The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-14 00:00:00

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J/RAL2R OP LONDON.DURINO THE *REX:

(From the Report of the Regfstrar.GeneraL ).

The Registrar-General reports :—The health of London;
has undergone some improvement. The 1,377 deaths
that were registered in the week that ended on Saturday
exceed the average number (1,226), but are less by 183
than the deaths in the preceding week. Persons of the
age of 60 to 80 have experienced the greatest relief ; their
deaths fell in the two weeks from 362 to 266.

Bronchitis was fatal to 169 persons, and in the pre-
ceding week to-249 persons of all ages. Hoopingtrough
was fatal in 74 cases, scarlatina in 40, measles iwt 22,
small-pox in 23 cases, diarrhcea in 22 cases, cholera in
one case, typhus in 41 cases. Tetanus was fatal to 2,
hernia to 8 persons ;`proportions usually high. •
The births of 1,920 children were registered in4he
week ; 971 were boys.and 949 girls.
• The proverb, "A green yule makes a fat churchyard,"
probably expresses a scientific fact, notwithstanding the
evident fatality of cold ; and we may hope that the
population will escape seine of the epidemics which
germinate in mild winter=, and burst out suddenly in
summer. _ _

Fcutvy iP, Lowevcr, slightly increasing; and as the
frost bas destroyed many vegetables, there is some +dan-
ger of its increasing without a little exertion on theliart
of the Commissariat of London, that under ordinary-cir-
cumstances supplies, without apparent difficulty, two
millions and a half of people with beer, stout, wine, fresh
meat, taut, and vegetables, and a thousand other articles
of food.

The weather of the week opened with the mean tem-
perature at 411 deg. on the first day, and gradually grew
colder until the temperature fell to 27.7 deg. on Satur-
day. The t?.mperature was at first 1.8 deg. above*, at
last 12.7 deg. below, the average ; and the mean tem-
perature of the week wad only 36 deg., the dew-point
32'5 deg. In the sun the thermometer once rose to 67
deg. ; on the grass it fell to 15.8 deg. ; the dryness _was
3'5 deg. The wind blew from the south and east at the
rate of 22 miles a day. No rain fell Electricity was
positive and active. The barometer was 29'732 inohes,
but ranged from 29'8 inches to 33'01.inches.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.'
SIM& S IMM PROM. SOF DEATHS Aimouve as Ans -
IN TEE WERE ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat .. • ,
Tubercular Diseases ... 219
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses 153
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels • - -- -- 41
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respirabon..
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ...... 14
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility • -18
Atrophy . .... 38
Old Age • 71
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Sudden -
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance - 55
Causes not specified

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

1,343

1,377
679
698

Totals
Males
Females