each. In tho thirty-three greater towns of England and Wales with an estimated population of 11,404,408, for tho week ending February 18th, the death-rate was 19.8, Deaths reported 4,275; acute diseases of tho respiratory organs (London) 481, whoopingcough 92, diphtheria 88, measles 04, fever 41, diarrhea 32, scarlet fever 23. The death-rates ranged from 10.5 in Loicester to 28.8 iu Preston ;