The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

22, 1862.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURIN-G4 THE WEEK.

(From the .Regtstrar-Generak Weekly Return.)

The mortality of London irl the week that ended
on Saturday exhibited a satisfactory decrease on
the rather formidable return of the previous week.
The deaths, which had risen to 1,561, fell last week
to 1,391.

The deaths from pulmonary diseases (exclusive of
phthisis) were 348 in the previous week ; they de-
clined to 310 last week. Those from bronchitis now
returned are 185, the corrected average being 206;
from pneumonia they were 79, whereas the cor-
rected average of corresponding weeks is 104.
Phthisis was fatal to 144 persons, against an aver-
age of 163. _

There was a decrease in scarlatina last week ; the
number referred to it was 57, It had previously
ranged considerably above 70. There were 14 from
diptheria, 3 of which occurred in the first sub dis-
trict, Lambeth Church. Three children have died
of diphtheria in a family at 39, Penton-street,
Clerkenwell, within 12 days. Five of the deaths
from scarlatina occurred in Deptford. Typhus num-
bered 52 deaths, the corrected average being 47.
The eastern districts returned 16, the southern 22.
Four occurred in Hoxton, 4 in St. James's, Ber-
mondsey, 3 in the Borough-road sub-district. Of
these 62 deaths, 15 are returned as caused by
typhus, 20 by typhoid fever, 6 by gastric fever, 1
by bilious fever, 1 by continued fever, 1 by infan-
tile fever, and 8 by fever.
A woman died on the 4th inst. at 12, Hyde-place,
Hoxton, from destitution. A labourer, his name
unknown, died apparently from want on Ole follow-
ing day at 7, Warren-lane, Woolwich. When in a
state of exhaustion he was hospitably admitted to a
common lodging-house, where he had requested to
11 be permitted to enter, and died soon after.
Last week the births of 1,007 boys and 989 girls,
in all 1,996 children, were registered in London. In
the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61
the average number (corrected) was 1,890.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.747 in.
The readings fell to 29'40 in. on Tuesday, and rose
to 29.90 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 35 deg., which is 0.7 deg.
below the average of the same week in 43 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The air was warm
on Sunday, and the mean daily temperature con-
tinued above the average till Thursday; it then fell,
and on the last two days the amount of depression
was about 9 deg. The highest day temperature was
48 deg. on Sunday ; the lowest night temperature
was 22 deg. on Saturday. The thermometer fell
below the freezing point of water on the last three
nights. The range of temperature in the week was
26 deg. The mean daily range was 9.6 deg. The
difference between the mean dew-point temperature
and the air temperature was 6.1 deg. This difference,
showing the dryness of the air, varied from 1.3 deg.
on Sunday to 16.2 deg. on Saturday. The mean
degree of humidity was 82, complete saturation be-
ing represented by 100. The humidity fell from
95 on Sunday and Tuesday to 55 on Saturday. The
wind blew from south-west and north-west in the
early part of the week; towards the end it was in
south-east. Rail fell to the amount of 019 in., the
greater part of it on the morning of Tuesday. The
mean of the highest temperature of the Thames was
43.1 deg., that of the lowest 40.5 deg. On Satur-
day the lowest temperature of the water was 6.4
deg. above the highest temperature of the air, and
16 4 deg. above the lowest. The thermometer on
the grass fell on Saturday to 17 deg.