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which has proved so fatal in London generally, and also because
the Table proves that the increased mortality was not caused
by want of care in the sanitary department. Excluding 1860, we
ascertain that during the years 1857-61, the mortality from
epidemic diseases has varied between 19.8 and 23.7 per cent.
of all the deaths. The total number of deaths from zymotic
(epidemic) diseases, was 423; from tubercular diseases, 367;
from diseases of the nervous system, 239; from affections of
the heart, 121, and of the lungs, 409. This was by far the
largest mortality from lung diseases which has been registered,
as the proportion of deaths from these affections have varied
between 13.9 and 19.1 per cent, the latter being the rate for
1864. The number, 147, from old age, was about an average,
indeed, the deaths registered under this head vary less than
in any other class, as the lowest rate registered during 1857-64
was 6.2, and the highest 7.2 per cent. There were also registered
17 deaths from intemperance or privation, one man
having died from attempting to drink a pint of raw brandy at
a draught.

Table VI. shows the mortality from the seven most fatal
epidemic diseases and the mean temperature for each year