1572 diphtheria, which had been six, six, and four in the three preceding weeks, were again four last week, and included three in Glasgow. The three deaths from scarlet fever corresponded with the number in the preceding week and included two in Leith. The deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs in these towns, which had been 152, 127, and 152 in the three preceding weeks, declined again last week to 130, and were 24 below the number in the corresponding period of last year. The

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... uses of 19, or more than 3 per cent., of the deaths in these eight towns last week were not certified. HEALTH OF DUBLIN. The death-rate in Dublin, which had been 17 9, 25' 6, and 20'1 per 1000 in the three preceding weeks, rose again to 20 8 per 1000 during the week ending Nov. 18th. During the past four weeks the death-rate has averaged 21.1 per 1000, the rates during the same period being 16' 6 in London and 16'4 in Edinburgh. The 151 deaths of persons belonging to Dublin registered during the week under notice were five in excess of the number in the preceding week and included five which were referred to the principal infectious diseases, against seven, six, and seven in the three preceding weeks; of these, two resulted from diarrhoea, one from scarlet fever, one from diphtheria, and one from whooping-cough, but not any from small-pox, from measles, or from "fever." These five deaths were equal to an annual rate of 0. 7 per 1000, the deathrates last week from the principal infectious diseases being 1 -4 in London and 1'1 1 in Edinburgh. The 151 deaths in Dublin last week included 25 of children under one year of age and 39 of persons aged 60 years and upwards; the deaths both of infants and of elderly persons were slightly in excess of the respective numbers recorded in the preceding week. Four inquest cases and three deaths from violence were registered ; and 69, or more than two-fifths, of the deaths occurred in public institutions. The causes of seven, or more than 4 per cent., of the deaths registered in Dublin last week were not certified.