The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-18 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, Oct. 14, the
births registered in London and ten other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 3,690 ; the
deaths registered 2,795. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 26 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,007 boys and 980 girls,
in all 1,987 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1855-64
the average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 1,909.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,261. It was the 41st week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,179. The
actual number exceeds the estimated number by 82.
The mortality from diarrhoea, which was main-
tained with hardly any fluctuation during the six
weeks subsequent to Saturday, the 26th of August,
and which averaged 87 weekly during that period,
showed last week a very decided decrease, the
deaths from that complaint having been only 54..
There were two deaths referred to " cholera" or
"choleraic diarrhoea ;" one of these occurred to a
child, the other was registered as follows :—" At
42, Jamaica-street, Mile-end Old-town, on the Bth
of October, a watchman in the Docks, aged 75
years, choleraic diarrhoea."
A porter to a chemist died from " inhalation of
aquafortis ; bronchitis."
The following six cases were registered in which
accidents on the streets by horses and carriages were
attended by fatal results :—On the 12th of October,
the son of a French polisher, aged 2 years, run over
by a cart ; died in Parker-street, St. Giles's. On
the sth of October, a carman, aged 19 years, fell
from a cart in Essex-road, Islington; died at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital. On the 4th of October,
a master coachmaker, aged 65 years, thrown
out of a carriage ; died at 92, Westminster-
bridge-road. On the 10th of October, the
wife of a carman, aged 42 years, fell from
a Tan ; died at Stagg-yard, Wandsworth-road. At
Woolwich, on the 9th of October, a leather-seller,
aged 46 years, fell from a cart ; died at Guy's Hos-
pital. On the 4th October, the son of a carter,
aged 10 years, run over by a waggon ; died in Bel-
grave-place.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 22
per 1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 23 in
Dublin ; 36 in Liverpool, 33 in Manchester, 31 in
Salford, 25 in Birmingham, 34 in Leeds, 21 in Bristol,
27 in Hull, and 33 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 28 per 1,000 during the week ending the 30th
ult., when the temperature was 3.9 deg. Fahrenheit
lower than in the same week in London, where the
rate was 21 per 1,000.
In Liverpool the births in the week were 349, the
deaths 329 ; in Manchester the births 220, the deaths
226 ; in Salford the births 68, the deaths 65 ; in
Birmingham the births 200, the deaths 155 ; in
Leeds the births 143, the deaths 145 ; in Bristol the
births 100, the deaths 64 ; in Hull the births 58,
the deaths 53 ; in Edinburgh the births 114, the
deaths 91 ; in Glasgow the births 305, the deaths
268 ; and in Dublin the births 146, the deaths.l3B.
There were 305 deaths in Vienna during the week
ending the 30th ult.
Southampton.—Among the population of that
borough (estimated to the middle of the present year
at 53,001) 40 deaths were registered during the week
ending last Saturday ; of these 9 were referred to
cholera. The annual rate of mortality during the
week was 39 per 1,000 persons living.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 26.356 in.
The readings fell to 29.9 in. on Wednesday, and
rose to 29.80 in. on Saturday. The mean tempera-
ture of the air in the week was 55.3 deg., which is
4 deg. above the average of the same week in 50
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean
temperature was more or less above the average on
every day except Friday. The highest day temperature
was 70.6 deg. on Sunday ; the lowest night tempe-
rature was 39.4 deg. on Friday. The range in the
week was 31.2 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.9
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
87, complete saturation being represented by 100.
On three days the humidity was above 90. The
general directions of the wind were south-west and
west. The rainfall was 0.89 in., nearly the whole
of which amount fell on the first four days, and half
of it on Monday. On that day rain at Manches-
ter amounted to 2.26 in. ; at Eccles, to 2.21 in. ; at
Wakefield, to 1.59 in. At Birmingham, on Wed-
nesday, the rainfall was 1.27 in.

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