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seqiionces. Popularly this is most erroneously confounded with iaflucnza, which 

 in all the cinilonucs of it wo have had hero, hna boon always heralded with, 

 and accompanied by a deficiency of ozone. 



In tho -Ith oixlcr.D iscascs of the Stomach and Organs of Djfifcs^io??, the deaths 

 were 2, Soi>tember 18G4 had tho same number. 



TheSth o\\\qv Diseases of the Urinari/ Organs, the deaths wero 4, all chronic, 

 and above 47 years old. Last year had not any. 



In the 7th order, Diseases of the Bones, tCr. this month had a death in a boy, 

 of 14, who died in Hospital some time after an operation by which it wa? 

 necessary to remove tho upjier jaw and adjoining 'bones oi the right side, 

 owing to a formidable tumor in the antrum. It is believed that this— one of 

 tho most triumphant and important operations of modern surgery, — was 

 never before performed in Austrdasia. Dr. Biight was tho operator, and 

 most of tho medical practitiouex's in Hobai-tou were present. "Wo wero 

 allsimguino of tho result, Tho patient had however, been reduced to a very low 

 state by previous sxilfering and h.'emorrhage,and unfortunately tho weather sub- 

 sequent to the opei'atiou was inauspicious. On tho day of his death tho barometer 

 fell suddenly nearly half an inch, [while ou tho two pro^^ou9 days it had risen 

 neai-ly as n\uch. All that surgical sldll and medical scieuco could do, had 

 been done, but the elements they cannot control at pleasure. 



Tho DevcJopmcntal class, had considerably more than tho average of deaths, 

 one of the number died five days after birth, tho other 5 were all from old 

 age, beiiig 00, 71, 7(», 78 and 00 years old, respectively. September last year 

 had only half the number. 



In the class of Violent and Accidental Deaths, the number was slightly 

 above the average. Two were children ruthlessly murdered; one a boy 

 of 10 died from a"f racturo of the skull some days after receiving a kick from a 

 hoi-se ; the fourth was a caso of accidental gun shot wound in the thigh, 

 broxight to Hospital from a country district. It was followed by tetanus. 

 Some of the atmospheric phenomena were unfavorable at tho time. Tho 

 day before his death tho elastic force of vapour, was at its maximum 

 369, and that and the Jtwo preceding days were tho hottest in the 

 mouth. Another case of accidental injury in which amputation of the 

 thigh was performed has also suflfercd in a lesser degree from lock- 

 jaw, but was still surviving on the last day of the month (since dead.) 

 This frightful affection, though common enough elsewhere, is of rare 

 occurrence in Tasmania, 



Foiir inquests were held on persons dying in September, the causes of 

 which have already been commented upon. Last j-ear there were only two. 



The deaths in Hospital were 13, inclusive of one of the inquest cases. Of these 

 five were received from other registration districts. Last year the total 

 was only nine. 



At the Male Invalid Asi/hnn, men aged respectively 50, 72, 78, died. There 

 was only one last year. 



Of the 43 deaths, 27 were males, 16 females, one died in the Glenorchy, 3 in 

 the Queenborough electoral divisions of the district, the restjin the city. 



On six days of the month there was not a single death. In the fii-st week 10 

 died ; in the second, 12 ; in the third, 10 ; in the fourth, 9 ; on the last two 

 days, two. The greatest number of deaths on any two consecutive days, was 

 six, on the 14th and 15th; The most fatal period was the four days, i2th to 

 15th, when 11 deaths occurred, but these include the two murdered children. 

 The next in number were the five days, 19th to 23rd, when ten deaths wero 

 recorded. 



Tho births registered wero 76, being one less than in September, 1864, 



