The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-02 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS

(From the .Registrar-General's Weekly Raurn,)

There were 1,442 deaths in London in the week that ended
last Saturday, a number which is not very different from
those of the two previous weeks. The deaths of young
persons was less numerous last week, but those of the old
show an increase, which, however, is not considerable.
Fifty-four persons died at the age of 80 years and upwards,
of whom 11 were nonogenarians. The mean temperature
of the air, which had fallen to 41.6 deg. in the second week
of November, rose to 48• deg. in that which followed, and
last week it was 47.9 deg. The air was humid as well as
warm.

The deaths were nearly a hundred less than the corrected
average.

The births were more numerous than the deaths by 496.
Bronchitis was returned in 155 cases, pneumonia in 92.
The former disease has varied little in the last three weeks;
the latter declined last week. The mortality of both
complaints is below the average. Phthisis was fatal in.
157 cases.

There were 19 deaths from smallpox, 25 from measles, 112
from scarlatina, 70 from typhus. There appears to be an
outbreak of measles in Islington, where there were seven
deaths from it. The following sub-districts returned each
four deaths from scarlatina :—All Souls, Marylebone,
Kentish-town,lslington East,Haggerstone West, and Pop-
lar. Five cases of scarlatina were recorded iu Hackney-road
sub-district, and five in Limehouse.

Last week the births of 1,011 boys and 927 girls—in all
1,938 children—were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number
(corrected) was 1,901.
METROPOLITAN WATERS IN NOVEMBER, 1863.

The waters used in London during November, according
to the analyses of Dr. Robert Du.ndas Thomson, F.R.S., are
much more impure than in the preceding month. The
purest of the Thames waters is that of the Grand Junction,
both in respect to total and organic matter. The New River
is more pure than usual. The Kent water is not solely from
the chalk, but contains surface impurities. It is much to be
regretted that this water is not kept uncontaminated. The
water of a well at Dulwich is quite unfit for domestic use,
as it contains much sewage.
Total impurity Organ!elm-
per gallon. purity.
grs. order. grs. or deg.
Distilled Water 0•0 0•0
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow 2'35 .605
Manchester water supply
Well at Halt Moon-lane, Dul-
wich
THAMES COMPANIES.
Chelsea
Southwark
West Middlesex 21.20 248
Lambeth
Grand Junction 18'96 I'B2
OTHER COMPANIES.
New River
East London
Kent
208 3'26
The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 2•3 S degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution,
of which *605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.943 in, The mean daily
reading was above 30in on the last three days. The reading
was 29.52 in on the morning of Sunday, and it rose to 30.23 in
on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 47.9 deg, which is 6.7 deg above the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The
mean daily temperature was above the average till Saturday,
and on Tuesday and Wednesday the excess was lldeg and
12deg. The highest day temperature was 57deg on Wed-
nesday, and the lowest night temperature was 3567 deg on
Saturday. The range of temperature in the week was there-
fore 21.3 deg. The mean daily range was B.Bdeg. The dif-
ference between the mean dew-point temperature and air
tempeiature was 3deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 89, complete saturation being represented by
100, which point was almost reached on two days. The wind
was in the south-west in the first half of the week, and in
the south-east in the latter half. A quarter of an inch of
raiu fell on Tuesday,which was the whole quantity measured.
The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the
Thames was 47.9 deg, that of the lowest was 45.7 deg.

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