24 JUNE 1848, Page 19

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.

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

Number or Sprbig

Total (including unspecified causes) 1008 eta The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 08.0° in the sun to 38.8° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being colder than the mean average temperature by 0.1°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable.

deaths. average.

Zymotle Diseases 289 .... 176 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 60 Tubercular Diseases. 191 .... 202 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Semen, 122 Diseases of the Heart and Blood .vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration... 97 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 58 Diseases of the Kidneys, Sc 12 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc. 4 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc.. 5 Diseases of the akin, Cellular tissue, Sc 1

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Premature Birth Atrophy

Age

Sudden , Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 21 24 82 16 52 125 62 10 12 8 1 2 20 15 55 12 29