LOCAL DISEASES.—The diseases of the nervous system were fatal in 256 cases, viz., 199 in the Town and 57 in Brompton. Eighty-five of the deaths occurred under five years of age. _Apoplexy_ was fatal in 64 cases, _Paralysis_ in 47, _Epilepsy_ in 13, _Convulsions_ in 59, and _Brain disease_ in 62. Apoplexy and Paralysis are diseases of old age; Convulsions, as a rule, of infancy. The deaths from this order of diseases were very equally spread over the whole year, the quarterly numbers being 66, 63, 61, and 66 respectively THE DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION caused 149 deaths, viz., in the Town district 115, and in Brompton 34. Nine only of these deaths occurred under the age of five years. _Pericarditis_ was the registered cause in 5 cases, _Aneurism_ in 7, and “_Heart disease_” in the remainder, 137. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS.—The deaths from this important order of diseases were 554, viz., 462 in the Town sub-district, and 92 in Brompton. Under five years of age the deaths were 244. The mortality from these affections is greatly influenced by season, more deaths occurring in winter than in summer, and a higher mortality prevailing in proportion as the winter is severe. These facts are illustrated by the subjoined figures, which show the mortality to have been in the four quarters of the year respectively 189, 80, 58, and 227. Thus in the winter quarters the deaths were 416, and in the summer quarters only 138. The deaths in the summer quarters of 1874 were seven less than in 1873; but there was an excess of 78 in the winter quarters of the former year, due to the long-continued cold weather that prevailed in the latter months. The several diseases of this order were the registered causes of death as follows:—_Laryngitis_ 6, _Bronchitis_ 300, _Pleurisy_ 10, _Pneumonia_ 176, _Asthma_ 12, and _Lung disease_ 41. The increased fatality of Bronchitis and Pneumonia helps to explain the higher mortality of 1874 as compared with 1873. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS were fatal in 118 cases (18 under five years), viz., 93 in the Town and 25 in Brompton. They include _Enteritis_ 19, _Peritonitis_ 20, and _Liver disease_ 37. DISEASES OF THE URINARY ORGANS were fatal in 51 cases, including _Kidney disease_ 12, _Blight’s disease_ 22; _Cystitis_ 7, and _Diabetes_ 5. DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF GENERATION caused 7 deaths, 6 of them registered as _Uterus disease_, &c. These deaths are exclusive of malignant affections of the organs included under the head of Cancer. THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN were fatal in 75 cases, including _Premature birth_ 46, _Teething_ 25, and _Malformations_ 4. THE DISEASES OF ADULTS include 14 deaths returned as _Child-birth_, these deaths being irrespective of those already alluded to under the head of Puerperal Fever. DISEASES OF OLD PEOPLE (so described) were returned under the head of _Old Age_ as the cause of 94 deaths.