each ; on 3, two each ; on 3, three each ; 

 and on 2, the concluding days and most fatal period of the month, five each. 

 The first, second, and thii-d weeks of the month each had six deaths, in the 

 third week there were ten, and, as before stated, on the last two days ten. 



The Births registered during the month were 61, being one less than in Aprils 

 1864 and 1863. 



