The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-18 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE iv

(Front the Report of the Registrar-Generaw
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The present return, like that of the • previous
indicates a favourable state of the public henithAfe
deaths of 941 persons, nainely, 515 males and 'odei
males, were registered in London in the week that e
n Saturday. In the corresponding weeks of tbe9;
years 1845-54 the average number of deaths sv3:b
For comparison of the number now returned vi"„,
average the latter must be raised in proportion
crease of population, and with this correction it bee°
1,049. The result of the comparisons is a digerencesi
about 100 in favour of last week, arising from in'Prrtll'il!
health, and also to some extent from the high "'%OO
of the winter and spring months, which thinned
and infirm part of the population. The mean tel.?
tore of the last three weeks Las been eleven
,10.,
higher than it was in the greater part of May ige
The mortality from the z mot.cclass of diseaso,lo
high at present. In the correspondingYi week
and 1849 the deaths from that class were 319 01
in that of last year they were 270 ; last week theiroo
222. Measles, which has this year prevailed icie
parts of the country, was fatal in London 01o1!
in only 5 cases. The deaths from small-Pox freo
from hooping-cough 32, from scarlatina
diarrhoea 45, and from typhus 49. The rePsoli
the sub-district of Lambeth Church (second Parie'clisl
Lions that scarlatina has been very Prel'`,„-bildl°l
his district last week, and attacks youngL 00,
with much severity. It was fatal there in tbiv"
'rho diarrhoea, common in the summer menthe, PI
pally to children, is making some progress, 0'17,0
caused by it in the last five weeks having beef,,scel,
38, 28, and (last week) 45. The deaths from "lore
plaint in the week that ended 15th July last / 0114
46. Nd cholera is reported, with the exceptinr!.#
cases, in which the disase described as " cbc'leri'la;V
rhcea" was fatal to infants. Of the 45 cases ocli.i 010
five occurred in each of the three divisions---wlldeltb
and central, 13 in the east, ani 17 in the south
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Four occurred in the district of Rotherhithe. ,
Last week the births of 679 boys and 691 0040
1,370 children, were registered in London. 113
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 tae
number was 1,296.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, tia160,.,0
height of the barometer in the week was 29.6 t trj
mean temperature was 64.5 deg., which is 2.87,jr,
the average of the same week in 32 years.
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temperature was above the average on every not,
Wednesday, and rose on Tuesday and Fridni.de,",
deg., which is more than 5 deg, above the av"ogi'i
highest temperature in the week was 79:3 deg: se.,l
curred on Tuesday ; the lowest was 53.8 c1e...,64
curred on Sunday. The thermometer in the ;? ii
105 deg. on Friday. The mean due point Lei " tori
was 57.9 deg., and the difference between tlOrola
mean air temperature was 6.6 deg. The tetollat,
the water of the Thames was 67.7 deg. ,14,5-ds9,jl
amount of 1.65 in. fell on Tuesday and Weds 1,,j
that quantity 1.42 in. fell on the latter day zo7
was visited by a thunderstorm about half-Past
the morning of Saturday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOI;Of
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 11'!f
' IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Oil
Zymotic Diseases ..................................
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ........................
Tubercular Diseases .............................. ;
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses ••••• „.i
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels.. ....
Diseases of the Lungs and other Org'
Respiration .. _ .............................. • •
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Orlo:,..„
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...
Nlalformations ..................................... ."
Premature Birth and Debility ...................
Atr0phy............................................. .
Old Age
Sudden ...................... •
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance',"
Causes not specified ..............................

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ............•••••''
Population Deaths in °et':
Enumerated. BpOndinB W
1851. of 1854.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

1,015 A

Males
Females