The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(Front the Registrar-General's .Report.)
The deaths in London, which had risen in the week that
ended the 19th November to 1,742, and in the two fol-
lowing weeks had fallen to 1,677 and 1,624, further de-
clined last week (ending the 10th inst,) to 1,522. During
the last four weeks the mean weekly temperature of the air
has not fallen below 42 deg ; last week it was almost 45 deg.
The average number of deaths hi the 49th week of ten
years, 1854-63, is, with a correction fJr the increase of
population, 1,467. The present return exhibits an excess
b 5 over the estimated number.

The deaths referred to scarlatina. were 69—they were 1(.83
numerous than they had been in many previous weeks.
Typhus, c. f which 89 fatal cases were recorded, shows a
higher number than any other zymotic lisease. There were
65 deaths from measles, and 11 from smallpox.
Eight deaths from measles were returned by the registrar

( f Kensington-town, 4 in the sub-district of Christchurch,
Marylebone, 4in Bow, Of those from typhus, 7 occurred
;n the Shoreditch district, 6 in Bethnal-green, 9 in 'tether-
lithe and Greenwich district 4, 4 in Plumstead.
Phthisis (or consumption) was fatal in 151 cases, bron-
chitis in 200, pneumonia in 97, and heart disease in 75, The
first two diseases were very near their respective averages.
I welve nonagenarians died in the week—namely six men
and six woman. The two oldest ware a man 95 years, and
a woman of the same age.
No less than six cases ( f murder or manslaughter were
registered, 4 of which were cases of infanticide.

On the sth inst , at 47, Old Pye-street, Westminster, a
female hawker, aged 29 yeare, died of destitutiwn—karturi-
tion and exhaustion (4 days).
A woman wearing crinoline received fatal burns from her
clothes taking firo.

List week the births ef 1,020 boys and 941 girls, in all

1,961 children, were registered in Lyndon. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1854.63 the average
Lumber (corrected) was 1,886.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of
the barometer in the week was 29-778 in. The reading.was
30.21 in on Sunday, and fell to 29.45 in on Thursday. The
mean temperature of the air in the week was 41.9 deg,
which is 4 deg above the average of the same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr Glaisher). The weather was
unusually warm. The mean daily temperature was above
the average on six days, and on the seventh was not below
it, The highest day temperature was 631 deg on Monday.
The lowest night temperature was 36.9 deg, and occurred
on Friday and Saturday. The range in the week was 17.8
deg. The difference between the mean dew-point tempera-
ture and air temperature was 3.1 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 89, complete saturation being re-
presented by 100, which point was nearly attained on two
days. The wind blew from the south-west till the Saturday,
when it changed to south-oaat. there was no rain, except
the six-hundredth of an inch on Thursday. Friday was a
very fine day at the Observatory, with a clear blue sky and
bright sun ; but fog prevailed on low grounds, and in parts
of London it was remarkably dense.

During thn week ending the 10th December, 157 births*

(those of 71 boys and 86 girls) and 134 deaths (those of 76
males and .53 females) were registered within the municipal
boundaries of Dublin. Its population in 1861 was 254,808,
and extended over 3,803 statute acres.

The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr Glat!er, were
301 in the week ending the 3d December, when the mean
temperature was 39.9 deg, that at Greenwich having been
43'4 deg.

* This return is supplied by the registrar• General of
Ireland.

AN OLD GOOSE.—The Salem Gazetle tells the
following goose story :—" A young spring goose was exhi-
bited in Salem market by John Bradstreet, of Topafield
ou Tuesday, weighing 17lbs. This was ono of lout, hatched
by an old goose 78 years of age, The average weight of the
four wt 161b11,1!