The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-02 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON _DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General 's Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London in the week that ended
last Saturday were 1,066. They exhibit a decrease
on the returns of the previous three weeks of June,
when they extended 1,190. In the first week of the
month the mean temperature of the air was 58.6
deg., nearly two degrees above the average ; in the
second it was 55.3 deg., nearly three degrees below
the average; in the third it was 54.9 deg., nearly
five degrees below the average; and last week it
was 56.2 deg , and was below the average by 44
deg. The greater part of the month was cold.
The average number of deaths in the correspond-
ing weeks of ten previous years (corrected) is 1,227.
The mortality of last week was less by 161 deaths
than it would have been if the average rate of
mortality had prevailed.
Both scarlatina and typhus are now less fatal
than they were in the earlier part of the year. Last
week measles predominated among diseases of the
epidemic class, and carried off 59 children. Four
deaths from measles were returned in Spitalfields,
4in Limehouse. Of 49 cases, in which scarlatina
was fatal, 6 occurred in the Kensington Town sub-
district, 5 in Somers-town. Forty-seven deaths
occurred from typhus, 8 of which were returned by
the London Fever Hospital. In the workhouse
Mile-end Old-town two persons, husband and wife,
died of typhus, the former on the 21st ult., the latter
on the2olll ult. A boy, aged two years, died of
warty disease of the larynx. A man, aged 39 years,
died of debility, which is stated to have been caused
by living exclusively on vegetable food. Four per-
sons, 3 of whom were intents, died by murder or
manslanghter.
Last week the births of 897 boys and 910 girls,
in all 1807 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding week of the years 1852-61
the average number (corrected) was 1879.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.762 in.
The reading rose from 29.57 in. on Sunday to 30.02
in. on Wednesday, and fell to 29.59 in. on Friday.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
56.2 deg., which is 4.4 deg. below the average of the
same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below
the average on every day, and on Saturday th e
amount of depression was 8.5 deg. The highest
day temperature was 72.5 deg. on Thursday. The
lowest night temperature was 43.8 deg., and oc-
curred on Saturday. The range of the thermometer
in the week was therefore 28.7 deg. The mean
daily range was 17.7 deg. The difference between
the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 7.7 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 77, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. The wind blew generally from the
north-west. The highest reading of a thermometer
in the sun was 115 deg. on Monday and Thursday.
Rain fell on four days, but the total quantity mea-
sured was only 0.09 in. The mean of the highest
temperatures of the water of the Thames was 60.3
deg. ; that of the lowest was 58.1 deg. The highest
readings and the lowest reported continued without
variation after Monday, and were respectively 60.6
and 58.4 deg.