The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-02 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON,

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

In the week that ended last Saturday the births in Lon-
don an nine other cities or boroughs of the United King-
dom were 4,330 ; the deaths 3,301. The annual rate of
mortality in the week in those ten large towns was 31 per
1,000 persons living, and less than in the previous week,
when it was 32.

In London the births of 1,144 boys and 1,146 girls, in all
2,290 children, were registered. In corresponding weeks
of ten years, 1855-64, the average number, corrected for
increase of population, was 2,080.
The number of deaths in London, returned for the week,
was 1,590, against a corrected average (for the eighth week
of the year) of 1,505. The actual return is, therefore, in
excess of the estimated number by 85.
The mortality from scarlatina was less than it had been
in many previous weeks; the deaths were 34. Typhus,
which also shows a decline in the week, was fatal in 69 cases,
five of which were in the south sub-district St. Giles, three
in Bow,three in the Kent-road sub-district, three in Deptford.
_ _ . .

Phthisis was fatal in 165 cases, bronchitis in 242, pneu-
monia in 83, and heart disease in 80 cases. Four persons
were killed by horse conveyances. Sixty-seven persons
died at the age of 80 years and upwards, two of whom were
women who had attained the age of 94 years.
On the 4th ult. at 9, Pollard-street, Bethnal-green. the
widow of a tailor, aged 43, died from disease of the lungs, ac-
celerated by want of warmth and nourishment. (Inquest).
In Liverpool the births were 386, the deaths 372 ; in
Manchester the births 255, the deaths 223 ; in Salford the
births 96, the deaths 55; in Birmingham the births 271, the
deaths 176 ; in Leeds the births 236, the deaths 136 ; in
Bristol the births 113, the deaths 84 ; in Edinburgh the
births 118, the deaths 111; in Glasgow the births 403, the
deaths 380 ; in Dublin the births 162, the deaths 174 ; and
in Viennn, in the week ending the 11th inst., the deaths
were 366, when the temperature was 15.4 deg. Fahrenheit. or
nearly 20 deg. lowe, than in London during the same week.
The rate of mortality was 28 per 1,000 in London, 33 in
Edinburgh, and 36 in Dublin ; 41 in Liverpool, 33 in Man-
chester, 26 in Salford, 28 in Birmingham, 32 in Leeds, 27
in Bristol, and 47 in Glasgow. In Vienna the rate was 34
in the week ending the 11th ult., when the rate in London
was 27 per 1,000. _ _ _

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.880 in. The mean
daily reading was above 30 in. on four days. The reading
was 29-03 in. on Sunday, and rose to 30-27 in. on Tuesday.
The mean temperature of the airin the week was 38.3 deg.,
which is 0.7 deg. below the average of the same week in 50
years (as determined by Mr..Glaisher). On the first four
days the mean daily temperature was below the average,
and during the rest of the week, was above it. On five
nights the thermometer was below or little above the
freezing point of water. The lowest night temperature was
28.5 deg. on Monday, The highest day temperature was
51.3 deg. on Thursday. The mean daily range was 10.5
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, com-
plete saturation being represented by 100. On Monday the
humidity was as low as 55; on Wednesday as high as 97.
The wind blew from the south-west and north-west.
More or less rain or snow fell on every day but Saturday,
and the whole amount was 0.65 in.

THE GAROTTE OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD.—At the
Sheffield Police Court on Monday the Magistrates
brought to a close a lengthy inquiry into the charge'against
Dennis Carr, Edward Hall, and Henry Smith, of having been
concerned in the garotte outrage on Mr. Burnby, agent at
Sheffield to Earl Fitzwilliam's collieries. We have pre-
viously stated the circumstances under which Mr. Burnby
was, savagely attacked and robbed within a few yards of
his own house in Bramhall Park. The case against the
prisoners may be briefly stated as follows :—Within an
hour after the robbery Carr and Hall went to the house of
Martin Cooper, a watch jobber, and offered for sale a silver
hunting watch and an amethyst and gold pin, which
beyond all doubt were the property of Mr. Burnby.
Cooper bought the property for 30s. and paid the money
on the next night, when the prisoners Hall and Carr were
accompanied by a man named Skinner, and Smith, but
the latter was not in the room when the money was
divided. The next day Caoper read-in the local paper an
account of the robbery, and his suspicion being excited
that the property which he had received was that stolen
from Mr. Burnby, he gave the watch back to Smith, and
the latter buried it in a garden. Cooper put himself in
communication with the police in a few days, got the watch
back from Smith, and gave it up to the chief constable.
Smith was apprehended, and the police endeavoured to find
Hall and Carr, but discovered they had left the town, tak-
ing with them a number of skeleton keys. Further in-
quiries led to the discovery that Hall, Carr, and Skinner
had gone to Birmingham, and a detective officer, named
Whiteley, apprehended Carr on Snow-hill. Hall was with
him at the time, but got away. On their way to the station
Carr throw Something out of his pocket, and Whiteley
found it.was a brass knuckleduster. He asked his prisoner
why he had thrown it away, and Carr replied, " Because
I've no more use for it." This incident is important in con-
nection with a remark by the prisoner Hall to Cooper,
" That they had not used life-preservers to Mr. Burnby—
Dennis had only hit him once or twice with a knuckle-
duster." Some' days afterwards Whiteley discovered Hall
and Skinner together in Birmingham. Skinner was
captured with the proceeds of a burglary in his hands ;
but Hall escaped through a window, with nothing on but
his shirt. He took refuge in an outbuilding, and obtained a
suit of clothes from a person whom he had known, and who
was attracted into the yard by his signals. In the pocket
of the coat he left behind was found a "knuckle-duster"
similar to that which Carr had in his possession. Hall made
his way to Stanington, near Sheffield, where he was surprised
and captured by detective Winn and police-constable Poole,
after a fight, in which the whole three received serious inju-
ries. The three prisoners were committed for trial. Carr has
confessed that he committed a burglary and extensive rob-
bery of plate at the residence of a retired jeweller, named
Moss, near Sheffield. His father and brother-in-law have
been committed to the assizes upon that charge, the pro-
perty being found in their possession.
SHIPWRECK AND FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.—The
Straits Times says :—" On the 12th of January a
Chinaman, much bruised about the body, presented himself
at the Shipping Office, Singapore, and said that he had
left Swatow a fortnight before in a large three-masted
schooner, with 550 other passengers. On the night of the
6th, he said, at the entrance to the Straits, barely 30 miles
from Singapore, the vessel, going at full speed, dashed
against the Lighthouse Rocks. A moment afterwards she
filled rapidly, and sank in deep water, with all hands on
board. The man, who believed himself the only survivor,
got hold of a small piece of wood, on which he floated a
whole day and night, when he was picked up by some Rio
fishermen and brought to Singapore. This story, so fear-
ful in its details, was scarcely believed at first, but fatal
confirmation of it arrived a day afterwards from the Dutch
resident at Rio. One of the crew of the ill-fated ship, a
Swede, named Christensen, was picked up and brought
ashore at Rio, and his story was the same as the China-
man's. The vessel was the Hamburg three-masted schooner
Canton,:bound from Swatow to Singapore, with 550 Chi-
nese passengers. The Chinaman that reached Singapore
and the European sailor, now in hospital at Rio, are the
I sole survivors.