The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-22 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(Front the Registrar-General's Weekly Return)

The deaths in London in the week that ended on
Saturday were 1,437. This number shows a decrease
on that of the previous week, which was 1,610, but
is still unusually high for the middle of April. The
average number of deaths obtained from the re-
turns of a week in each of the last ten years cor-
responding with last week, and corrected for an
increasing population, is 1,283. The excess in the
present return therefore amounts to 154.
The deaths of old people were clearly less nu-
merous last week than those contained in many
previous returns. In the last week of February the
total deaths were 1,440, an amount which is almost
the same as that which is now returned, while the
proportions at different, ages vary in a considerable
degree. The deaths under 20 years of age have
risen from 712 in that week to 766 in last week, and
those at 60 years and upwards have decreased from
313 to 222. The complaints which chiefly attack
children appear to prevail more. Small-pox was
fatal in 42 cases in the last week of Feb., but in
the present return the number is 62; measles has
increased from 36 to 56; scarlatina from 68 to 86;
whooping-cough from 54 to 71. The deaths from
typhus were 67 last week.
Eighteen of the 62 cases of small-pox occurred
at 20 years of age, and upwards. This disease
caused 5 deaths in the sub-district of St. John,
Westminster, and 5 in Poplar. Measles was re-
turned in 5 cases in the sub-district or St. James,
Bermoadsey, 4 in St. Peter, Walworth, and 8 in
Chelsea. Scarlatina numbered ten deaths in Isling-
ton, 4 in Limehouse, 6 in St. Peter, Walworth.

A domestic servant (female), aged 29 years, died
at 64, Star-street, Paddington, from " chloroform
administered for an operation." (Inquest.) The
widow of a bricklayer, aged 78 yea*s, was found dead
on the 10th inst. at 47, Little George-street, Somers-,
town, from " exhaustion from want of the common
necessaries of life." (Inquest.) An apprentice sea-
man, aged 16 years, died without medical attend-
ance from " sea sickness and nervous fever."
Of six nonagenaripn widows whose deaths are
neon-led, two had attained the ages respectively of
95 and 96 years.

Last week the births of 1,052 boys and 1,028
girls, in all 2,080 children, were registered in Lon-
don. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1853-62 the average number (corrected) is 1,977.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.877 in.
The reading was 29.74 in. on Sunday, and rose to
30.13 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of
the air in the week was 50.6 deg., which is 4.9
deg. above the average of the same week in
43 years (as determined by Mr Glaisher). The mean
daily temperature was above the average through-
out the week. Tile lowest night temperature was
36.8 deg., which occurred on Tuesday and Wednes-
day. The highest day temperature was 67.7 deg.,
on Thursday. The difference between the mean
dewpoint temperature and air temperature was 5.8
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
81, complete saturation being represented by 100.
The wind blew generally from the north-east. The
amount of rain was only 0.02 in. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the Thames was 54.3 deg.;
the mean of the lowest 52.3 deg.