MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE AND ART. 
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Registrar General's Office , 
Sydney , Otli November , 1857. 
HEALTH OF SYDNEY. 
The number of Deaths registered at the Central Office during the month of October 
is 102, viz., oS males and 44 females, of which 33 were under 5 years of age. 
The Deaths registered during the corresponding month in last year are 90. 
The number of Births registered during October, is 173, viz. : 77 males and 96 
females, being an excess of 71 over the Deaths of the month. 
SUMMARY OF DEATHS of both sexes Registered 
October , 1857. 
Sydney , from 1st to 31si 
Causes of Death. 
Zymotic Diseases. 
Endemic, Epidemic, & Con¬ 
tagious . 
Sporadic Diseases 
Of Uncertain Seat .—Dropsy 
and other Diseases of Yari- 
able Seat. 
Of Nervous Sifstem.c. Dis 
eases of the Brain, &c. .. 
Of Respiratory System .— 
Diseases of the Lungs, &c. 
Of _ Circulatory System .— 
Diseases of the Heart and 
Blood vessels ... 
Of Digestive Organs. Dis 
eases of the Stomach, 
Liver, &e. 
Of Urinary Organs. —Dis¬ 
eases of die Kidneys, &c. 
Of Generative Organs . 
Of Locomotive Organs .— 
Rheumatism, Diseases of 
the Bones, Joints, &c... 
Of Integumentary System .— 
Diseases of the Skin. 
Old Age. 
External. Causes. Yiolencee, 
Privation, & intemperance. 
Unspecified . 
.ft 
i ... 
Total from all Causes ... 20 3 5 5... 33 4 4 4 4 7 4 0 8 6 6 6 2 3 1 ... 1 1 . 
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a & 
12 
6 
23 
15 
10 
2 
3 
14 
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CHRIS. ROLLBSTON, Registrar General, 
