In the thirty-three greater towns of England and Wales, with an estimated population of 10,810,971, for the week ending December 26th, the death-rnte was 17.0. Deaths reported, 3,545: acute diseases of the respiratory organs (London) 2H4, diphtheria 68, whooping-cough 64, measles 60, fever 32, scarlet fever 29, diarrhea 26.