The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The deaths in London were 1,607 in the last week of July,
and the same rate of mortality continued to prevail in the
week that ended last Saturday, in which tho number was
1,525. The average number of deaths for the Slat week of
the 10 years 1&54-63 is, with a correction for increase of
population, 1,342; and there is an excess of 253 in the actual
amount over the number estimated for the first week of
August.
The increase of deaths was principally among young per-
sons, as is shown by the numbers under 30 years of age,
returned in the last three weeks, namely, 840, 978, and 981
—while those of persons aged 60 years and upwards were
198, 214, and 236.
The cause of the increase is the summer diarrhoea, which
carried off 286 persons, of whom 209 were infants less than
a year old. Besides these, 28 deaths were returned as caused
by cholera. The mean temperature of the air rose above 60
deg. in the second week of July ; and when this increase of
heat occurs an increase of diarrhoea is commonly tho rorulf
The deaths from diarrhoea in the last four weeks were
successively, 97, 145, 974, and 286. The mean temperature
has been in the same periods 60.8 deg., 66.5 deg., 63.6 deg.,
and 65 deg.
In the 31st week of 1857, when the mean temperature was
65.2 deg„ the deaths from diarrhoea were 258 ; in that of
1859 they were 312, with a mean temperature of 63.8 deg.;
and in that of last year, when it was 69.9 deg., the deaths
were 201. In the 31st week of 1862 the deaths from
diarrhea were only 77, when the mean temperature was
61'3 deg. The duration of the heat and other physical con-
ditions affect the result.

Last week the deaths from diarrhoea were numerous in
the north districts, and also in the east. Eleven occurred
in the Kensington Town sub-district, 7 in that of Christ-
church, Marylebone, S in Kentish-town, 24 in the district
of Islington, S in the sub-district of St. James, Clerkenwell.
The deaths from measles rose to 102, no less than 50 of
which occurred in the east districts, only 5 in the south
districts, The disease appears to be very prevalent in
Limehouse, Bethnal-green, and part of the Shoreditch dis-
trict. Seven cases of measles were fatal in Whitecross--
street sub—district.

A child died at 29, Baldwin-street, City-road, from want
of sufficient food ; and a widow at 6, Knottisford-street,
Bethnal-green, from the same cause.

Last week the births of 974 boys and girls, in all
1,906 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1854-63 the average
number (corrected) was 1,852.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.936 in. The reading
rose 30.06 in on Sunday, and fell to 29.936 in on Saturday.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was 65 deg,
which is 2.8 deg above the average of the same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr Glaisher). The excess of mean
temperature on Friday was 9'6 deg. The lowest night
temperature was 43'4 deg, which occurred on Wednesday.
The highest day temperature was BS•6 deg on Friday, on
which day the thermometer in the sun rose to 1251 deg.
The range in the week was 45.2 deg. The mean daily
range was 26.2 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature arid air temperature was 14.8 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air in tho
week was 59, complete saturation being represented
by 100. The air was remarkable for its great
dryness on Thursday and Friday, when the humidity
fell to 51 and 64. The wind was generally W.S.W. There
was no rain in the week. The mean of the highest tempera-
tures of the water of the Thames was 67.2 deg. ; that of
the lowest was 65'1 deg. The highest temperature on Fri •
day—viz., 88.6 deg.—was higher than that of any day since
the 12th of August, 1861, when it was 89.3 dog. ; and its
mean temperature, 71'6 deg., was also higher than on any
day since the same date, when it was 729 deg.
The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr Glatter, were
291 in the week ending the 30th of July, when the mean
temperature was 68'0 deg., that at Greenwich having been
63.6 deg.

The births registered is Dublin during the week ending
the Gth of August wero 137, and the deaths were 81, in a
population of 254,808 (in 1861) spread over an area of 3,808
statute acres. The numbers are kindly furnished by the
Registrar-General of Ireland.

EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.—Sonie few days
since a naval officer made the following communi-
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last engagement, this gentleman's account of the loss of life
in the action with the Kearsarge differs very much from
that which has been hitherto published. Two men only
were killed, and two only drowned—F. Stevenson, of Bre-
men, received a fatal blow on the head from a splinter
knocked off the bulwarks by a shot; J. Anderson, a Nor-
wegian, was cut in two by a splinter detached by a shell.
The two drowned were J, Williams, of Dublin, and W.
Martin, of the Isle of Wight, acting gunner's mate. All
the rest (the complement being 151, including 44 officers,
engineers, and stewards) were picked up by the Kearsarge,
the steam yacht Deerhound, and the five French fishing
huggers. The one which saved our informant was com-
manded by Captain Cheverea, who rescued eleven. In the
action he was stationed at the pivot gun forward, which
was spiked when the colours were struck. As the ship was
going down ho picked up a gun handspike, and with its
aid sustained himself three-quarters of an hour in the water
until rescued. According to this marvellous story, Mr.
Llewellyn, the surgeon of the Alabama, is alive, and con-
cealed somewhere in France ; he is said to be suffering from
his immersion, and is under medical treatment.—Court
Journal.
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Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very
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