MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
Number of Autumn Deaths. Average.
Zymotic Diseases 393 .... 270 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 47 .... 52 Tubercular Diseases 147 .... 184 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses. 67 .... 127 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 29 .... 98 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration... 1612 .... 222 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 52 67 Diseases of the Kidneys,1tc 10 12 Childbirth, diseases of the 'Uterus, Sc. 4 14 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, rice 5 8 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc 3 2 Malformations 4 3 Premature Birth 19 23 Atrophy 26 19 Age 32 64 Sudden 4 12 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 17 32
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Total (including unspecified causes) 983 1154 The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 64.4° in the sun to 31.00 in the shade; the mean temperature by day being colder than the mean average temperature by 3.6°. The mean direction of the wind for the week was North. Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last-
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