The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-20 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

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(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, Sept. 16,
the births registered in London and ten other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,007 ; the
deaths registered, 2,526. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 23 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,054 boys and 1,035
girls, in all 2,089 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding week of ten years,
1855-64, the average number, corrected for in-
crease of population, was 1,888.

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The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,204. It was the thirty-seventh week of the
year, and the average number for that week was,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,200.
The actual result agrees almost exactly with the
computed amount.
Diarrhoea began to decline towards the end of
July, and decreased remarkably at the end of
August ; and since that time, notwithstanding the
extraordinary heat of the weather, it has happily
not shown a disposition to increase. In the last
three weeks the mortality from diarrhoea, has been
singularly free from fluctuation, the deaths having
been in those periods 89, 89, and 85. In the 37th
week of 1861, with a mean temperament of the air
that did not exceed the .average, the deaths were
137 ; and the average for that week in 10 years
with a correction for increase of population is 97.
The mortality from zymotic diseases in the aggre-
gate was last week 307 deaths ; and the corrected
average for the same period is 374. The compari-
son as regards this class of diseases speaks not un-
favourable for the present time.
Besides the 85 deaths from diarrhoea 4 were re-
ferred to cholera in the week, of which the three fol-
lowing happened to adults :—ln Southwark, at 21,
Bennett-street, on the 14th instant, a journeyman
plasterer, aged 66 years, died of cholera (3 days)
fever. 'At 3, Park-place, Clapham-road, on the 9th
inst., the daughter of a coachman, 19 years, of
cholera. At 3, Ann-street, Bromley, on the 11th
inst., a groom, 63 years, English cholera (5 days).
A woman, aged 42 years, died on the 24th ult. of
exposure and destitution. She had been taken be-
fore death to the Shoreditch workhouse. A journey-
man painter died on the 10th inst. of coup-de-soliel.
The following nine cases are recorded in which
accidents in the streets by horses and conveyances
were attended by fatal consequences :—On Sept. 7
an omnibus driver, aged 40 years, fell from an om-
nibus ; died in St. Mary's Hospital. On Sept. 11
the son of a policeman, aged one year, run over by
a- dray; died at 4, Radnor-street, City-road. On
Aug. 12 the son of a brickmaker, aged 3 months,
run over ; died in Silver-street, Lewisham. On
Sept. 6 a carman, aged 40 years, fell from a van ;
died in the German Hospital. On Sept. 7 the son
of a shipwright, aged 7 years, run over ; died in
Poplar Hospital. On Sept. 7 a labourer, aged 20
years, fell from a cart ; died in London Hospital.
On Sept. 10 the son of a goldbeater, aged 5 years,
fell from a van ; died in London Hospital. On Sept.
10 a tailor, aged 65 years, run over by a van; died
in London Hospital. On Sept. 14 a carman, aged
40 years, run over ; died in London Hospital.
The rate of mortality last week was 21 per 1,000
in London, 25 in Edinburgh, and 23 in Dublin ;
32 in Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 22 in Salford,
20 in Birmingham, 32 in Leeds, 19 in Bristol, 30
in Hull, and 24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 25 per 1,000 during the week ending the 26th
ult., when the temperature was 3.6 degs. Fahren-
heit higher than in the same week in London,
where the rate was 20 per 1,000.
In Liverpool the births were 330, the deaths 295 ;
in Manchester the births 249, the deaths 182 ; in
Salford the births 76, the deaths 46 ; in Birming-
ham the births 241, the deaths 121 ; in Leeds the
births 180, the deaths 137 ; in Bristol the births
115, the deaths 60 ; in hull the births 91, the deaths
60 ; in Edinburgh the births 134, the deaths 83 ;
in Glasgow the births 313, the deaths 194 ; and in
Dublin the births 189, the deaths 137. There were
264 deaths in Vienna during the week ending the
26th ult.

