The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Sept. 23, 1854 £19,492 10 2
Corresponding week last year• 20,137 13 6

Decrease in 1854..,

.645 3 4

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffio re-
turn for the week ending Sept. 23, 1854 £5,600 0 11
Corresponding week last year 5,400 3 10

Increase in 1854..,

£199 17 1

BEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

( From the Report of the Registrar-General. )
FURTHER DECREASE OF CHOLERA,

The cholera is slowly retreating from London ; but it
destroyed last week 1,284 lives, and 19 persons died
from the allied disease, diarrhcea.
The deaths from all causes in the three weeks ending
Sept. 23 have been 3,413, 2,836, and 2,504, including
the 2,050, 1,549, and 1,284 deaths from cholera.
The deaths by cholera in the ten weeks of this eruption
have been 8,953 ; the eruption of 1849 broke out earlier,
and by the same date nearly had destroyed 12,664 of the
inhabitants of London.
The Board of Health fights under the same disadvan-
tages in London as a war minister would if he could only
oppose the invasion of an active enemy by the force
which every parish and public company would vote and
consent to bring into the field ; yet we may hope, now
that the local machinery is, under due supervision, set in
motion, and judicious precautions are issued, to see the
mortality decline at an accelerated rate.
The following list exhibits the deaths from cholera in
London during last week, showing the elevation in feet
above Trinity high-water mark, the population in 1851,
and the number of deaths from cholera registered in each
, sub-district :-
West districts, elevation above Trinity high-water
mark, 28 feet ; population in 1852, 376,527 ; deaths,
216. North districts, elevation 135 feet ; population,
490,396 ; deaths, 70. Central districts, elevation, 49
feet ; population, 393,256 ; deaths, 77. East districts,
elevation, 26 feet ; population, 485,522 ; deaths, 197.
South districts, elevation, 6 feet ; population, 616,635 ;
deaths, 724.
Sub-districts of Kensington-Paddington, St. Mary,
elevation, 82 feet ; population, 17,252 ; deaths, 3. Pal-
dington, St. John, elevation, 76 feet; population, 29,053;
deaths, 3. Kensington town, elevation, 28 feet ; popu-
lation, 29,183 ; deaths, 14. Brompton, elevation, 12
feet; population, 14,870 ; deaths, 5. Hammersmith,
St. Peter, elevation, 4 feet ; population, 4,467 ; deaths,
6. Hammersmith, St. Paul, elevation, 8 feet ; popula-
tion, 13,293 ; deaths, 10. Fulham, elevation, 6 feet;
population, 11,886 ; deaths, 31.
Sub-districts of Chelsea.-Chelsea, south, elevation,
10 feet ' • population, 19,050 ; deaths, 17. Chelsea, north-
west, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 17,669 ; deaths, 14.
Chelsea, north-east, elevation, 13 feet ; population,
19,819 ; deaths, 12.
Sub-districts of St. George, Hanover-square.-Han-
over-square' elevation, 64 feet ; population, 20,216 ;
death, 1. May-fair' elevation, 56 feet ; population,
12,980 ; deaths, 7. Belgrave, elevation, 12 feet ; popu-
lation, 40,034 ; deaths, 23.
Sub districts of Westminster.-St. John, elevation, 2
feet ; population, 31,295 ; deaths, 9. St. Margaret,
elevation, 4 feet ; population, 31,314 ; deaths, 35.
Sub-districts of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields.-Charing-
cross, elevation 17 feet ; population, 12,587 ; deaths, 4.
Long-acre, elevation, 60 feet ; population, 12,053 ;
deaths, .3.
Sub-districts of St. James's, Westminster.-Berwick-
street, elevation, 65 feet ; population, 10,798 ; deaths,
7. St. James's-square, elevation, 40 feet ; population,
11,469 ; deaths, 2. Golden-square, elevation, 68 feet ;
population, 14,139 ; deaths, 10.
Sub-districts of Marylebone.-All Souls, elevation, 76
feet ; population, 28,841 ; deaths, 9. Cavendish-
square, elevation, 73 feet ; population, 14,657 ; deaths,
1. Rectory, elevation, 68 feet ; population, 27,633 ;
deaths, 9. St. Mary, elevation, 79 feet ; population,
22,814 ; death, 1. Christchurch, elevation, 92 feet ;
population, 33,895 ; deaths, 4. St. John, elevation,
124 feet ; population, 29,826 ; deaths, 3.
Sub-district of Hampstead.-Hampstead, elevation,
350 feet ; population, 11,986 ; deaths, 3.
Sub-districts of St. Pancras.-Regent's-park, eleva-
tion, 87 feet ; population, 31,918 ; deaths, 3. Totten-
ham-court, elevation, 73 feet ; population, 28,433 ;
deaths, 5. Gray's-inn-lane, elevation, 52 feet ; popu-
lation, 26,523; deaths, 7. Somers-town, elevation, 60
feet ; population, 35,641 ; deaths, 1. Camden-town,
elevation, 52 feet ; population, 21,115 ; deaths, 4.
Kentish-town, elevation, 110 feet ; population, 23,326 ;
death, 1.
Sub districts of Islington.--Islington, West, eleva-
tion, 100 feet ; population, 47,881 ; deaths, 12 ; Isling-
ton, East, elevation, 88 feet; population, 47,448 ;
deaths, 4. •
hub districts of Hackney.-Stoke Newington, eleva-
tion, 72 feet ; population, 4,840 ; deaths, 0. Stamford-
hill, elevation, 76 feet ; population, 5,549 ; death, 1.
West Hackney, elevation, 55 feet ; population, 18,732 ;
death, 1. Hackney, elevation, 44 feet ; population,
20,850 ; death, 1. South Hackney, elevation, 44 feet ;
population, 8,458 ; deaths, 0.
Sub-districts of St. Giles.-St. George, Bloomsbury,
elevation, 71 feet ; population, 16,807 ; deaths, 0. St.
Giles, South, elevation, 64 feet ; population, 19,951 ;
deaths, 3. St. Giles', North elevation, 68 feet ; popu-
lation, 17,456 ; deaths, 3.
Sub-districts of Strand.-St. Anne, Soho, elevation,
64 feet ; population, 17,335 ; deaths, 3. St. Nary-
le-Strand, elevation, 48 feet; population, 11,615; death
1. St. Clement Danes, elevation, 36 feet ; population,
15,510 ; deaths, 4.
Sub-districts of Holborn.-St. George the Martyr,
elevation, 66 feet ; population, 18,813 ; death, 1. St.
Andrew, Eastern, elevation, 50 feet; population, 13,971;
deaths, 0. Saffron-hill, elevation, 40 feet ; population,
13,837 ; death, 1.
Sub-districts of Clerkenwell.-St. James, elevation, 44
feet ; population, 21,529 ; deaths, 8. Amwell, elevation,
68 feet ; population, 15720 ; deaths, 0. Pentonville,
elevation, 84 feet ; population, 11,904 ; deaths 4. Gos-
well-street, elevation, 78 feet; population, 15,625 ;
death, 1.

