The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-03 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS

(From the .Registrar-General' Weekly Return.)

The deaths in London were more numerous in the
week that ended last Saturday than they had been
in any previous week since January. They rose to
1,677, of which number 741 occurred under 20 years
of age, 498 in the period pf life 20-60 years, and 427
at 80 years of age and upwards,
The average number of deaths for the eighth week
of ten previous years, 1854.63, is, with a collection
for increase of population, 1,467. The present re
turn exhibits an excess of 210 deaths.

While the mortality from phthisis (157 deaths) is
considerably less than it was in previous weeks, that
from bronchitis has increased. The latter disease
was fatal in 304 cases in the week, pneumonia in
97, heart disease in 90 cases. The deaths from dis-
ease of the heart in the last four weeks were 74, 60,
and 90., The corrected averages of bronchitis, pneu-
monia, and he-art disease for the eighth week of the
year are respectively 186, 95, and 62. It is plain
from the comparison that the present season has de-
veloped bronchial affections with unusual effect.
An infant aged three weeks was poisoned by a
lozenge which contained the 48th part of a grain
of morphia. A child, aged two years, died from the
scratch of a kitten.
Nine nonagerians died in the week.

Last week the births of 1,019 boys and 981 girls,
in all 2,000 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1854.63
the average number (corrected) was 2,057.

METROP3LITAN WATERS IN FEBRUARY, 1864.
These waters, according to the analyses of Dr.
Robert pandas Thomson, F.R.S., are generally
purer than in the previous month. The Thames
waters containing the smallest amount of impurity
are the Chelsea and West Middlesex. The South-
wark water possessed a milky aspect. The Kent
water was free from surface impurity. The New
River contained less total impurity than in last
mouth. The well at Camberwell contained much
purity, consisting in part of sewage
organic im
products.

Total impurity - Organic
per gallon. purity.
gre. or deg. grs. or deg.
O'o 0.0

Distilled Water
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow 215 •605
Manchester water supply 313 •680
Well, II av ill-s treet, Camberwell 85114 11:84

THAMES COMPANIES,
Chelsea
Southwark
West Middlesex
Grand Junction
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES.

10.89
20'80
19'80
20'48
20'32

Kent
New River ,
East London

27 -e2l
23*
10'20

1'56
1.80
140
1•.;2
2.28

The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 2.35 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution,
of which •605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal
origin.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.718 in.
The reading fell to 29.52 in. on Sunday, and rose to
29.82 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature of
the air in the week was only 33 deg., which is 6.2
deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years,
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily
temperature was below the average throughout the
week, and very considerably below it on the first
four days. The highest day temperature in the
week was 39.3 deg., on Wednesday. The lowest
night temperature occurred also on Wednesday, and
was 24.4 deg. The range of the thermometer on
that day and also in the week was, therefore, 14.9
deg. The change of temperature on Friday and
Saturday was very small. The difference between
the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 4.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 84, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. On the last two days the humidity
approached saturation. The wind was in the north-
east. The amount of rain 0.16 in. Snow fell on
the first five days.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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LYNN—TUESDAY.
The weather since Saturday has become mild, with aa
southerly wind. At to-day's market there was fair at-
tendance, but only a small show of wheat, which brought
the prices of last week, with a slow sale. Barley firm.
Beans and peas dull, and prices in favour of buyers.
White wheat 44s to 46s I Barley . 34s to 36s
40s to 42s I Grinding P.. 32s to 33s
Beans .338 to 35s I Oats..
New 34s to 36s I Peas —s to —s

HULL—TUESDAY.
Since our last the wheat trade has continued depressed.
At to-day's market there was a fair show of English wheat,
which sold slowly at last week's rates ; in foreign there was
a retail trade doing, at is per qr lower in price. Barley,
fine malting, sold better; but grinding sorts sold slowly.
Beans easier to sell, and 6d lower. Peas dull. Oats tid
per qr lower.

Whjat.... old white.... per qr
Old red
71
New white .. „
New red .... „
Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34s Od
Grinding 24s Od to 26s 6d
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s Od
Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Od
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 13d
Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 08130
Swedish and Danish 2ito 0813 d
g2s i
Odd to 438 Od
~..English, old, per qr 4
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od
New tick 4os Od to 42s Od
Egyptian
Peas..., ..Foreign boilers ..
Grinding
Tares ....Spring —s Od to —8 Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing . 4os Od to 528 Od
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 10 0 to £9 15 0
Foreign: Bl5 oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 5lO oto 0 0 0
Bones

MELTON MOWBRAY—TtIEsDAY.
The following were the currencies :—New white wheat,
41s Od to 46s Od ; new red, 38s Od to 42s per 36 stone;
beane, 39s to 41s for old ; new sorts, 34s to 37s per 38 st. ;
barley, 34s to 37s for malting, and 29s:to 31s per qr, for
grinding; new oats, lbs to 22s Od per 24 stone; add, g6s
to 28s.

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