The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-06 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 towns of the United
Kingdom were 4,246 ; the deaths 3,357. The
annual rate of mortality in the week in those ten

large towns was 23 per 1,000 persons living, and
was greater than in the previous week, when it
was 29.

In London the births of 1,090 boys and 1,076 girls,
in all 2,166 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding week of ten years, 1855-
64, the average number, corrected for increase oi
population, was 2,184.

The deaths in London in the same period were
1,676. The average number for the thirteenth week
in ten years (corrected) is 1,568. The deaths in
the present return, therefore, exceed by 108 the esti-
mated number.

Three hundred and forty-two deaths occurred from
zymotic diseases. Whooping-cough was particularly
fatal, and carried off 102 children, 6 of whom were
_ _

in the sub-district of Cripplegate. The central,
south, and east districts show the greatest mortality
from this disease. Fifty-six persons died from
typhus, 34 from scarlatina, 11 from diptheria, 15
from small-pox, and 9 from measles. From phthisis
167 persons died. Two hundred and forty-three
deaths occurred from bronchitis,llB from pneumonia,
and 56 from other diseases of the respiratory organs.
A horse-dealer, aged 64 pears, died on the Bth of
March, from bronchitis supervening on injuries sus-
tained by being run over by a cart. The son of a
carpenter, aged 15 years, died on the 18th March at
the Metropolitan Free Hospital from injuries caused
by a dray. A porter, aged 30 years, died on the
23d March at the London Hospital from being run
over by an omnibus. The widow of a dock la-
bourer, aged 45, died on the 23d March at 8, New-
court, St. Paul, St. George-in-the-East, from effu-
sion into the ventricles of the brain, accelerated by
cold and continued privation." The widow of a
sweep died on the 20th March at 5, Chequer-alley,.
Whitecross-street, from bronchitis, accelerated by
exposure and want of sufficient nourishment. The
widow of a hawker, aged 36, died on the 21st of
March at the Police-station, Bermondsey, from con-
gestion of the lungs caused by exposure to cold ;
she was found lying in the street. A sailor, aged
50, died suddenly on the 24th March, at No. 1
shed, London docks, from scurvy.
The registrar of Streatham remarks that three
deaths from scarlatina maligna occurred in a family
residing in Bedford-row, Streatham, in 21 days ;
low fever has prevailed in the district for some time,

The rate of mortality was 20 per 1,000 in London,
29 in Edinburgh, and 35 in Dublin ; 37 in Liver-
pool, 49 in Manchester (this rate is calculated on
the deaths, including a large number of inquests
held throughout the quarter, but registered last
week), 21 in Salford, 29 in Birmingham, 32 in Leeds,
29 in Bristol, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 42 per 1,000 during the week ending the 18th
ult., when the temperature was 1.1 deg. Fahrenheit
lower than in the same week in London, when the
rate was 25 per 1,000.

In Liverpool the births were 400, the deaths
342 ; in Manchester the births 314, the deaths 331 ;
in Salford the births 84, the deaths 44 ; in Birming-
ham the births 226, the deaths 185 ; in Leeds the
births- 293, the deaths 141; in Bristol the
birth 96, the deaths 90 ; in Edinburgh the births
145, the deaths 96; in Glasgow the births 371, the
deaths 284 ; and in Dublin the births 169, the
deaths 170. There were 488 deaths in Vienna dur-
ing the week ending the 18th ult.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.860. in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.16 in.
on Sunday to 30.13 in. on Thursday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 37.6 deg.,
which is 6 deg. below the average of the same week
in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The
highest day temperature was 58.7 deg. on Friday.
The lowest night temperature was 26.4 deg. on
Tuesday. The entire range of temperature in the
week was, therefore, 32.3 deg. The mean of the
highest temperature of the water of the Thames was
38.4 deg., that of the lowest was 38 deg. The dif-
ference between the mean dew-point tempera-
ture and the air temperature was 6.3 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 78, coin_
plete saturation being represented by 100. The
direction of the wind was variable.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
LATEST FROM SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON.
NEW YORK, March 25, 12.20 p.m.
The Savannah Herald of the 21st, and Charleston
Courier of the 20th, are received.

Torpedoes have been discovered scattered all
over Charleston harbour, and in Cooper and
Ashley Rivers. So far they have done no great
damage. Messrs. Gifford, Hafford, and Grey have
picked up between 50 and 60, and are still 'raising
them.

On the afternoon of the 17th, while the United
States survey steamer Bib, Captain Boutelle com-
manding, was sounding the channel of Battery Bee,
on Sullivan's Island, sho struck a torpedo, which
exploded under her port bow, but fortunately with-
out causing any material damage. The force of
the concussion was such as to throw the bow of the
vessel completely out of water. The Bib is a
strongly built craft, and could probably withstand
the shock of several torpedoes without sustaining
much damage. None of the officers or crew were
injured in the least; one of the engines was slightly
injured. Great praise is due to Captain Boutelle,
and his executive officer, C. W. Buck, for their
coolness on the occasion, and the prompt measures
they took to meet any emergency which might
arise.

Masters of vessels in passing in or out of the har-
bour had better keep well in towards the shore
when going to Battery Bee. The torpedo which
exploded under the Bib was doubtless one of the
16 laid down by the rebels a few days before the
evacuation. A number have been taken up, and
the search for others is still progressing. The
work of sounding the channels and fixing the
lights is progressing as rapidly as possible.
Secretary Wells, Assistant-Secretary Fox, and
Major-General Robert Anderson, will visit Charles-
ton, for the purpose of raising the old flag on
Fort Sumter, which was taken away with the
General, then Major Anderson, on his departure
for New York. The flag has been sacredly pre-
served, and will again be thrown to the breeze on
old Sumter's walls on the 12th April.
General Saxton has arrived at Charleston, and has
established his head-quarters at the Alstor House,
No. 11, East Battery.
The supply steamer Massachussets arrived at
Charleston on the 19th.

Captain John Rourke, commanding a battery in
Mulligan's Irish Brigade, arrived at Hilton Head on
the 17th of March, having escaped from Con-
federate imprisonment. He had a long and peril-
ous trip, and was five times in the hands of the
enemy, but succeeded, by Yankee ingenuity, in
escaping every time. He left Columbia ten days
after its evacuation by Gen. Sherman.

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

MESSINA, April 5.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer P eluse, with
the India and China mails, left here for Marseilles
at four o'clock this morning. She brings 190 pas-
sengers, and 1,340 packages of merchandise.