The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Regiitrar General's .Report.)
It appears from the weekly return of the Regis-
trar-General that the mortality of London was high

in the second and third weeks of November, as has

been shown in the reports for those periods ; but
it has risen still higher in the week that ended last
Saturday, when the number of deaths was 1,745.

This is a considerably greater number than in and'
corresponding week of the last ten years, except

that of the year 1858, when the number that oc-
curred in a less than the present population was
1,738. The following numbers show the constant
increase of deaths in the four weeks of the last
month ; they were 1,307, 1,429, 1,559, and 1,745.
In the first of those weeks the mean temperature of
the air was about 45 degs. In the last three the
mean weekly temperature was 37 degs. or 38 degs.
The atmosphere was cold, and frequently very
humid. Nearly 300 deaths occurred last week more
than the number that would have been returned if
the average rate of mortality at the end of Novem-
ber had ruled. Although the birth-rate was near
the average last week, the number of births ex-
ceeded that of deaths by only 89. The table of
fatal diseases shows the increase to have been due
principally to pulmonary complaints. The deaths
from "diseases of the respiratory organs" were
in the last four weeks successively 197, 283, 350,
and 470 ; and to take two special diseases in
that class, those from bronchitis were in the same
periods 101, 130, 186, and 269 ; and from pneumo-
nia, 73, 115, 103, 131. Phthisis, which ranks in
the table with " tubercular diseases," was fatal in
the four weeks in 152, 166, 177, and 169 cases.
Nearly a half of the deaths from bronchitis occurred
at 60 years of age and upwards. There were 94
fatal cases of measles and 95 of scarlatina. Seven
children died of measles in Camden-town, 6 in the
East sub-district of Islington, 5 in St. Peter, We'
worth. Scarlatina was fatal in 8 cases in the sub-
district of St. Mary, Paddington, in 5 in that of St.
Peter, Walworth, in 6in Rotherhithe. The regis-
trar of St. Mary (St. George's-in-the-East) reports
that there have been 7 cases of typhus in two fami-
lies that reside in the house, No. 9, Morgan-street,
in his sub-district. At a house in Francis-terrace,
Rotherhithe, 4 children, being the whole number
of children in a family, have been carried off bF
scarlatina within 11 days. Four deaths are returned
as caused by privation. The following are the par
titulars of those cases :—On Bth November, a may,
aged 57 years, Rho had been au artificial florist,
died in Pancras workhouse of " exhaustion from
starvation." On 17th November, in the same
workhouse, the widow of a tailor, aged 43 years'
died of "exhaustion from starvation." On 24th
November, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, a watt
unknown, probably about 33 years of age, died ,
" cold and want of food." He had been found 1°
the Smithfield-pens. On 14th November, at 11,
Parliament-street, Bethnal-green, the son of
weaver, aged three months, died of " destitution;
the mother not having milk for the child from want
of food." Last week the births of 971 boys aI!A
863 girls, in all 1,834 children, were registered
London. In the ten corresponding weeks of tai
years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) iv
1,879.