The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-08 00:00:00

11EALTIr OF

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

The mortality of London has been above the
average during the last three weeks. In the week
that ended last Saturday the number of deaths was
1,314. The average number in corresponding
weeks of 10 previous years (corrected) was 1,260,
and the present return exhibits an excess of 64
above the result obtained by calculation.
The births exceed the deaths registered in the
same period by 657.
The only marked feature in this return is an in-
crease in typhus. The deaths from it having de-
clined a little in some previous weeks, again arose
to 101. Of these 17 occurred in the London Fever
Hospital, 7 occurred in the sub-district of the
Borough-road, of which 6 were in the workhouse.
Out of 28 cases in which measles was fatal, 8 were
returned in the district of Poplar. The deaths from
scarlatina were 53, nearly half of which occurred in
the South districts ; and 5 were in the subdistrict
of Lambeth Church, second part, where 63 have
been registered in the last five weeks.
The deaths from phthisis last week were 190 (the
corrected average being 168). In the previous
week the number referred to this disease was 194.
The following cases are extracted from the re-
turns of the week :

" Found dead on the 25th of April, at 7, Little
Albany-street, Regent's Park, a needlewoman,
aged 56 years, ' want of proper nourishment while
suffering extensive disease in the chest and abdo-
men.' Post Nortent. Inquest.
" On the 7th of April, at 27, Alpha-place, Beth-
nal-green, the son of a painter, aged thre&'•week::,,
' sudden death ; starvation ; the mother unable to
obtain food for herself.' Inquest.
"At the Workhouse, Rotherhithe, on the 25th
raueurer, cued (OA
hours), hastened by want of necessaries of life.'
Returned by medical certificate."
Last week the births of 987 boys and 984 girls,
in all 1,971 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1,946.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer was above 30 in. on three
days of the week. The readings rose to 30.13 in.
Tuesday, and fell to 29.79 in. on Thursday. The
mean temperature of the air in the:week 53.6 deg.,
which is 4'l deg. above the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The mean daily temperature was always above the
average till Saturday, when it was 6.2 deg. below
the average. On Thursday, the Ist day of May,
the excess above the average was as much as 11.1
deg. The highest day temperature occurred on
Thursday, and was 77 deg. The lowest night tem•
perature was on Saturday, and was 37.8 deg. The
range of the thermometer was, therefore, 29.2 deg.
The mean daily range was 22.6 deg. The range
on Monday was 27.3 deg. The difference between
the mean dew point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 6.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity
of the air was 80, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. The wind was chiefly in the south-
east and south-west. The amount of rain mea-
sured was 0.11 in., which fell on Thursday.

Saturday was a very cold day ; its mean temperature
was 16.4 lower than that of the Ist of May. The
Thermometer in the sun on Thursday rose to 121
deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the
water of the Thames was 57.9 deg., that of the
lowest was 55.7 deg.