Subdistrict of St. Luke.—old•street, elevation, 60
feet ; population, 10,617 ; deaths, 0. City-road, elera.

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tion; 52 feet ; population, 16,840; deaths, 0. White-
cross-street, elevation, 52 feet ; population, 13,657 ;
death, 1. Finsbury, elevation, 43 feet ; population,
12,941 ; deaths, 3.

Sub-districts of East London.—St. Dotolph, elevation,
36 feet ; population, 23,824 ; deaths, 10. Cripple,gate,
elevation, 44 feet ' • population, 20,582 ; deaths, 5.
Sub-districts of WestLondon.--West London (North),
elevation, 36 feet ; population, 12,946 ; deaths, 18.
West London (South), elevation, 24 feet ; population,
15,844 ; death, 1.

Sub-districts of City of London—Cityof London, south
west, elevation, 21 feet ; population, 9,204 ; deaths, 2.
City of London, north-west, elevation, 44 feet ; popula-
tion, 11,847 ; deaths, 0. City of London, south, eleva-
tion 21 feet ; population, 11,461 ; death, 1. City of
London, south-east, elevation, 21 feet • population,
10,594 ; deaths, 4. City of London, north-east, eleva-
tion, 44 feet ; population, 12,826 • deaths, 3.
Sub-districts of Shoreditch—fidlywell, elevation, 36
feet ; population, 17,245 ; deaths, 6. St. Leonard, ele-
vation, 41 feet; population, 19,449; deaths, 10. Hot-
ton New Town, elevation, 52 feet ; population, 23,505;
deaths, 4. Hoxton Old Town, elevation, 52 feet ; popu-
lation, 17,431 ; deaths, 2. Haggerstone, west, eleva-
tion, 52 feet ; population, 20,276 ; deaths, 9. Hagger-
gtone, east, elevation, 62 feet ; population, 11,351 ;
deaths, 2.

