The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

711 E REALM OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar General Report.)
The mortality of London was still high last week,
but it showed a decrease on the excessively high
mortality of the previens week. The deaths in the
last week of November were 1,745 ; in the week
that ended last Saturday they were 1,619. The
mean temperature of the air in the former week
was 37.1 deg. ; last week it was 44.8 deg.
The average number of deaths in the first week of
Dec. in ten years, 1852-61 is, with a correction for
increase of population, 1,393. Hence it appears
that the deaths of would have occurred week were 226 inunder the
excess of
the number that
average rate of mortality.
Pulmonary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, were
fatal in the week to 341 persons, against 470 in the
week that preceded it (the corrected average being
also 341)_ Bronchitis caused more than the ave-
rage mortality, but notwithstanding the late cold
weather, the deaths from pneumonia (inflammation
of the lungs) did not exceed 80 last week, whilst
the corrected average of that complaint is 118.
. .

The excess in the total mortality rises to a grea
extent from the zymotic diseases, measles, scarla-
tina, and typhus, to all of which numerous fatal
cases were referred. There were 91 deaths from
measles, 5 of which occurred in the east sub-district,
of Islington, 4 in Camden-town, 5 in Houton, 7 in,
Bermondsey, and 4 in Battersea. Scarlatina wa
fatal in 88 cases, 6 of which were in the sub-district
of St. Mary, Paddington, 5 in that of Kensington 4
town, 4 in that of Whitecross-street, 7 in Peckham.
Disease of the heart was returned in 92 cases, and
showed a large increase on the average, which is 53.
The deaths of nine nonagenarians were recorded
in the week ; the two persons of greatest age were
respectively 95 and 96 years.
Two infants, one in Marylebone, the other in
"Pentonville, were suffocated in bed " from want of
fresh air." I
Lis+ week the births of 914 boys and 915 girls, in
all 1829 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding wee''s of the years 1852_61
the average
R number (corrected) was 1840.
At -•
the
height of
the
yal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
barometer in the week was 29.647 in.
The reading fell
to 29.43 in. on Tuesday, and rose to
29.89 in. malitida The mean temperature of the
air in the weak L
which is 3.3 deg.
above the average 0;t4.114.8 deg.,
sameh week in 43 years, as
determined by Mr. oiala
tem-
perature was below the averageer' The mean daily
the first three
days, but above it during ton
remainder, and on
much
Saturday the excess was a 512.4 deg. The
lowest night temperature was 33.7 deg, on Sunday.
. on Satur-
day.
the week was
,i-lile highest day temperature was 56
The range of temperature in
22.3 deg. The mean daily range
thrreforeS-,rewas 8 8
who <lnce between the mean dew *
dr,e.
~ ture end air temperature was only 1.2 deg.
, ra
of humidity. of the air was 95,
The mean degree
ted by No
,which
reaches on Sunday, Monday,
complete soturatiou being rein esen
and
point was almost re 4
Thursday. The mean or the highest temperature of
41.9 deg. and 39.6 deg,
thee water of the T hames wo
to south and south-west,
The wind blew from theafternoon,
afternoon, when it changed south-east till Thursday
There vi(s a
Rain fell to the amount of 0.24
in.
dense fog on Sunday.
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