The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-26 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
In the week that ended last Saturday the births
in London and nine other large towns of the United
Kingdom was 4,048 ; the deaths 2,872. The annual
rate of mortality in the week in those ten towns was
27 per 1,000 persons living, the same rate that pre-
vailed in the previous week.

In London the births of 1,076 boys and 1,058
girls, in all 2,134 children, were registered in the
week. ' In the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1855-64, the average number, corrected for increase
of population, was 2,055.

The deaths in London in the same period were
1,496. The average number for the sixteenth week
in ten years (corrected) is 1,332. The deaths in the
present return exceed by 164 the estimated number.
Two hundred and ninety-four deaths were caused
by zymotic diseases. Eighty nine children died
from whooping-cough. Sixty-five deaths occurred
from typhus, 13 from small pox, 29 from scarlatina,
8 from diphtheria, and 15 from measles.

Three hundred and thirty-eight persons died from
diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of
phthisis), the corrected average number being 250.
Bronchitis proved fatal to 190 persons, and 108
deaths occurred from pneumonia. Phthisis caused
181 deaths. One hundred and seventy-seven deaths
from diseases of the brain and nervous system, and
70 from diseases of the heart were recorded.

The following fatal carriage accidents occurred :
—A tinman, aged 45 years, was run over by a van
at Holloway, while in a fit. The daughter of a
brass finisher, aged three years, was run over by a
Pickford's van in St. Luke's. The son of a felt
maker, aged five years, was run over at Bow. The
son of a dentist, aged seven years, was run over by
a cart in Albert-road, Pancras. The son of a
labourer, aged seven years, was run over by a
vehicle at Newington.

The rate of mortality last week was 26 per 1,000
in London, 25 in Edinburgh, and 25 in Dublin ;
30 in Liverpool, 32 in Manchester, 26 in Salford,
23 in Birmingham, 28 in Leeds, 20 in Bristol, and
34 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 42 per 1,000
during the week ending the Bth inst., when the tem-
perature was 4.3 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the
same week in London, where the rate was 29
per 1,000.
In Liverpool the births were 332, the deaths 270;
in Manchester the births 271, the deaths 215 ; in
Salford the births 77, the deaths 55 ; in Birmingham
the births 284, the deaths 142 ; in Leeds the births
153, the deaths 119 ; in Bristol the births 98, the
deaths 63 ; in Edinburgh the births 121, the deaths
85 ; in Glasgow the births 415, the deaths 275 ;
and in Dublin the births 163, the deaths 152. There
were 454 deaths in Vienna during the week ending
the Bth inst.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.930 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30.5 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.75 in. on Tues-
day. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 56.0 deg., which is 9.6 deg. above the average
of the same week in 50 years (as determined by
Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was
76.7 deg. on Saturday. The lowest night tempera-
ture was 39.2 deg. on Sunlay. The entire range of
temperature in the week was therefore 37.5 deg.
The mean of the highest temperatures of the water
of the Thames was 56.8 deg. ; that of the lowest
was 55.8 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was
7.6. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
76, complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell to the amount of 0.13 in. The general
direction of the wind was N.N.E.

A PARCEL FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.—A
young lady, at school in Andover, recently received
a letter from friends in India, announcing the despatch of a
parcel containing half-a-sovereign and a little present.
From the appearance of the letter, which was saturated
apparently with salt water, it was inferred that it with the
parcel had been on board a ship recently wrecked. Ac-
cordingly, application was made to the postmaster of
Andover, who, upon writing to head-quarters, learned
that there was a parcel lying at the office, but that the
address was obliterated by lying at the bottom of the sea
for five weeks; the word "Andover" was the only thing
legible. The parcel was forwarded to the postmaster, who
opened it in the presence of the schoolmistress, and its
contents exactly corresponded with the description in the
former letter. It contained, besides the half-sovereign, a
purse elegantly mounted in silver and ivory, which was a
good deal injured, and a brooch in gold and turquoise,
which was entirely uninjured.—Hampshire Independent.