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MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of _mortality in the Metropolis

for the week ending on Saturday last. Ten Weeks Week.

of 1841.50. of 1851.

Emetic Diseases Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 1,722 539 2,029 1,168 299 1,417 .... .... .... .. — ....

• •• • 217 43 168 120 41 171 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, cad other Organs of Digestion 554 • • • • 62 Diseases of the Kidneys, Be 109 • • • • 15 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Se 108 .... • 8 Rheumatism, diseasesof the Bones, Joints, Sc

79 • • • • • 4

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc.. 9 .... 2 Malformations 17 .... 3 Premature Birth 203 .. • • 27 Atrophy 141 .... 20 Age 554 .... 48 Sudden 100 • • • •

Violence,Privation,Cold, andlntemperance '228

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Total (Including unspeolfied causes) 8.314

898