fiY R. M. JOHNSTON, F.L.S. 



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The following table shows 



more particularly the principal 

 specific causes of death from preventible diseases for the same 

 periods, shown in the order of their importance : — 



Deaths per 100,000 persons living. 



From 



Non-preventible cause — 

 Senile Decay, " Old Age". 



Preventible causes — 



Heart Diseases, various .. 



Phthisis 



Atrophy and Debihty 



Cancer 



Diarrhoea and Dysentery.. 



Pneumonia 



Typhoid, &c 



Bronchitis 



Apoplexy 



Convulsions 



Premature Birth 



Drowning 



Diphtheria 



Fractures, Contusions 



Dentition , 



Paralysis 



All others 



Average of 



Years 



1894-5. 



326 



All Preventible Diseases 



130 

 129 

 80 

 61 

 53 

 52 

 50 

 48 

 33 

 29 

 27 

 27 

 21 

 15 

 11 

 3 

 512 



Ten 

 Years 

 1884-93. 



462 



1281 



163 

 147 

 179 



77 

 102 

 79 

 81 

 88 

 62 

 65 

 42 

 20 

 26 

 16 

 17 

 33 

 554 



Epidemic 

 Year 

 1887. 



538 



Years 1894-5, 



above -j- or 



below — . 



Mean of 



Ten 

 Years 



1884-93. 



— 136 



1742 



193 

 171 



193 

 75 



170 

 82 



200 

 36 

 59 

 69 

 53 

 23 

 26 

 23 

 26 

 26 



478 



1903 



— 33 



— 18 



— 99 



— 16 



— 49 



— 27 



— 31 



— 40 



— 29 



— 36 



— 15 

 + 7 



— 5 



— 1 



— 6 



— 30 



— 42 



Epidemic 

 Year 



1887. 



212 



461 



— 63 



— 42 



— 113 



— 14 



— 117 



— 30 



— 150 



+ 12 



— 26 



— 40 



— 26 

 + 4 



— 5 



— 8 



— 15 



— 23 

 + 34 



— 622 



From the preceding table it is seen that the decline in the 

 death-rate from all preventible causes in the last two years is 

 traceable in every one of the principal specilic causes of death, 

 with the exception of a slight increase in deaths fi'om Drowning, 

 Bronchitis, and all other minor specific causes relative to 1887. 

 The most marked fall is to be found under Atrophy and 

 Debility, Diarrhcea and Dysentery, Typhoid, Pneumonia, 

 and Convulsions. The ligures, as a whole, are eminently 

 satisfactory, and confirm the statement already made, that 

 Hobart during the hist two and even three years has never 

 been in a healthier condition. That it compares also most 

 favourably among the healthiest cities of the world will be 

 demonstrated in the tables and facts which follow. 



