The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The number <4 deaths in London in the week that end
on Saturday was 1,523, of which 765 occurred under 2.1!
years of age, 447 at 20 Etvd under 60 years, and 295 itt..7
years of age and upwards. The average number in the lb
week of ten years 1854-63 is, with a correction for ineress..
of population, 1,364. The rate of mortality is therefore still
high for the season, the actual number of deaths exceeding
by 159 the number calculated on past experience. ,
Nineteen deaths were referred to small -Pox, 55 to niessiegl
41 to scarlatina, 13 to diphtheria, 60 to who:Ting-cough;
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59 to typhus. Six children died of measles in the ICallaingi.
ton let sub-district. In the Green sub-district of Bethaa
green, there were 3 deaths from measles, 2 from
scarlatina
2 from diphtheria,and 2 from typhus ; in the town stlb-dir,
trict there were five deaths from scarlatina. Anew
There were five deaths from injury by horse °anvil— to
Seven persons died at the age of 90 years and upwards'
oldest of whom were two widows at tue age of 95 years',,,
Four children died of scarlatina in one family at
Townshend-road, Marylebone, three on the 10th and ale'
on the 11th inst.
A labourer,:aged 50 years, died in St. Luke's Workhouses
on the 17th of March, of "typhus with destitution." the
A watch finisher, aged 68 years, was found dead on
34 instant at 22, Lower Northamptwa-street, Clerkensvell'
from effusion on the brain, accelerated by want of food-
Last week the births of 1,039 boys and 933 girls, in a
1,972 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1864-63 the average Ilanibelr
(corrected) was 2,029.

METROPOLITAN WATERS IN MARCH, 1864. the
The waters of London during March, according t° e
analyses of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F. 11,6" buiBl;
been much more impure than in the preceding tilt(o
especially in reference to the amount of matters of on
origin which they contain. These have been ol?vi°11
washed down by the rains from the surface drainage; 413;
is found that after heavy rain drains and sewers are fiasheut
and these deposits carried into the rivers which receive their
~,urfa.ll. For the sake of comparison the composition of ,

well i,:4 given containing much sewage. is
Total impurity Orgy
per gallon. Purr Sg.
gra. or deg. 8111.0
Distilled Water O.O
Loch Katrine water, new supply .603
to Glasgow 2'35 .680
Manchester water supply
Well, Newton, Wi s beach 8514
THAMES COMPANIES. 2.56
Southwark
Lambeth
Grand Junction 22.08 3'20
West Middlesex 2,41 301
Chelsea
OTHER COMPANIES. 918
Kent
East London
New River
The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains 1140,
gallon 2'3. degrees or grains of foreign matter in solti
of which .605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or aim
origin.
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At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the me= ''
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of the barometer in the week was 29.800 in, The readwas 30.05 in on Sunday, and fell to 29.54 in on Fridal•
mean temperature of the air in the week was 48'9 deg, wbinfes
is 3.6 deg above the average of the same week in 43 year
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On three days the /33:9..
daily temperature was from 6 deg to 8 deg above thei;led..
rage. The lowest night temperature was 33.4 deg. oil•
nesday. The highest day temperature was 68.5 deg °n
The
day. The range in the week was therefore 35.1 deg- e,b,
mean daily range was 18.5 deg. The difference betvieel
mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was I,
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 76' 00;3;
pieta saturation being represented by 100, which point
nearly approached on Saturday, though on the day Previhe
the humidity had fallen to 61. The general direction of
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wind was northerly, on the first three days; Wedlle
and Thursday it was east, and afterwards south-east
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south-west. The rain in the week was only 0.06 illch'Leo
mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the TII‘"
was 51.2 deg ; that of the lowest 48•1 deg.