The mean annual death-rate from these diseases was equal to 1-8 per 1000 ; in the 96 large English towns the corresponding rate did not exceed 1'3, and in the 16 Scotch towns 1'4 per 1000. The deaths of infants (under 2 years of age) attributed to diarrhoea and enteritis, which had been 15, 16, and 15 in the three precedings weeks, rose to 28 in the week under notice ; of this number 13 occurred in Belfast and 11 in Dublin. The deaths referred to measles, which had been 4, 4, and 5 in the three

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... preceding weeks, rose to 8, and comprised 4 in Londonderry, 2 in Belfast, and 2 in Waterford. The deaths from scarlet fever, from whooping-cough, and from diphtheria were registered in Belfast, and the fatal case of enteric fever in Dublin. A death from typhus was also recorded in Dublin. The deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory system, which had been 52, 56, and 41 in the three preceding weeks, were 42 in the week under notice. Of the 381 deaths from all causes, 104, or 27 per cent., occurred in public institu-