TIORTALITY 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 354 .... 257 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or varmble seat 35 .... 45 Tubercular Diseases. 159 .... 194 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses. 109 .... 110 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 28 .... 28 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration... 60 .... 80 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 73 .... 79
Diseases of the Kidneys, Se 11 .... 8 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc. 5
Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc 5 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc .
Malformations 2 Premature Birth 17 Atrophy 28 Age 29 Sudden 3 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 27 —
Total (Including unspecified causes) 1019 The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 91.0° in the sun to 88.8° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being colder than the mean average temperature by 2.6°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable.
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