The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-09 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON.

(From the Registrar-Giverare Weekly Report.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, August 5,
the births registered in London and fen other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 3,688 ; the
deaths registered 2,903. Thle annual rate of mor-
tality was 27 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 8:85 boys and 943 girls,
in all 1,828 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weelm of ten years 1855-64
the average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 1,897.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,311. It was the 3102 week of the year, and
the average number for thatt week was, with a cor-
rection for increase of population, 1,357. The
actual return for the week ex; hibits a decrease of 46
on the estimated mortality.
Diarrhoea shows a decided decrease ; the deaths
from it reached their maximu m in the first week of
July, when they were 301. ;in the three following
weeks they were 267, 280, and 261 successively, and
last year they were 207. All tbe deaths from diarrhoea
in the present return °CCU) :red to young children,
except 21, which occurred to persons aged 20 years
and upwards.

Of 19 deaths from chol era in the week six were
those of adults.

Eight deaths were fron i smallpox. A boy died
on the 2d inst. of that d isease. He had not been
vaccinated. When the mother registered the death
she stated as her reason for not having had her child
vaccinated that her husb And did not approve it, and
had beaten her on a pre' 'ions occasion when she had
got her eldest children \raccinated. The medical at-
tendant adds on his certificate :—" Not seen until in
a dying condition. Five other children in the house
have had the disease, and all without medical at-
tendance."

The following cleat hs by horse conveyances were
registered in the week London Hospital, from
Boar's Head-yard, NV hitechapel, on the 30th July,
the daughter of a general dealer, aged 1 year, run
over by a sugar van ; in London Hospital, from
Acorn-street, Bishopsgate, a dyer, aged 46, fell
from a van ; in Middlesex Hospital, from Totten-
ham-street, on the 25th of July, a sawyer, aged 45
years, fell from a van ; at Dalston, on the 28th of
July, the daughter of a shoemaker, aged 7 years, run
over by a cart, died in the German Hospital ; at Dal-
stun, on the 20th July, a carman, aged 60 years, run
over by a hearse, died in the German Hospital ; in
Si. Mary's Hospital, on the 19th of July, the
daughter of a shoemaker, aged 2 years, run over by
a carriage ; in Edgware-road, on the 18th of July,
an ostler, aged 42 years, was run over by a cart ; in
St. Mary's Hospital on the 22d July, a musician, aged
21 years, run over by a cab ; in St. Mary's Hospital,
on the 29th July, the daughter of a shoemaker, aged
1 year, run over by a van ; in Guy's Hospital, on
the 24th July, a carter, aged 40 years, run over by
a-cart ;in Guy's Hospital, on the 30th July, a
baker, aged 74 years, by a waggon ; in London
Hospital, on July' 28, the daughter of a labourer,
aged 11 years, run over by a dray.
The rate of mortality last week was 23 per• 1,000
in Loudon, 30 in Edinburgh, and 23 in Dublin, 39
in Liverpool, 33 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 26 in
Birmingham, 34 in Leeds, 22 in Bristol, and 32 in
Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 38 per 1,000
during the week ending the 22d ult., when the tem-
perature was 14.1 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in
the same week in London, where the rate was 25
per 1,000.

In Liverpool the births were 340, the deaths 354;
in Manchester the births 253, the deaths 224 ; in
Salford the births 63, the deaths 62 ; in Birming-
ham the births 190, the deaths 162 ; in Leeds the
births 210, the deaths 145 ; in Bristol the births
100, the deaths 67 ; in Hull the births 93, the deaths
75 ; in Edinburgh, the births 123, the deaths, 100;
in Glasgow the births 337, the deaths 262 ; and in
Dublin the births 151, the deaths 141. There were
406 deaths in Vienna during the week ending the
22d ult.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.695 in.
The reading fell to 29.44 in. on Monday, and rose
to 29.95 on Saturday. The mean temperature of
the air in the week was 55.9 deg., which is 6.5 deg.
below the average of the same week in 50 years, as
determined by Mr. Glaisher. The mean daily tem-
perature was below the average on every day ex-
cept Sunday ; and on Tuesday and the three fol-
lowing days the amount of depression was from 8
to 13 deg. The highest day temperature occurred
on Sunday, and was 75.8 deg ; the lowest night
temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 43.2
deg. The range of the thermometer in the week
was therefore 32.6 deg. The mean daily rangewas
19.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity, of the
air was 78, complete saturation being rApresented
by 100. The most frequent directions of the wind
were west and north-west. The rainfall was great;
it amounted to 1.70 in., of which 0.78 in. fell on
Monday, and 0.62 on Thursday ; theretste meanon o
Tues-
day, Wednesday, and Friday. While the
the lowest temperature of the air was 47.9 deg.,
the mean of the highest temperature of the water
of the Thames was 65 deg.; that of the lowest was
64.5 deg. Vory heavy rain fell throughout the after-
noon and evening of Monday, to the amount, as
has been stated, of 0-78 in.; and large amounts
were collected on that day throughout the country:-
1-33 in. at Liverpool, 0.75 in. at Wakefield, 0.61 in.
at Manchester, and 0.37 in. at Clifton, near Bristol.
Very active magnetic disturbance was observed at
Greenwich ; it commenced about 6 o'clock on the
afternoon of Wednesday, and continued through
that and the following days till 41i. p.m. on Satur-
day. In the meteorological notes is described a re-
markable aurora, observed by Mr. Burder at Clifton

THE NEW SUGAR DUTIES.---011 the 12th Septem
ber the "Act to amend the law relating to the sugar duties
will comp into force. The duty on cane juice imported
will be Bs. 2d. the cwt., and the drawback on reined sugar
exported 12s. 4d.-per cwt.