81 



The fifth, or Violent and Accidental ehss of diseases^ had deaths slightly 

 ahove the numerical average, though only half the number that occurred 

 in 1865. One died from fractures of neck and thigh caused by a faR from 

 the roof of a house. A child two years old from hemorrhage^ from a wound 

 in the face. A man of 45 died from tetanus (lock-jaw), consequent upon a 

 crushed finger, though at an unusually long period afterwards. 



There was only one inquest — the death from the fall off the roof of a 

 house. Last year had 6. The deaths in hospital, inclusive of the inquest 

 case, were 14. Last year had only 8. Three of them were cases admitted 

 from country districts. At the Male Invalid Asylum there were only 3 

 deaths this month, aged respectively 66, 79, 86. Last August there wero 

 5. Of the 33 deaths, all occurred in the city division of the electoral 

 districts. 



In the first week only 3 died ; in the second, 5 ; in the third, 12 ; in tha 

 fourth, 9 ; in the last thiiee days, 4. The most fatal period of the month 

 was the three days, 16, 17, 18, when 9 deaths occurred ; the next was the 

 three days, 26, 27, 28, when 7 died. No other three days had more thaa 

 4. On twelve days of the month there was not a single death, 



Thfi registered Births were 70, being + more than in 1865. 



