MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality. in the.Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last-
Number of Summer deaths. average. Zymotle Diseases 338 .... 257 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 45 Tubercular Diseases. 216 194
Diseases of tho Braln' Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses . 120 Diseases of the React said Blood vessels . 20 ...- 28
Diseases of the 1,ungs, and of the other Organs of RespiratiOM... . 76 . so Diseases nine Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . 70 . • . • 79 Diseases of the Kidneys, Sc 11 . • . • Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sr. .. • • 10 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, ........... . 8 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular tissue, Sc 1 Malformations 3.
Premature Birth 17 • • • • 25 7 Atrophy ......................................... 22 25 Age
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25 so Sudden
1 • • • • Viotence.Privauon, Cold, and Intemperance 31
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Total (Including unepecffied causes) • ' 970 972 The temperature of the thermometer ranged fram 10(1.9° in the sun to 33.0° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean average temperature by 1.5°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable.
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