The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-12 00:00:00

CAUSES OP DEATH.

The principal causes of death have been as follows : Phthisis
82, tabes and scrofula 46, hydrocephalus 10, pneumonia and
bronchitis 116, continued fever 29, scarlet fever 33, measles
12, whooping cough 11, cramp and diphtheria 22, alvino flux
20, and erysipelas 5, making together 138 deaths from tuber-
cular diseases; 116 from inflammatory affections of the
lungs, and 132 from diseases of a zymotic character ; besides
which there were 35 deaths from teething and convulsions,
and 46 from violence and privation. All these were nearly
in the proportion of former years, the deaths from violence
and pulmonary consumption being a little above the aver-
age, while those from scarlet fever and measles were a little
below it. In the course of the quarter there were 2,737 cases
of sickness attended among the poor by the union medical
officers ; and of these 237 were returned as cases of fever
and 106 as diarrhoea,. The average number for the autumn
quarters of the last seven years were 2,861 cases of sick-
ness, of which 200 are fever and 126 diarrhoea.

METEOROLOGY OP THE QUARTER.
The meteorology of the quarter was shown in one of the
appendices attached to the report, and the facts were from
observations at Guildhall, under the superintendence of Mr.
Haywood. The mean temperature of the quarter had been
a little below the average for the season. The highest tem-
perature in the quarter (66.6 deg. Fahrenheit) was in the
last week of September. In the two succeeding weeks the
weather was colder than usual to the extent of nearly 2 deg.
below the average ; there then followed a fortnight of com-
paratively warm weather; but from the end of Oct. to Nov.
12, the temperature was very low, reaching to a weekly
average of more than 7 deg. below the normal point. After
this and until the second week in December the weather
was again warm, but later in the month the thermometer
fell to the freezing point ; and at Greenwich, according to
Mr. GlaiSher, it fell on Dec. 17 to 19.2 and on the 18th
to 17.3 deg., points which were from 10.4 to 151 deg.
below the average for the corresponding days of
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But the most remarkable circum-
stance in the meteorology of the quarter was the very
small amount of rain. In the corresponding quarter of the
last six years the rain-fall had averaged 6.26 inches, but
during the last quarter it amounted to only 3.67 inches. In
consequence of this the humidity of the atmosphere was
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fact it ranged from only 69 to 77 de-
grees of saturationsual in
in the first three weeks of October; and
generally during the month it was remarkably below the
average. Lastly, the number of wet days in the quarter
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was but 28, the average being 41. This remarkable dry-
ness of the season,especially in the early part of the quarter,
had no doubt had an influence on the sickness and high
mortality which had been generally experienced through-
out the country.

SANATORY WORK.
The sanatory work of the quarter might be thus ex-
pressed :-2,167 houses had been inspected, and 802 visits
had been made to the common lodging-houses of the City.
Altogether there had been 438 orders issued for sanatory
improvement ; for cleansing and lime-washing the into-
water supply ; and for
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DISEASED MEAT.
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The markets and slaughter-houses had been dilly in-
spected, and the officers had condemned 37,0141 b., or
nearly 17 tons of meat, as unfit for human food. It con-
sisted of 139 sheep, 7 calyes, 104 pigs, 247 quarters of
beef, and 193 joints of meat ; basides 127 head of game and
poultry, 19,8891 b. were diseased, 6,5811 b. were putrid, and
10,5541 b. were from animals that had died from accident or
disease. The quantity of meat seized in the quarter was
not so great as in the corresponding quarters of the last
two years, and the chief falling off had been in the amounts
seized in Leadenhall market, from which he inferred that
all the seizures of unwholesome meat in that market were
not returned to him ; and if that were so, it was a defect
which needed correction, not only because of the error which
it created in the statistical returns for the market, but also
because it might operate in checking the administration of
justice, by taking from the hand of the Commissioners