The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-10 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
In the week ending last Saturday 966 deaths were
registered in the metropolitan districts, showing a
considerable decrease on the mortality of August. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842.51
the average number of deaths was 1,143, which, with
a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,257.
In comparing the deaths of last week with this ave-
rage, it is proper to bear in mind that the latter is
much increased by the cholera that prevailed at this
season in 1849.

In the epidemic class of diseases it will be per-
ceived that small-pox has become much less fatal in
London than it was at an earlier period of the year.
Twelve cases were registered last week, and among
these is recorded the death of a labourer, at the age of
45 years, in Upper Holloway, who had caught the
disease from one of his children who had not been
vaccinated. It is omitted to be stated whether vacci-
nation had been performed in his case. Last week
diarrhom carried off 89 children, and 16 persons of
more advanced age • cholera was fatal to 8 persons,
4of whom were adults. It is satisfactory to observe
that these complaints, usually so fatal among chil-
dren during the summer months, are now on the
decline. The registrar of Fulham, however, calls
attention to the great prevalence of diarrhcea at the
present time in part of his district, and also to the bad
sanitary condition of the locality.
Fifty-three deaths are returned as caused by scar-
latina. In Hoxton Old-town, at 8, Old Ivy-street,
the three sons of a spectacle-maker, aged respectively
7 months, 2 years, and 4 years, died of scarlatina
maligna, each after 5 days' illness. Two of the
deaths occurred on the Ist of September, one on the
medical
?el- Mr. Pearce, the registrar, remarks, in reference
to these cases :—" In this house there are frequently
and having a tendency
very offensive smells, arising from imperfect drainage,
to produce infectious disease.
The folio
:Cases were in a state of collapse when the
medicalor
was first called in. The fatal re-
sults
seasonable medical aid.'
to have been prevented by proper attention
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Paddington, cholera registered
in
the returns of the 8 cases of
substituted in 3
cases for
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"English" cholera ; in all
the other cases the
Potteries,
m An, aged 87 years, "summer cholera (3 of
a
(3 days)."
:
In St. Mary,
f aaltabtohuerer, aog,eNdVe7stbourne-park-
villas, on the 27th of Aug
gentle-
on the 31st
In Kensington,the o, 0
south sub-district, at 15
Azgustr weeks, " cho-
le x a infantum. '
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East,in Conhe2lsdeageptember, the daughter Of Queen's-road
ataeielao'ra;
2 'months, "cholera infantum (5 days)."
In Belgrave sub-district, at 125, Tachbrook-street,
o a
,spinster, aged 35 years, " summer
In St. Giles, at 170, Drury-lane, on 31st August, a
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n .ewsvender,
aged 70 years, "summer 'cholera (1
v reek), fever (5 days). '
In the sub-district of Whitecross-street, at:4,
N Vhite's-yard, on 28th August, the daughter of a
pt. Unter, aged 24 days, " summer cholera (24 hours)."
"
At 5, Lark-row, Bethnal-green, on 30th August,
the widow of a cowkeeper, aged 72 years, summer
cholera (12 hours)."
I a Bromley, at the City of London Union Work-
lieu se, on 2d September, a femalo fopndUug, Aged 5