The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-05 00:00:00

BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LONDON.

The returns of the metropolitan registrars continue to
exhibit a rate of mortality which is not high for London
at this period of the year. In the week that ended on
Saturday the deaths from all causes registered were'
1,031, of which 559, or considerably more than a half,
occurred under 20 years of age, 19 at 80 years, or above
that age ; and the remainder occurred, in nearly equal
numbers, in the three intermediate vicennial periods of
life.

Diseases of the zymotic character now greatly prepon-
derate in the aggregate of deaths ascribed to them ; they
number 317, while the tubercular class (including scro-
fula, tabes mesenterica, phthisis, and hydrocephalus),
which stands next in amount, numbers 192, diseases of
the nervous system 117, and those of the respiratory
organs have declined to 100. The increase in the first class
arises entirely from diarrhoea, which, however, has pre-
sented this season no unusual result, and appears in the
last two weeks to have offered a check. Darilices, was
fatal in 134 cases last week, of which 111 occurred to
infants less than two years old. Eighteen deaths are re-
turned variously as caused by cholera, English cholera,
choleraic diarrhcea, infantile cholera. In one case the
disease is described as "Asiatic," and is stated to have
occurred without premonitory symptoms to a man who
lived in Drummond-crescent, Somera-town, and died
after 12 hours' illness. The house which be inhabited is
reported to be in bad sanitary condition. In Bof the 18
cases enumerated the sufferers were adults, 20 years of
age and upwards. In the corresponding week of 1849
the deaths from cholera were 1663 ; in that of last year
they were 1287, and in the corresponding weeks of the
fdur interveniog years the deaths were respectively 4,
28, 15, and 18. Two children in a family in Upper John-
street, Tottenham-court•road, died on the same day of
small-pox. The death of a man, aged 51 years, was
caused by hmmorrage from the gums during 5 or 6 days.
A boy, aged 3 years, died from " convulsions caused by
fright on seeing a dog by which he had been bitten a
fortnight ago."

Last week the births of 840 boys and 831 girls, in all
1,671 chilciren, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.51 the average
number was 1,393

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.979 in. On
Saturday its mean height was 30.112 in. The mean tem-
perature of the week was 61.4 deg., which is 2.1 deg.
above the average of the same week in 38 year.% The
highest temperature occurred on Tuesday, and was 79
deg. ; the lo west occurred on Thursday, and was 47.3
deg. The highest readings of a thermometer in the sun
were 102 deg. and 104 deg., on Tuesday and Wednes-
day respectively. The mean dew-point temperature was
52.4 deg.; and the difference between this and the mean
temperature of the air was 9 deg. Tie temperature of
the water of the Thames was 65.8 deg. The wind was
generally in the south-west on •the first four days ; on
Saturday it was in the north-east.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
• IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 1.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the. Heart and Blood-vessels 34
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration lOO
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
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden 5
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 2B
Causes not specified

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46

DEATHS 'EOM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corro- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week iii the
1851. of 1854. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

'totals
1,030
Males , 520
Females' 5ll