The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-11 00:00:00

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By favour of a mild winter the moFtality of LSn
don has declined constantly during the last five
weeks. In the week that ended Jan. 3 the deaths
were 1,553 ; in that which ended last Saturday they
were 1,310.
The average number of deaths in the weeks of 10
years 1853-62 that correspond with last week is,
with a correction for increasing population, 1,444.
The number in the present return is therefore less
by 134 than it would have been if the average rate
of mortality had prevailed.
The mortality from zymotic diseases was last
week above the average, while from pulmonary
diseases it was greatly below the average. Under
the former head are classed 348 deaths, against a
corrected average of 303 ; under the latter head 250,
the corrected average being 342. Phthisis is not
classed in the tables with pulmonary diseases; it was
fatal in 125 cases, the corrected average being 162.
There were 28 deaths frotn small-pox in the
week, 25 from measles, 61 from scarlatina, 18 from
diptheria, 66 from whooping-cough, 63 from typhus,
and as many as 28 from croup. There were 154
from bronchitis, 62 from pneumonia, and 66 from
heart disease. Six children died of cyanosis ; an
infant by murder; one person by intemperance.
Two widows died at the respective ages of 95 and
96 years.
Four deaths from scarlatina occurred in the sub-
district St. Mary Paddington ; 4 in Somers-town,
and 5 in Kentish-town from the same disease ; and
4 in the East sub-district of Islington.

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A boy, 14 years of age, died of locked jaw from
the continued irritation of decayed teeth. A woman,
aged 56 years, was found dead in bed from destitu-
tion at 7i, Upper Cornwall-street, St. George-in-
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Last week the births of 1,055 boys and 1,038
girls, in all 2,093 children, were registered in Lon-
don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years
1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 2,068.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.897 in.
The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the
last three days. The reading fell to 29.60 in. on
Sunday, and rose to 30.17 in. on Friday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 45.3 deg.,
which is 7.4 deg. above the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The mean daily temperature was above the average
throughout the week ; and this excess was about 9
deg. on four days. The lowest night temperature
was 32.6 deg. on Wednesday ; and the highest day
temperature was 55.1 deg. on Saturday. The range
of the thermometer in the week was, therefore, 22.5
deg. The mean daily range was 11.2 deg. The
difference between the mean dew-point temperature
and air temperature was 3.1 deg. The mean de-
gree of humidity of the air was 89, complete
saturation being represented by 100. The wind
almost constantly blew from a south-westerly point.
Some rain fell on four days but the whole amount
was only 0.11 in, The mean of the highest tem-
peratures of the water of the Thames was 45.3 deg.
that of the lowest was 43.0 deg.

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