The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-24 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From, the Registrar-General's Report.)
The mortality in London has been much lower in
the last two weeks than it was towards the end of
July and in the early part of the present month.
The total number of deaths in the week that ended
last Saturday was 1,451. The deaths of young per-
sons (viz., under 20) have declined from 981 in the
first week of Aug. to 824 last week. The call of the
temperature has checked the high rate of mortality,
the mean temperature of the last three weeks having
been 65 deg., 61.2 deg., and 59.6 deg. successively.
The average number of deaths in the 33d week of
the 10 years, 1854.63 is, with a correction for in-
crease of population, 1,364. There is an excess of
87 in the actual return_ over the number estimated
for the third week of August.

In the two previous weeks the deaths from
diarrhoea were 286 and 228 ; in last week they'
were 242. Of these last, 211 were among children.
There were also 13 cases returned in the week as
cholera—all or most of them probably the common
summer cholera. But two cases were registered
as follows:--A man, aged 76 years, in the work-
house, Mount•street, on the 10th of August,
" diarrhoea (two days). Asiatic cholera (one day) ;"
and at 8, Robert-street, Regent's■park, on the 14th
of August, a pianoforte maker, aged 37 years,
" cholera"Asiatica (78 hours)."
At 11, Wimbourn-street, New North-road, a boy,
aged 10 weeks, died of " exhaustion from destitu-
tion ;" and at 15, Half Nichols•stroet, Bethnal-
green, a boy, aged 8 years, of " convulsions from
want of nourishment."

A child, aged 2 months, died of diarrhcei from
the administration of a very small dose of opium;
and another child, aged 5 weeks, from an ever-dose
of morphia.
A woman died at the great age of 96 years.
There were 17 deaths from diarrhcei in Maryle.
bone, 12 in Islington, 14 in Hackney, 15 in Shore-
ditch,. 20 in Bethnal-green.
Last week the births of 1,048 boys and 903 girls,
in all 1,951 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 18b4-
63 the average number (corrected) was 1,849.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.928 in.
The mean daily reading was above 30in. on the
first three days. The reading rose 30.29 n. on Sun-
day, and it fell to 29.50 in. on Friday. , The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 59.6 deg.,
which is 1.6 deg. below the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr Glaisher),
The highest day temperature in the week was7B.l.
deg., which was observed on Monday. The lowest
night temperature was 42.3 deg., and occurred on
Thursday. The range of temperature in the week
was accordingly 35.8 deg. The mean daily range
was 25.1 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was
11.4 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the sir
was 67, complete saturation being represented by
100. Oa three dabs the humidity W::8 under, t,r
not above, 60. The wind was generally in the north
and north-east. There was no rain in the week.
The mean of the highest temperature of the water
of the Thames was 65.2 deg. ; that of the lowest
was 63.1 deg.
The births registered in Dublin during the week
ending the 20th of August were 145, and the deaths
were 100, 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 in Ireland.