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20" the deaths were sllglitly above the eiglit year's avoi'age, three of the eight, 

 including 18G4, having the same number, 18G2 one more, but the other fom* 

 less. At "20 to 45," the mortality was little more than one-third of tho 

 average, and very much less than any one of the eight years. At "45 to 60" 

 the deaths were considerably less than one-half of the average. 1862 had 

 the same in number, 1857 one less, but the other six years all very much 

 more. At " all ages above 60" the deaths were not only, much above the 

 average, but considerably exceeded every year, except 1863 which had two 

 more. The high proportionate rate of mortality in old people, so often of lato 

 recorded, is significant of two facts ; one of interest to the meteorologist and 

 sanitarian, but the other of greater moment to the statesman. The first is : — 

 that meteorological changes that hurry old and infirm people to the grave 

 has little or no influence on the young and healthy ; the second is :— that the 

 changes for a long time going on, in the constituent elements of the Tas- 

 manian population is rapidly increasing the number of the old and dependent, 

 as well as the young and helpless, Nevertheless, as I remarked in the " Report" 

 for January last, the population last year was increased by 666 more male 

 adults "arrived" than "departed." For a long series of years previously 

 the reverse was the annual return. 



»^ Classes of Disease 



19 



1. Zymotic 



2. Constitutional 



3. Local 



6! 4. Developmental 

 2 5. Violent &c. 



32 



P» oo 



<i r-l 



8 7-8 

 7 2-8 

 231-8 

 5 2-8 

 2 5-8 



471-8 



Zymotic diseases only caused two children's deaths, one from croup at 6 

 years old, the other from diarrhcea, aged 8 weeks. This number is le?s than 

 one-fourth of the June average for eight years. Only one year of the eight — 

 1860 — having so few. 1864 had more than twice the number. 



Constitutional diseases had much less than half the average, and exactly 

 half of 1864. One of the three, only, was from consumption, a Tasmanian 

 child 4^ years old. Last year the deaths from this disease were four, one a 

 Tasmanian. 



Local diseases caused less than the average number of deaths, and but little 

 more than half of what occurred in 1864, Nevertheless, the two fii-st years of 

 the eight recorded, had fewer deaths than the present. Of the 19 deaths, 

 6 were from diseases of tJie brain and nervous system; there being 8 in 1864. 

 Diseases of the heart and organs of circulation had 4 in 1865, to 6 in 1864. 

 Diseases of the lungs and organs of respiration had 4, while 1864 had 14. Of 

 diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion this year had only one, while 

 1864 had 3. The urinary organs contributed 4 to the mortuary record this 

 year, but only 2 in 1864. No other of the orders in the local class gave any 

 deaths to the list either in this month or June, 1864. 



Developmeyital diseases had slightly above the average of June deaths, but 

 exactly the same that 1864 had. 



The violent and accidental class had less than the average, and only half 

 of the number in 1864. One was a death from bui-ns in a gul 7 years old, 

 the other a young man of 19 died from the effects of an injury caused by a tree 

 falling on and tearing off his foot. The inquests on deaths in this repoi't were 

 2; while in 1864 there were 3, The deaths in hospital, including both those 

 on which inquests were held, were 8, last year they were one more. One 

 of the present month's deaths was a case sent from a country district. At the 



