4 NOVEMBER 1848, Page 9

The cholera has been increasingly fatal in London during the

past week. Up to yesterday, 59 new cases had occurred, and 34 deaths. In the provinces the severity of the attack has declined: very few cases have occurred. In Edin- burgh, Leith, Newhaven, and Portobello, 110 attacks are registered-60 deaths.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—

21 15

Age 31 .... 64,

Sudden 3 . • • .

Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 19 .... 32

Total (including unspecified causes) 1107 1154

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 75.1° in the sun to 30.00 in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean avmsga temperature by 6.3. The mean direction of the wind for the week was South by East and South-south-west.

Tubercular Diseases. .... 194 .... 127 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels

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

Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, Sc Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc. Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc Diseases of the Skin, Cellular fissue, Malformations Premature Birth Atrophy Number of Autumn

Deaths. Average.

455 .... 270 36 26 120 .... 222 10 12 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat .. 166

Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and senses. 114