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London, England, 1862-02-19 00:00:00

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HEALTH OF LONDON _DURING THE WEEK.

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I (From the' Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London rose to 1,569 in the weac
that ended January 25 ; they have since fallen con-
tinuously, and in the week that ended last Saturday
they were 1,345. If the average rate of mortality,
as derived from the returns of corresponding weeks
in ten years-1852-61—had ruled, the deaths in the
present return would have been 1,37 t. The aetuat
result, therefore, does not differ materially from
that obtained by calculation for the second week of
February.

Typhus was more fatal last week than any other
zymotic disease, for the deaths of 76 persons were
referred to it, while those from scarlatina, which
was next in order of mortality, did not exceed 50.
Those from whooping-cough were 49; from croup,
20 ; from diphtheria, 16 ; from measles, 13 ; from
smallpox, 5. Six of the deaths from typhus occurred
in the Lambeth workhouse. The total number, 76,
returned thus :—Typhus, 32; typhoid fever, 22;
low fever, 5 ; infantile fever, 2; continued fever, 2 ;
gastric fever, 2 ; brain fever, 1 ; " fever," 10.
Twenty occurred under 10 years of age, 19 at ages
not less than 10 years and under 40, 23 at 40-60
years, and 11 at 60 years of age and upwards.
Bronchitis carried off 162 persons in the week,
while the corrected average is 174 ; pneumonia 70,
the average being 95 ; phthisis, 151, against 166.
Eleven deaths from typhus, one from puerperal
fever, and one from pneumonia occurred in the
the London fever Hospital, Islington. One of the
victims was a nurse in the establishment. A child
died at 3, Walberg-place, St. George-in-the-East,
and a widow at 7, Anthony-street, in the same dis-
trict, whose deaths are reported to have been "
ac-
celerated by privations."
Last week the births of 1,018 boys and 948 girls,
in all 1,966 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852.61
the average number (corrected) was 1,945.
At the Royal Observatory,. Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.05 in.
The reading at the beginning of the week was
30.50 in., and it fell to 29.88 in. on Wednesday.
The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the 7th
inst., and continued above it till Wednesday the
12th. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 36.2 deg., which is 2.2 deg. below the average
of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The lowest temperature was 25.7 deg.
on Sunday the 9th ; the highest day temperature
occurred on Wednesday, and was 44.5 deg. The
range of the thermometer in the week was, there-
fore, 18.8 deg. The mean daily range was 10.1 deg.
The difference between the mean dew-point tem-
perature and air temperature was 4.1 deg. The
mean degreo of humidity was 87, complete satura-
tion being represented by 100. On Tuesday the
humidity was 96. The wind was generally in the
north-west on the first four days, afterwards in the
north-east till Saturday afternoon, when it blew
from the south-east. The rain measured was only
three hundredths of an inch. Sleet fell on the morn-
ing of Sunday. On Thursday the caange of tem-
perature during the day and night was very small,
which was also the case on Friday. The mean of
the-highest temperatures of the Thames was 43.2
deg. ; that of the lowest was 40.8 deg:

SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY:

The Rev. R. H. Baynes, M.A., incumbent of St.
Paul's, Dock-street, Whitechapel, and chaplain of
the Sailors' Home, delivered a lecture on Monday
evening, in the new Vestry Hall of St. George in
the East, on the subject of " Shipping and Ship-
wrecks," the proceeds being intended to be devoted
to the funds of the above truly excellent society.
The audience, we regret to add, was only a scanty
one, and we fear the funds of the society will not
be augmented to any considerable extent by the
evening's proceedings.

Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N., (vice
president of the society) occupied the chair.
The rev. lecturer in an exceedingly graphic man-
ner dwelt upon the part which-shipping and sailors
play in contributing to the comfort and happiness
of humanity and to the prosperity and greatness of
this country ; and he deduced from those facts the
strength of the claim they have upon public sym-
pathy, and to assistance in the sufferings and
distresses which are inevitable conditions of their
mode of employment. He referred to the sufferings
attendant upon shipwreck, in illustration of which
he dwelt upon the loss of the Kent, the Birkenhead,
the Royal Charter, and upon the calamities attend-
ant on the more recent storm off Scarborough, when
Lord C. Beauclerk lost his life. Referring to the
various modes adopted for the preservation of
human life when imperilled by the dangers of the
deep, Mr. Baynes mentioned the gratifying fact
that there are now 141 lifeboats stationed
along the coast of the United Kingdom, 70 of which
are maintained by that admirable society, the
National Lifeboat Institution ; and that by their
means 399 lives were saved during the year just
passed. Another of the means of safety in regular
use was the rocket and mortar apparatus which
saved life in 243 separate cases during the same
year. But there are times when neither of these
means of succour is available—when the lifeboat
cannot get off the coast to succour those in peril ;
and when the distressed seamen (as often happens
in the case of coasting vessels) cannot avail them-
selves of the rope thrown by the rocket or mortar.
To meet these cases, the Shipwrecked Mariners'
Society offered a prize of £5O to the inventor of
the best, simplest, and least expensive mode of
efiecting a communication with a lee shore from a
ship in danger. The desideratum was supplied by
Lieut. Nare's Life Kite, which was at once simple
in use, quite inexpensive, and simply stowed away.
Lieut. Nare, to his honour, declined to accept the
reward, and freely offered his invention for the
benefit of seamen generally. The uses of the in-
vention were described by Mr. F. Lean, the secre-
tary of the society, who strongly recommended it
to the notice of all shipowners and masters. The
rev. lecturer then concluded his address by again.
dwelling upon the claims of the society on whose
behalf they had met that evening, and on the
great advantages which the small half-yearly sub.,
scriptions of three shillings secured to the wives
and families of seamen, of which advantages he
stated that 50,000 seamen had already availed
themselves.
A vote of thanks was passed to the rev. gentle-
man for his admirable lecture, and a similar com-
pliment haiing been paid to the chairman, the pro-
ceedings closed with the Doxology.
The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society is supporte d
entirely by voluntary contributions, and relieves all
shipwrecked persons of all nations cast upon any
part of the United Kingdom, and also the widows
and orphans of shipwrecked fishermen and mari-
ners. During the year 1861, the number of ship.
Iwrecked persons relieved was 7,647, and of widows
orphans, and aged parents of the shipwrecked 3,774 ;
or a total in one year of 11,421. Since the formation
of the society in 1839, no less than 109,955 per-
sons have been relieved. These figures speak
trumpet•tongued of the claims of the society on the
aid of the benevolent, and though the lecture may
not be immediately productive of benefit to the
funds of the society, we trust that the result of thus
introducing it to the notice of the east end of Lon-
don will be a great accession of subscribers from
a locality which more than any other in the metro-
polis is connected with shipping and directly bene-
fitted by seafaring persons.

SINGAPORE AND RANGOON ELECTRIC CABLE.•
A project for connecting Singapore with Rangoon and
been entrusted to Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and
the Indian lines, and eventually extending to Australia
and China, is now being promoted, and the desirability of
granting a Government subsidy of £30,000 per annum will
be discussed in Parliament in a few days. When the
Dutch Government agreed to lay a cable from Singapore to
Batavia, it was on the understanding, in fact, a promise,
made by the Derby Government, that Singapore should be
connected with the Indian lines. There will consequently
be no oppositioalram that quarter.- The contract for laying
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the:. capital proposed to be raised is £450,000. The
company will be influentially supported ill, its d' f.
hogrgn Gm? China 2flegraph, irec.lo,---
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