The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

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HEALTH OF LO x 1 'fi
(From the I?egistrar-Generat s Weekly ice-
oia
In the week that ended last Saturday the de.lths
don exhibited a considerable decrease; they fel/ to-1,37.•
which is a lower number than any that has hem, retnrneci
since the first week of March. In four out of the, ."Cght. re-
turns that have been made subsequently to that elate the
number of deaths was abent 1,600. In three weeks ,11. April
the mean temperature of the air was about 50 deg. Last
week it was 47.8 deg
The average number of deatb.s, as derived from week-' in
18.53 02 nearly corresponding with last week, and curt eel •ed
f.r increase of population, is 1,287. The present retto.7
shows an excess of 87 deaths over the estimated number.
Sixty•eight deaths from- smallpox were registered last
eeelr, 18 of which cceurn-d at the age of 20 years and up-
wards. The Smallpox Hospital re,rirtred eight deaths as
having taken place in that ins itution. The disease ap-
pears to be very common and fatal in Poplar, where six
deaths from it occurred, There Were seven in thi) Bethnal-
green district ; ft,ur in tte south sub-district of St.
Scarlatira was fatal in 74 e uses, 10 Of which were in
Islington, sin St. Paul, Deptford. Measles in 47 cases, 7
of which were in Chelsea, 4 in the sub•district of Kent-
road, and 5 in that of Trinity, Newington.

On the 31st of March, at 3, Old Nichol street, Hackney-
road, the wife of a watchmaker, aged 42 years, died of
'• fever, accelerated by long privation and want of proper
food." (Inquest.) And on the .9th of April, at
ds9i;
d Old
Nichol-street, the wife of a hawker, aged 36 }ears,
"disease of the lungs and liver, accelerated by pi i‘ ation."
(I'ost mortein. Inquest.)
Last week the births of 1,002 boys and 973 gills, in all
1,975 children, were registered in London. In ihe 10 cor-
responding weeks of the years 1853.2 the average number
(corrected) was 1,981.:
METROPOLITAN WATERS IN APRIL, 1863.
The waters used in the metropolis, according to the
analyses of Dr. Robt. Dundas Thomson, F.R.S , are some-
what less impure than in March ; but the Kent contains a
larger amount than any of them both of total and of or-
ganic impurities. The New River water contains less organic
matter than in the preceding month The composition of a
shallow well in Castle-street east, Marylebone, is appended.
It is full of organic matter recently derived front sewage
and surface impurities, since It off ,rded no less than two
grains of ammonia per imperial ga kn. Such sources of
water supply should be carefully avoided by the population.
Total impurity Organicim-
per gallon. purity.
gra ordeg. grs. or deg.
o'o o•o

Distilled Water
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow 2ll '605
Manchester water supply
Castle-street East IN ell 111•14 14'81
TII.A.MES COMPANIES.

Chelsea ....
Southwark
West 3liddlesex
Grand Junction
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES.
New River
1744 I'ol
East London
Rent
The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains In the
gallon 2•3; degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution,
oof 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 29.909 inches. The mean
daily reading was above 30 inches on two days of the week.
The reading was 30 13 inched at the beginning of the week;
and it fell to 29.62 inches on Tuesday. The mean tempera-
ture of the air in the week was 47 8 deg., which is 1.3 deg.
below the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was
below the average on the last fivo days. The highest day
temperature was 68 deg. on Monday. The lowest night
temperature was 31.4 deg. on Friday. The range of tempe-
rature in the week was therefore 36 6 deg. The mean daily
range was 22 6 deg. The difference betwo n the mean dim
point temperature and air temperature was 8 7 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 72, complete satu-
ration bk ing represented by 100. The wind was generally in
the north-west in the earlier half of the week; afterward&
in the north-east. The amount of rain was 0•18 inches.
The mean of the highest temperature of the Thames was
55.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 63'3 deg. Rain and hail
tell on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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