The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-08 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the .Registrar-Generars Weekly Return.)
The rate of mortality in London was nearly con-
stant during the month of June. In the week that
number at the beginning of July,
ended last Saturday the deaths were 1,187. The
average weekly
corrected for increase of population, is 1,142, and
therefore in the present return there is an excess of
45 above the estimated amount.
I n There
twheer ew4e3e
kdlyeatnhusmfrboemr
vsamriaeldlpofxrom 43 to 46.
in the week.
Of the 43 cases 4 are stated to have occurred to the
vaccinated.
73
Scarlatina was fatal in - - cases, 5 of which oc-
curred in Limehouse.
There were 4 deaths from intemperance. Six
cases of infanticide were recorded in the week, 3 of
which were in the sub-dist
riet of-
St. Mary, Pad-
dington.
A girl, aged one year, died of intussusception
caused by swallowin— a
6 a cherry-stone ; and a boy ,
aged eight years, or 0
puma f
im-
pacted in the laryre-z. from a cherry-stone
Last week the birth
in a 111,937 children B of 995 boys and 942 girls,
the ten corresnn • , were registered in London. In
corresponding wthe average eeks of the years 1853 62
number (corrected)
At the corrected) was 1,728.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in
The - the week was 29 673 in.
mean reading was
above 30in. on four days of
the week, The
S reading decreased to 29.781 n. on
Sunday, and rose t
mean to 30.17 on Wednesday: The
temperature of the air in the week was 594
'
deg., which
S 2 deg. below the average of the same
week in (as 43 years
The determined by Mr. Glaisher).
lowest night temperature was 45.5 deg. on
Wednesday. The hi •
deg. on Pride highest day reading was 74.2
Friday. The range •
there-
fore 28.7 deg. in the week was
The mean
The difference between the mean dew-point tem-
perature and air temperature was 9.9 deg. The
mean degree of
humidity of the air was 70. On four
days the humidity
frequently from the west-south-west. On Saturday
it was in the north-east. There was no rain, except
some slight showers on Monday.

SHIPPING—This Day.

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BY MAGNETIC TELECRAFH.

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, July B—Harvest, from Freddrieltstatild ; Fretie.
'rico, from Itemidos ; Two lusters, from Worcum ; Maria,
from St. Petersburg.
Sailed, July B—Barbata, for Rio Janeiro; Belgium
(steamer), for Ostend ; Rhine (steamer), for Boulogne ;
City of Hamburg (steamer), for Havre.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Albion, from Colombo, for London; New Ex.
press, brig, from the West for the North ; Kelpie, for
Bathurst; Coral Isle, for Bermuda; War Eagle, tor Liver-
pool ; Arrow of Brixham, for Cardiff—all from London ;
Deerfoot, from Kastenje ; Damio, from the West—both for
London ; P. F. Q. R.. Commercial Code, from the North,
for the West.

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DEATII PROM THE STINGS OF BEES.—TWo cases
of death from the stings of bees have just occurred
in France. At Pousthowi (Aveyron) a child 3 years of
age, while alone in a garden, having approached to near a
hive, was attacked by the bees and so severely btung as to
expire shortly after. The concierge of Fort 13elin at Salins
m
(Jura), while occupied two days back in
hivinguion
and Co.'s
a swarm of
of bees which had approached his residence. was also so
much stung on the bands that he died within an hour after.
Remedies were applied, but without avail.
Tue screvr steamship Georgia,
G
oLe ,
idi, sailed 1
lino, of 2,425 tons register, Captain
I)Gin
Liverpool yesterday for New York. She took out Upwards
min
N
of 500 passengers, and had
b
kw Loris (4 cargo on
board. °