The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-26 00:00:00

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Charybdis; and Sohn J. Hayward, paymaster to
the Medina.

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-Gcncrar s Return.)

The deaths in London in the week that ended
Saturday the 22d August, numbered 1,337, includ-
ing the deaths of GOO, modes anc C 47 iernalee.
of the deaths occurred on the north side, and 374
on the south side of tho Thames.

If a correction is made far increase of population,
it will be found that the deaths of London at the
sonT,:)ef
dtheemyheaafrr.
present are may 13 above the average derived from
ten corresponding weeks, viz , the thirty-fourth
diseases
week in each of the years 1853-62.. It is thus ap-
parent that the health of London is not materially
(if we except small-pox) which at this sea-
affected by the prevalence of any of those virulent
havefrom
t bbeen v knownnti.c e
class
se tli'nel it
the
heewbeiielks
of mortality.
that has just ended were -1'4932
t, - , or more than the
average derived from the last ten veers. The mor-
tality by diarrhoea to children
under two. Sears of
age was no less than 146, in a total of 182.
The deaths from small-pox in the lest six weeks
were successively 51, 34, 43, 49, 45, and 39. The
deaths from measles were 17, or 7 below the cor-
rected average; from scarlatina and diphtheria 139,
Or 77 abore the average; from whooping cough,
26, or 5 below the average; from typhus, iecludit g
gastric, infantile, inflammatory, and other feverN,
61, or 13 above the average ; from diarrheet, dr-
sentery, and cholera, 205, or 83 bt-_low the average;
snore than one half of the deaths which occurred
from scarlatina, typhus, and other fevere, and from
r ..:,..:1::), occurred in.elie- .-:st andionth.,l2istriets.
1 Five nonagenarians died, -two widoWs, ~i;6a 9
and 94; ti,l, single woman, aged 93, and two men,
aged respectively 90 and 93 years. .
Last week the births of 912 boys and 876 ;iris,
• in all 1,788 children, were registered in London.
lln the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853-
62 the average number (corrected) was 1,811.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.738 in.
The reading decreased from 29.72 in. at the begin-
ning of ti- e week to 29.54 in. on the 17th ; increased.
to 29.77 in. by 9h. a.m. oh the 19th; decreased to
29.60 in. by 9h. p.m. on the same day; increased
to 30.02 in. by 9h. a.m. on the 21st, and was 29.88
_ _ _

in, at the end of the week. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 58.1 deg., which is 2.9
deg. below the average of the same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest
day temperature was 76 deg., and occurred on Sun-
day. The lowest night temperature was 46 deg.,
and occurred on Friday. The range of temperature
in the week was, therefore, 30 deg. The difference
between the mean dew-puint temperature and air

temperature was 9 deg. The mean humidity cf the
air was 72, complete saturation being represented
by 100. The wind generally blew from the south-
west. Nearly three-tenths of an inch of rain fell,
chiefly on Monday and Wednesday.