At the Royal Observatory, GreenWich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.106 in.
The mean reading was above 30 in. on every day
after Sunday. The reading rose from 29.96 in. on
Sunday, •to 30.29 in. on Tuesday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was as high as 67.8
deg., which is 10.5 deg. above the average of the
same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The mean temperature greatly exceeded
the average on every day ; and on Saturday the ex-
cess was even 14.8 deg, The highest day reading
was 85.3 deg., and was obtained on Saturday ; and
the lowest at night was 52.3 deg. on Thursday.
The difference between the mean dew-point tem-
perature and air temperature was 9 deg. The mean
degree of humidity of the air was 73, complete satu-
ration being represented by 100. On Friday the
humidity was as low as 60. There was no rain in the
week. Saturday was a very remarkable day, its
mean temperature being only 0.4 deg. below that of
Sept. 8, which has been already stated to have been
higher than that of any day since 12th Aug., 1861.

BARNSTAPLE STOCK FAlR.—This old-established
and important cattle, sheep, and horse fair commenced on
Wednesday and closed on Saturday last. Buyers attended
in large numbers from the north and south of Devon, as
well as from Cornwall, Bristol, and Somerset. Much busi-
ness was transacted. Bullocks, in good condition, were in
fair supply, and eagerly bought up at from 12s. to 14s. per
score ; lean sorts were by no means difficult to dispose of at
from 7s. to Bs. ; steers from £l2 to £2O ; cows and calves
from £l9 to £2l. The supply of sheep was very large, but
not out of proportion to the demand—sheep ready for the
butcher fetched from Bd. to 9d. per lb. ; ewes, 30s. to 425.
each. The horse fair was well stocked, especially with
animals for agricultural purposes, in which there was capi-
tal choice ; the bulk of those exhibited changed owners at
good prices. A few first-rate hunters were disposed of.
PALMERSTON CHECKMATES THE CZAR NICHOLAS
—When the Whigs came into power in 1830, Lord
Heytesbury was our ambassador at St. Petersburg. Lord
Grey requested him to remain as our representative, though
his polities were by no means coincident with those of the
cabinet. 111-health, however, compelled him to retire two
years later, when Sir Stratford Canning, a cousin of the
great statesman, was appointed in his stead. That great
public servant of England, who for so many years after-
wards proved himself so fit a coadjutor of Palmerston in
their joint purpose of restraining the pretensions and
resisting the encroachments of Russia was known to
be a firm Liberal and unusually well acquainted with
the secrets of Russian intrigue. Nicholas insolently re-
fused to receive him, and with proper defiant feeling
the Whigs refused to appoint anybody else, holding
that it was no right of any foreign potentate to dictate to
the Crown of England who should or who should not re-
present it at a foreign court. The short-enduring Govern-
ment of Peel took a less high and dignified view ; they
filled up the post, appointing the Marquis of Londonderry,
the brother of Lord Castlereagh, a notorious detester
of
everything savouring of liberty, and the professed inheri-
tor of the worst of his brother principles. Of course no
appointment more pleasing to the Czar could have been
made, and ho graciously indicated his satisfaction. But
the Commons of England revolted against this humiliation.
Sheil brought forward the subject in the House of Com-
mons, receiving for his strictures an amount of general
support which showed how deeply the national heart was
stirred. The Marquis relieved the Government from
their difficult position by voluntarily throwing up his
nomination. It devolved again upon Lord Palmerston,
upon his return to the Foreign-office to fill up the vacancy;
and he boldly selected Lord Durham, the most thoroughly
popular of the Reform Bill heroes, and indeed the most
Radical nobleman in England. This time Nicholas did
not deem it prudent to make any objection, and his accept-
ance of the appointment may be considered the first encou-
raging success gained by Lord Palmerston in that long
contest of his with Nicholas, which only ended with the
death of the Czar, baffled and humbled by the successes of
the allies in the Crimea.--JPGilchrist's Life of Lord Rd_
merstan.