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average April deaths for the previous 14 years is 42 12-1 4th, ranging from 

 •27in. 180'J to 54 in 1804. No year had less than M, but tlie present one 

 and 18<;i). Under one year of age there were 5 deaths ; from 1 to 5 one death ; 

 from 5 to 10 tlie «leatlis were .'i ; from 10 to 15 one death ; from 15 to 20 one 

 death ; from 20 to (U) the deaths were 8 ; and at (50 and all ages above, 9, 

 tho oldest being 88 years old. So equal a distribution in the various groups 

 of ages is a very rare occurrence. 12 only were males, 10 females, the disparity 

 of the sexes being usually just the reverse. No epidemic disease was pre- 

 valent, and in all the Zinnotic class there were only 2 deaths, from diarrhcna, 

 aged 5 weeks and 15 months respectively. Consumption causerl 4 deaths, one 

 a native of Tasmania, the rest born in England, Ireland, and Scotland re- 

 pectively. The last was only a visitor for health from Ceylon. The public 

 Hospitd had only .3 deaths, one of which cam3 from another registration 

 district, another was from burns on which an inquest, the only one in the 

 month, was held. At the Brickfields Male Invalid establishment there was 

 only one death, but at the Cascades there were 5. 



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