22 



" Under one year old" the deaths were less than the average, though three 

 more than in 1865. Nine of the 15, were feeble children under 4 months old, 

 and the other 6 were all from 8 to 11 months old, or at the age when teething 

 and bad-dieting render children so susceptible of the bowel-complaints usually 

 prevalent in the summer months. 



At "1 to 5" years old the mortality was above the average. Of the 11 

 deaths, all were under two years old but two, and the exceptions had not 

 attained the age of three years — one being from a bum. All the rest died 

 from the prevailing bowel-complaints, "At 5 to 20" the deaths were a fraction 

 above the average. 



" At 20 to 45" the deaths were about 25 per cent, less than the nine years' 

 mean, and but one year of the nine had fewer. At "45 to 60" the average 

 mortality was not attained. 



At "60 and all ages above" the average was largely exceeded, though the 

 number, 13, was 5 less than in 1865. The oldest was an invalid at the 

 Brickfields Asylum, aged 85. 



57 



Classes of Disease 



1. Zymotic 



2. Constitutional 



3. Local 



4. Developmental 



5. Violent &c. 



Marches. 



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CO loo 



5!SL 



CO lOO '. 



10 35 21151515 

 9; 8] 8 10 Hi 8 



29 19 13 19 21 24 

 5 81 9i 5 21 5 

 3 3 2321 



54 56 73 53 52 51 53 48 66 55 56 3-9 



. OS 



> O 

 <1S 



9 17 8-9 

 6| 8 3-9 

 29 20 5-9 

 7 6 4-9 

 4 31-9 



In the 1st, or Zymotic class of diseases, the deaths were a fraction above 

 the average, and nearly double last year's number. A boy five years old died 

 from croup, being the only death from any acute form of diseases of the 

 organs of respiration, notwithstanding the extremely wide daily range of tem- 

 perature. A girl of 17 died from typhoid fever, no doubt owing to the usual 

 local causes, which engender this preventable disease. The other 16 deaths 

 were all from hoioel complaints, only three of them being above 3 years old, i.e., 

 45, 50, 66, respectively. 



The 2nd,ov constitutional class of diseases, hRdlesathsLU the average deaths. 

 One from senile gangrene,two from concerous affections of the stomach, one from 

 water in the head, three from consumption, of whom one man, aged 25^ was 

 born in Tasmania. Last year this disease caused five deaths, and one of the 

 number, a male of nearly the same age, was born in Tasmania. 



ThQ 'dv(i,ov local class of diseases, hsidiles,^ than the nine years' average of 

 deaths, and eleven less than 1865 had. The^first order of this class. Diseases 

 of the Brain and Nervovs Si/stem, had only seven deaths, a child of eleven 

 months from Inflammation of the membranes of the Brain, and the old man 

 of 85 from Serous Apoplexy, and five young children from Convulsions. In 

 March, 1865, this order had 11 deaths. In the 2nd order. Diseases of the 

 Heart and Organs of Circidation, there were 3 deaths ; last year had 5. In 

 the 3rd order. Diseases of the Lungs and Respiratory Organs, 3 deaths took 

 place, all of a chronic character, and of long standing ; 1865 had 7. In the 

 4th order, Diseases of the Stomach and Organs of Digestion, 4 died, being the 

 same in number as last year. In the 5tb order, Diseases of the Urinary Organs, 

 one death occurred ; 1865 had 2. 



The 4th, or developmental class of diseases, had an excessive number of 

 deaths, 5 of them being under 10 months old, and the other 5 from 71 to 

 79 years old. Last year had only half the number, only one of them beiag 

 a babe. 



The 5th, or violent and accidental class of diseases, had somewhat more 

 than the average number of deaths One was run over by an Albert car, another 



