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. Zymotic Diseases 390 .... 257 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 54 .... 45 Tubercular Diseases. 202 .... 194 Diseases of the Brans, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses . 112 .... 120 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, &c Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc Malformations Premature Birth Atrophy Age Sudden Violence,•Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Total (including unspecified causes) 1096 9M
The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 96.0° in the sun to 33.5° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean average temperature by 1.8°. The mean direction of the wind for the week was South- south-west.
65 65 14 ....
10 6 2 8 26
27 28 94 50
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