The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-09 00:00:00

NEW YORK AND ERIE.

The traffic returns on this line, 494 miles in
length, including branches, amounted for the month
of February to £120,606 against £78,386 for the
same month of last year, showing an increase of
£42,220.

RAILWAY BILLS.
Yesterday the case of the Metropolitan and
Thames Valley Railway, for running four branch
lines from the Great Western to a point near Sout-
hall, from the Great Western and Brentford to
Twickenham, near Richmond-bridge ; from Isle-
worth to Chertsey-bridge, and from Twickenham,
to connect with the authorised line of the Twicken-
ham and Kingston branch of the London and South
Western, was opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C., in Mr.
Scholefield's Committee, and evidence taken on its
merits. Tue contested clauses of the London,
Brighton, and South Coast and London, Chatham,
and Dover Bills were gone through and settled, and
the bills of both companies passed. The Shrews-
bury and Welchpool Railway obtained their bill,
subject to the insertion of clauses, confirming the
agreement of April, 1859, with the London and
North Western Railway Company. The evidence
of Mr. Baxter and Mr. Gamble occupied the com-
mittee on the West Riding and Hull and Grimsby
Railway. Local evidence engaged the committees
on the Shrewsbury and Heretord and Bristol and
South Western Junction Railway.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

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

In the week that ended last Saturday the number
of de.atlis registered in London was 1,299. The
average number for corresponding weeks in 10
years 1852-61 (corrected) is 1,341. The actual
number is less than the estimated amount by 42.

There were 95 deaths from typhus,which is nearly
the same number as that of the previous week.
There were 66 from scarlatina, and 12 from diph-
theria.

In Lambeth Church second sub-district, out of 37
deaths in the week from all causes, no less than 22
were from zymotic diseases, and of the 22 there were
20 from scarlatina. This complaint, which appears
to be exceedingly prevalent in that neighbourhood,
carried off 3 children in Union-street, 3 in Tyers-
street, and 3 in East street. There were also 5
deaths from it in St. Paul, Deptford. Ten deaths
from typhus occurred iu the London Fever Hospital.
There were 5 deaths from fever in the workhouse,
Mile-end New Town. A woman, aged 43 years,
died at 18. Baker's-row, Whitechapel, of catalepsy.
A widow, aged 34 years, died in the workhouse,
Westminster, of extreme destitution; low fever.
I Five children died of measles in Limehous'e.
Last week the births of 1,085 boys and 1,010 girls,
is all 2,095 children, were registered in London. In
the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61
the average number (corrected) was 1,854.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.606 in.
The reading of the instrument was 2917 in. on
Sunday, and it rose to 2997 in. on Friday. The
mean temperature of the air in the week was 48.6
deg,, which is 4.5 deg. above the average of the
same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glai-
sher). The mean daily temperature was above the
average throughout the week. The lowest night
temperature was 41 deg. on Tuesday ; the highest
day temperature was 63'7 deg. on Thursday. The
range of the thermometer in the week was therefore
22.7 deg. The difference between the mean dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 3.3
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
89, complete saturhtion being represented by 100.
The wind blew generally from the south-west. The
amount of rain measured was 0.39 inches. It fell
on every day except Friday.
In the 13 weeks that ended Saturday, March 29,
18,405 deaths were registered in London. In the
period of life from birth to 20 years of age the num-
ber was 8,447 ; in the period of 80 to 100 years,
756 ; in the three intermediate vicenniurns it rose
from 2,416 in the first to 3,083 in the second, and
3,515 ire the third.
Last quarter was rather less fatal
then
It was
the two corresponding quarters
infoirB the mean
also warmer than either of thorn
whilst in then in-
c:ither of
tem-
perature of the air was 40.6
,eg.,
and that of
ter quarter of 1860 it was 38.9 a
1861, 39.7 deg.
7ymotle class of diseases was
But though the total mor!nlity was corn comparatively
low, that from the •
high. To this head wore referred 4,174 deaths,the
corresponding numbers in the two previous years
been 3,380 and 3 674. In diseases of the
s system, taken collectively, there was a de-
Ileving
rvuu
I.a
crease; in those of the respiratory organs a much
,ore important decrease. Under the latter head
the number in the winter quarters of 1860 61 was
about 5,000; in
quarter that has now closed it
fell to 3,828. Bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma,
were much less fatal than usual.
The mortality of small-pox and measles was low,
that of whooping-cough was not high; but other

Typhus appears to have prevailed chiefly in the
east districts, and in those on the south side Of tho
river. Thirty-three persons died of typhus in
Hoxton New Town, the same numhFr in a sub-
d i,trict of a much smaller population, Mile-end Now
Town, 36 in Mile-end Old Town. 18 in Poplar, 21
in the sub-district or St. Olive, Southwark, 24 in
that of Borough-road, 30 in Greenwich. In
ton West there were 109 deaths from typhus, nearly
all of them in the Fever Hospital.