The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-08 00:00:00

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DURING THE EITLEIi%

( From the Rep,
the week that F.ndefl on Saturday the deaths of
perSbns, viz, 473 Males and 490 females, were re.2,istered
in London. In the corresponding week of 1849 the
deaths from all causes rose to 1,967, and in that of 1854
to 1,456, cholera having made considerable progress at
both those periods. Taking corresponding weeks in
the last ten years it will be found that the deaths ranged
above 1,000 in all the weeks of the series except three—
those of 1845, 1847, and 1850. The deaths returned for
iast week, which occurred in an increased population,
when compared with the facts now stated, present a
very favourable result.

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At this season, which the fatal experience of former
years invests with more than ordinary interest to the
London population, it is gratifying to find that the me-
tropolitan reports, though they show that the usual sum-
mer cholera is or. the increase, are still free from indica-
tions of the more virulent epidemic. The steady increase
of diarihcea is seen in the folio wing numbers, which show
the deaths from that compl,int in the last five weeks :-
28, 45, 67, 93, and (last week) 110. But the tempera-
ture is moderate, and the point which the mortality from
diarrhoea has yet attained is, comparatively, not high;
in the corresponding week of 1846, when the mean tem-
perature rose to 69.1 deg, diarrbcea was fatal in 186
cases ; in that of 1848 it was fatal in 141 ; in 1849 the
number was 179 ; in the following year 136 ; and in the
same week of last year 142. Of the 110 deaths of last week,
90 occurred to children less than 2 years old. Cholera
is reported as fatal to 7 persons, 4 of whom were in-
fants ; of the remaining 3, 2 died of diarrhoea, or fever
with choleraic symptoms, 1 of cholera, designated
Asiatic, after six days' illness from diarrbcea in a con-
fined and unwholesome dwelling. 20 deaths were caused
by smallpox, 37 by scarlatina. Two families lost each
two children by the latter malady, and in both cases
tae occupiers of the houses complain of abominable
smell from garbage or other rubbish, which preclude
them from opening the windows for ventilation.

Last week the births of 880 boys and 798 girls, in all
1,678 children, were regii,tered in Landon. In the 10
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average
number was 1,378.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'691 inches.
The mean temperature of the week was 62'5 deg., which
is 0.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 38
years. The highest temperature in the week was 75'5
deg., and occurred on Sunday, the 29th ; the lowest was
51 deg., and occurred on Wednesday. The mean dew-
point temperature was 55'4 deg., and the difference be-
tween this and the mean temperature of the air was 7'l
deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames was
65.9 deg. The wind blew almost invariably from the
south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.38 inches, of
which o'3o inches fell on Tuesday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS,
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG 4.

Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3B
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration B3
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 1
Premature Birth and Debility 3l
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden 0
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance.., l7
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 963
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the
Itst 1. of Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

1,456

Males
Females..

473
490