The annual death-rate in the eight Scotch towns, which had been equal to 21'1 and 24 7 per 1000 in the two preceding weeks, was 23 7 in the week ending the 18th inst, and 2'7 below the average rate in the twenty-eight large English towns. The deaths referred to the principal zymotic diseases in these Scotch towns, which had been 76 and 104 in the two previous weeks, declined again to 79 last week; of these, 21 resulted from whooping-cough, 18 from diphtheria, 16 from diarrhcea, 10 from "

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... 9 from measles, 5 from scarlet fever, and not one from small-pox. The annual death-rate from these zymotic diseases was equal to 3'4 per 1000 in the eight towns, and was 0'5 below the rate from the same diseases in the large English towns ; the highest zymotic rates in the Scotch towns were recorded in Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Perth. The 21 deaths from whooping-cough, of which 15 occurred in Glasgow, were within one of the number in the previous week. The IS deaths referred to diphtheria showed a decline of 6 from those in the previous week, and included 12 in Glasgow and 3 in Edinburgh. The 16 deaths attributed to diarrhoea again showed a considerably higher death-rate than was reported from this cause in the English towns. Five of the 10 deaths referred to " fever" occurred in Glasgow and 3 in Leith ; and the 9 fatal cases of measles included 8 in Glasgow. The reported deaths from acute diseases of the lungs in the eight towns, which had been 101, 120, and 137 in the three previous weeks, were 131 last week, and 62 below the number returned in the corresponding week of last year. -HEALTH OF DUBLIN.