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MORTAL= IN THE METROPOLIS. Number of Summar deaths. average. Smalls

Diseases 319 .... 267 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 44 . • • • 46 Tubercular Diseases. Diseases of the Broth, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Seater Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels

Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration... . 68 80

Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, aod other Organs of Digestion ... at 79 Diseases of the Kidneys, dr 7 8 Childbirth, diseases of the Otero, Sy. 10 RI

Rheumatism, diseases of the.Bones, Joints, Se- 7 7

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Mune, Se 1 1

Malformations s 3

Premature Birth 13 23 Atrophy 38 25

Age 32 so Sodden s 8

Ticience. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 16 31 — —. Total (including unspecified causes) 930 972

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 103.8° in the sun to 33.5° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean average temperature by84°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable. Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—

182 114 23