Deaths reported 2,117 : under five years of age 789 ; principal infectious diseases (small-pox, measles, diphtheria and croup, diarrhoeal diseases, whooping-cough, erysipelas and fevers) 127, acute lung diseases 440, consumption 275, diphtheria and croup 168, scarlet fever 64, diarrhoeal diseases 29, measles 20, typhoid fever 18, whooping-cough 17, malarial fever 14, puerperal fever 10, cerebro-spinal meningitis eight, erysipelas eight, small-pox four. From measles New York and District of

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... bia seven each, Baltimore six. From typhoid fever Milwaukee three, New York, Brooklyn, Boston, District of Columbia, Charleston and Lawrence two each, Baltimore, Lynn and Somerville one each. From whooping-cough, New York six, Boston four, Brooklyn and Baltimore two each, Milwaukee, Lowell and Springfield one each. From malarial fever, New Orleans five, New York four, Baltimore three, Brooklyn two. From puerperal fever, Brooklyn and Milwaukee three each, District of Columbia two, Boston and New Orleans one each. From cerebro-spinal meningitis, Milwaukee and Somerville two each, New York, Worcester, Lynn and Springfield one each. From erysipelas,