The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON _DURING THE WEBS.

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

The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don, issued by authority of the Registrar-General,
states that the deaths in London in the week that
ended last Saturday were 1,252 ; the number exhi-
bits a slight decrease on that of the previous week.
The average number of deaths derived from the
returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous
years 1852-61 (corrected) is 1,306, compared with
which the actual number is less by 54.
The births last week exceeded the deaths in the
same period by 642.
. The deaths from typhus, which were 92 and 95
respectively in the two previous weeks, declined
last week to 82. Of the last number 28 occurred
under 20 years of age, 15 between 20 and 40 years,
24 in the period 40 60 years, 15 at 60 and upwards.
There were none at 80 years, or any more advanced
age. Nine deaths from typhus were returned in the
week from the London Fever Hospital. Five oc-
curred in the sub-district of Mile-end New-town, of
which four were in the workhouse. The Registrar
of St. Mary, St. George in-the-East, states that
" the fever which broke out in the sub-district is
now on the decline; one of the medical officers of
the parish died from it at its commencement,another
now lies seriously ill." The registrar of the Borough-
road sub-district returns four deaths from typhus,
and the registrar of Greenwich West also four.
Three occurred in the week in Plumstead.

Twenty deaths from scarlatina were reported as
having occurred in the previous week in Lambeth
Church sub-district, second part; the number re-
gistered last week is 11.
On the 7th inst. two women, aged 73 and 78
years, died in the workhouse, Westminster, of de-
stitution. A man died from injury to his tongue
caused by the breaking of a clay tobacco pipe in
his mouth. A man aged 74 years died from
erythema.

A communication has been received from the
medical officer of health for Marylebone, explaining
the state of the drains at 18, Edgware-road, where
a death occurred on the 27th March from diph-
theria.

Last week the births of 964 boys and 930 girls,
in all 1,894 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-
61 the average number (corrected) was 1,947.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29,964 in.
The readings of the instrument fell to 29.79 in. on
Thursday, and rose to 30.14 in. on Saturday. The
mean temperature of the air in the week was 43.8
deg., which is 1 deg. below the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The highest day temperature was on Sunday the
6th, when the thermometer rose to 66.5 deg. The
lowest night temperature occurred on Saturday, and
was 30.4 deg., which is 1.6 deg. below the freezing
point of water. The entire range in the week was
26.1 deg. The mean daily range was 9.3 deg. On
Tuesday the range was 4.1 deg. On Saturday it
was 15.6 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.1
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
90, complete saturation being represented by 100.
On four days the humidity was 95 or more. The
wind was in the west-south-west till Monday after-
noon, when it began to blow from the north-east,
and continued in that point till the end of the
week. There was much rain, which fell on every
day except Saturday. The amount measured was
1.83 in., of which one inch and a tenth fell on Wed-
nesday. The mean of the highest temperatures of
the water of the Thames was 51.9 deg. ; the mean
of the lowest was 49.7 deg. Saturday was fine
and dry, but very cold. On that day the thermo-
meter on the grass fell to 27.2 deg.

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