The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

711 E HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar General's Report.)
The mortality of London was still high last week,
but it showed a decrease on the excessively high
mortality of the previews week. The deaths in the
last week of November were 1,745; in the week
that ended last Saturday they were 1,619. The
mean temperature of the air in the former week
was 37.1 deg. ; last week it was 44.8 deg.

The average number of deaths in the first week of
Dec. in ten years, 1852-61 is, with a correction for
increase of population, 1,393. Hence it appears
that the deaths of last week were 226 in excess of
tte number that would have occurred under the
average rate of mortality.
Pulmonary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, were
fatal in the week to 341 persons, against 470 in the
week that preceded it (the corrected average being
also 341) Bronchitis caused more than the ave-
rage mortality, but notwithstanding the late cold
weather, the deaths from pneumonia (inflammation
of the lungs) did not exceed 80 last week, whilst
the corrected average of that complaint is 118.
'The excess in the total mortality rises to a great
extent from the zymotic diseases, measles, scarla-
tina, and typhus, to all of which numerous fatal
cases were referred. There were 91 deaths from
measles, 5 of which occurred in the east sub-district
of Islington, 4 in Camden-town, 5 in Holton, 7 in
Bermondsey, and 4 in Battersea. Scarlatina wa
fatal in 88 cases, 6 of which were in the sub-district
of St. Mary, Paddington, 5 in that of Kensington-
town, 4 in that of Whitecross-street, 7 in Peckham.
Disease of the heart was returned in 92 cases, and
showed a large increase on the average, which is 53.
The deaths of nine nonagenarians were recorded
in the week ; the two persons of greatest age were
respectively 95 and 96 years.
Two infants, one in Marylebone, the other in
Pentonville, were suffocated in bed ' from want of
fresh air."

Last week the births of 914 boys and 915 girls, in
all 1829 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding
the average responding wee!is of the years 1852-61
At
tnumber (corrected) was 1840.
height of
th: t Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
The re
n. barometer in the week was 29.647 in.
29.89 in. en fell
Friday_
29.43 in. on Tuesday, and rose to
air in the Week The mean temperature of the
wats 44.8 deg., which is 3.3 deg.
above the average o
the same week in 43 years, as
determined
was belo by Mr.
G the tb w
her. The mean daily tem-
perature average on the first three
days, but above it during the recaiinder, and on
Saturday the excess was ags as 12.4 deg. The
lowest night temperature wrlell
deg. on Sunday.
deg. ou Satur-
The highest day temperature
(lay. The range of temperatuarses*6
therefore 22.3 deg. The mean dalln the
kweek w:Re
deg. The difference between the myeraann-de was
temperature and air temperature was onlyewl.2point
deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 95,
complete saturation being represented by 100,which
Point was almost reached on Sunday, Monday, and
Thursday. The mean of the highest temperature of
the water of the Thames was 41.9 deg. and 39.6 deg.
The wind blew from the south,-east till Thursday
afternoon, when it changed to south and south-west a
Rain fell to the amount of 0.24 in.
There was
dense fog on Sunday.
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