The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-07 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

( Front the Registrar• General's Report.)
The mortalityin London is still below its average rate,
for 919 deaths were registered in the week that ended
on Saturday, November 3, or 193 less than the cor-
rected average of previous years.
At the annual rate of 17 in 1,000, which rule• in the
healthy districts of England, the deaths would be 836
weekly in London, so that the deaths in the last week
by unnatural causes were 83, or 12 daily.
Of the 919 persons who died, 451 were males, 468 were
females ; 457 were under 20 years of age ; 149 were of
the age of 20-40 ; 125 of the age of 40-60 ; 153 were
60-80 ; and 25 were aged 80 and under 100 years.
227 persons died by zymotic diseases ; 14 by small-
pox, 11 by measles, 70 by scailitina, 22 by hooping-
cough, 13 by croup, and 49 by typhus and the various
forms of fever.

In oats house, 24, Ewer-street, St. Saviour's, South-
wark, three children died of small-pox within five days.
Scarlatina still prevails with much intensity in St.
Pancras. The deaths from diarrhces, (24) are much be-
low the average number, yet three cases of death from
cholera are recorded :

We)tra miter, St. John.—ln Millhank Prison, on 29th
Oct., a prisoner, formerly a labourer, aged 27 years,
"Asiatic cholera (11 days)." Inquest.
Chelsea, North-we4t.—ln the workhouse, on 28th
Oct., a widow, aged 74 years, " Asiatic cholera (30
hours)."

Chelsea, South.—At Royal Military Asylum, on 29th
Oct., a laundress to the institution, aged 49 years, " cho-
lera spasmodica (8 days)." Post wort.
It will be observed that 1 death occurred in the Mill-
bank Penitentiary, and 2 in the Coelsea district. The mor-
tality is much above the average in Chelsea, Kensington,
and St. George'e, Hanover square, which are still sup-
plied with the impure Thames water ; while the districts
that now have better watter on the south side of the
river experience a lower rate of mortality than they did
in the previous 10 years. Thus in the last two weeks
the deaths in Bermondsey have been 10 and 10 ; while
the deaths in the corresponding weeks of the 10
years 1845--54 ranged from 18 to 24, and were 25 on
an average. Bermondsey was then supplied with the
dirty water of the Thames at Battersea, and is now sup-
plied with the water of the Thames from Hampton, six
miles above the tidal range.
124 persons died of consumption, 68 at the ages 20-40,
28 at the ages 40-60. Apoplexy and paralysis were fatal
to 33 persons, heart disease to 33, dropsy to 11, bron-
chitis and pneumonia to 122 persons. 47 deaths by vio-
lence were registered in the week.

La 4 week the births of 671 boys and 675 girls, in all
1,346 children, were registered in London. In the ten
eorresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average
number was 1,440.

The moon was in its last quarter on Thursday ; the
barometer was low during the whole week, the mean
ranging from 28.973 inches daily to 29 624 inches, and
averaging 29.412 inches. The air at its highest on Sun-
day (53 deg.) on Friday night fell below the freezing
point (30'3 deg.) for the first time in the season, and
the mean daily temperature of the week fell to 42.8 deg.,
or seven degrees below the temperature of the previous
week, and lour degrees nearly below the average of the
corresponding days of thirty-eight years. The mean dew
point was 41.1 deg., and 1.7 deg. below the temperature
of the air ; the air was consequently damp, and was
completely saturated with watery vapour on five nights.
Toe temperature of the Thames fell from 51.9 deg. to
46.2 deg. during the week. The wind blew gently at
first from the north, veering sometimes to the east or
west, but on the four last days passed over Greenwich
at rites ranging from 195 to 110 miles daily. The fall
of rai❑ in the week was 3.30 deg. in five days ; and
more than an inch of rain fell on Tuesday. Electricity
strong or feeble was sometimes positive, sometimes nega-
tive. The sky was overcast, and the meteorologists of
Greenwich enter on their register at the end of the week
three "cold an•l dull days," which accurately enough
express the popular feeling. •

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

IN THE WEEK ENDING! SATURDAY, NOV. 3.

Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 35
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration..
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
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 54
Causes not specified

227

25
25
28
14

DEATLIS PROM ALL CAUSES 919
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the

MI. . of ast Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

1,252

451
468

Males
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total 1,346

THE AUST RA LIAN MAILS.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The Royal Mail ship Ocean
Chief, Captain T. J. Tobin, belonging to the " Black
Ball" line of Australian packets, sailed to-day, for Mel-
bourne, with the English mails for the Australian
colonies. This favourite vessel has already made two
voyages to the antipodes, both of which—one to Mel-
bourne and the other to Hobart Town—were completed
in 72 days ; while the homeward passages were alike
satisfactory. Her commander (Captain Tobin) is well
known in the trade, and on each voyage has received
the most gratifying addresses from all classes of his pas-
sengers for his kind attention and courtesy to all on
board. She has a large cargo (about 1,000 tons of valu-
able merchandise) and 210 passengers. Amongst the
passengers per the Ocean Chief are Mr. C. G. Duffy, of
the Nation newspaper, and ex-M.P. for• New Ross, and
lady.

The far-famed Black Ball ship Marco Polo, Captain
Clarke, will carry the mails of Dec: 5 to the Australian
colonies.