rain-fall a much greater depression might liave been expected, but fortunately 

 for the public health sea breezes made amends for it. 



Electrkitii was never absent at any of the recording hours, but negative 

 greatly predominated. 



Tlie Deaths during the month were 47, being — 7 ll-13ths less tlian the average 

 of tlie previous l."i years. Only March, 18G9, had a smaller number (42) and 

 the maximum was 73 in 18G4. Males were 26, females 21. Nine only were 

 under one year old, 3 only between 1 and 5. Four were between 5 and 20. 

 From 20 to 60 there were 14 deaths only, but from 60 to 93 there were 16. 

 At the Cascades Prison and Invalid Station 8 deaths took place, aged from 40 

 to 79 ; at the Brlckfidds Invalid Station, only one, aged 93. At the Hospital 

 there were 11 deaths, including two Inquest cases. Consumption caused 6 

 deaths, three being nati\es of Tasmania. No disease prevailed epidemically, 

 but a youth of 18 died from Typhoid or Pythogenic fever, but more impres- 

 sively designated " filth-fever " by the best sanitarians. From time to time 

 deaths from this preventible disease are occurring in Hobart Town, and will 

 continue to increase as the population becomes more aggregated, seeing how 

 the excreta of the inhabitants are allowed to decompose in the middle of our 

 habitations, and how insufficient is the system (if it deserves such an appella- 

 tion at all) of sewerage. Formerly Typhoid Fever prevailed largely at the 

 Queen's Asylum, at New Town, notwithstanding its incomparable site, 

 sanitorily considered, but then the cloacae were within the buildings, and 

 th ir contents were removed by drains which passed beneath the buUdings ; 

 now the cloacae are away from the buildings, and their contents are removed 

 almost daily. The dry earth conservancy would be a still greater improve- 

 ment. Hobart Town, with its privy cesspools saturating the surface soil, and 

 with its drainage channels in many places converted into receptacles for 

 human execreta and other decomposing refuse, so valuable for manure, wiU 

 ultimately become a perennial hot-bed for those zymotic diseases which prove 

 such a di'awback on the health of the towns and cities of the United King- 

 dom. Yet a more advantageous site for sanitary purposes, in one of the 

 naturally healthiest climates in the world, few cities can boast of. 



