Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis
for the week ending on Saturday last—
Total (Including unspecified causes) 933 940
The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 100.00 in the sun to 44.0° in the shade; the mean temperature by day bein,„e colder than the average mean temperature by 0.3°. The mean direction of the wind for the week was North by East.
Summer average. 226 103 157 226 25
91 8
10 7
2 50 28
Number of deaths.
Zymotic (or Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious) Diseases 190 .. .
Dr9141T, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 125 ....
Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses . 115 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 239 .... Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 34 Diseases of the Stomach, lAver, and other Organs of Digestion 66 Dismal of the Kidneys, etc 9 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, fie 7 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Se.
Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, fie.
Old Age 42 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Iutemperance 73