The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

HEALTiI OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

( From the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The total number of deaths registered in London in
the week that ended last Saturday vras.l,oo3, of which
47t3 were deaths of males, 527 those of females. This
return shows a decrease on that of the previous week, in
which the number was 1,095. It may be stated in gene-
ral terms that the mortality is at present as low as it
was at the same season in those years when the public
health was best. _ _

It is satisfactory to notice a decrease in fatal cases of
diarrhoea. This complaint, of which infants are princi-
pally the victims, began to increase in the second week
of July (in which the mean weekly temperature was
64.5 deg., higher than it had been in preceding weeks,
or has been since), and rose continually till the deaths
reached 154 in the week that ended the 18th of August.
Last week the deaths from diarrhoea declined to 127.
The average number in the corresponding weeks of
1845-54, corrected for increase of population, was 157.
The high mortality from diarrhoea lately observed in the
north districts has subsided, except in Somers-town,
where the complaint appears to be very prevalent. The
deaths reported for last week as caused by cholera are
15, which is not more than is usual towards the end of
August. In 10 oases the disorder is described as " cho-
lera infantum," or " choleraic diarrhoea," and in one as
English cholera. A case apparently of sudden and
severe character occurred at Mile-end, in which the pa-
tient was a woman of 30 years of age, and death is
stated to have ensued after 17 hours' illness. Cholera,
desigatrer" Asiatic," was fatal to a girl four years
old, after 12 hours' illness, in Church-street, in the sub-
district of Christ Church, St. Saviour ; and a case of
" Asiatic cholera" is returned in which a woman, aged
37 years, was seized when returning from a visit to her
sister, who was ill with cholera, at Amsterdam ; she died
soon after her arrival at home at Houndeditch. Of 42
deaths from typhus and common fever in the week 8
occurred in the west districts, S in the north, 5 in the
central, 2 in the east, and 21 in the south districts. The
east distracts, if exempt from typhus, suffer from scar-
latina. A death occurred from " plica polonica," a dis-
ease seldom found in the English mortuary registers.
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At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.758 in. The
mean temperature was 62.9 deg., which is 2.6 deg. above
the average of the same week in 38 years. The highest
temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 76 deg. ;
the lowest occurred on Wednesday, and was 50.3 deg.
The mean dew point temperature was 54.7 deg., and the
difference between this and the mean temperature of the
air was 8.2 deg. The temperature of the water of the
Thames was 66.7 deg. The general direction of the
wind was south-west. There was rain to the amount of
0.19 in., nearly all of which fell in 15 minutes, early o❑
the morning of Friday, when there was lightning un-
usually vivid and long continued, accompanied with
thunder.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS,
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 25.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 37
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration BB
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 4
Premature Birth and Debility 25
Atrophy 46
Old Age
Sudden 3
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4l
Causes not specified

DLATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, spending week in the

1851. - of 1854. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females

1,003
476
527