Sub-districts of Bethnal-green—Hackney-road, eleva-
ti,on, 44 feet ; population, 23,910 ; deaths, 13. Green,
el avation, 36 feet ; population, 23,555 ; deaths, 9.
u4..hut_ch, elevation, 36 feet ; population, 21,787 • deaths,
Town, elevation, 36 ; population, 20,941 ; deaths, 6.
Sub-districts of Whitechapel— Artillery, elevation,
36 feet; population, 6,769 ; deaths, 0. Spitalfields,
eluvation, 36 f end New
Towenet ; population, 15,336 ; deaths, 9. Mile-
de aths, 9. 11;.itlevation, 36 feet ; population, 14,543 ;
population, 12,530echapel North, elevation, 36 feet ;
32 feet : deaths, 4. Whitechapel Church,
elevation,
population, 7,818 ; deaths, 11.
Go,ldman's-fields, elevation, 28 feet ; population, 12,069 ;
deaf
hs, 6. Aldgate, elevation, 19 feet ; population,
10,6.4 ; deaths, 11.
Sub-districts of St. George's-in-the-East.—St. Mary,
elevation, 26 feet : population, 18,067 ; deaths, 9. St.
Paul, elevation, 27 feet
; population, 20,319 ; deaths,
10. St. John, elevation, 2 feet ; , population, 9,990 ;
deaths, 7.
Sub-( iistricts of Stepney.--Shadwell, elevation, 7 fee
populati on, 16,170 ; deaths, 6. ERMA elevation, 18
feet; po;nilation, 15,212 ; deaths, 9. Mile-end Old
Town, uppar, elevation, 32 feet; population, 29,582 ;
deaths, 4. 3.the-end Old Town, lower, elevation, 28
feet ; population, 27,020 ; deaths, 8. Limehouse, ele-
vation, 10 ; ;population, 22,782 ; deaths, 11.
Sub-districts of Poplar.—Bow, elevation, 12 feet ; po.
inflation, 18„778 ; deaths, 7. Poplar, elevation, 3 feet ;
population, 28;384 ' • deaths, 11.
Sub-distr,icta of St. Saviour, Southwark. Chritt•

church, elevation, 2 feet ; population, 16,022 ; deaths,
16. St. Saviour, elevation, 4 feet ; population, 19,709 ;
deaths, 36.
Sub-districts of St. Olave, Southwark.—St. Olave,
elevation, 6 feet ; population, 8,015 ; deaths, IS. St.
John, Horselydown, elevation, 2 feet ; population,
11,360 ; deaths, 26.

Sub-districts of Bermondsey.-,St. James, elevation, 1
foot ; population, 18,899 ; deaths, 41. St. Mary Mag-
dalen, elevation, 0 feet ; population, 13,934 ; deaths, 25.
Leather Market, elevation, 0 feet ; population, 15,295 ;
deaths, 24.
Sub-districts of St. George, Southwark.-Kent-road,
elevation, 1 foot ; population,lB,l26; deaths, 20. Borough-
road, elevation, 2 ; population, 15,862 ; deaths, 56.
London-road, elevation, 0 ; population, 17,836 ;
deaths, 14.
Sub-districts of Newington-Trinity, elevation, 1 ;
population, 20,922 ; deaths, 27. St. Peter's, Wal-
worth, elevation, 2 ; population, 29,861 ; deaths, 69.
St. Mary, elevation, 1 ; population, 14,033 ; deaths, 10.
Sub-districts of Lambeth-Waterloo-road, Ist eleva-
tion, 3 ; population, 14,088 ; deaths, 7. Waterloo-
road, 2d elevation, 2 ; population, 18,348 ; deaths, 10.
Lambeth Church, Ist elevation, 2 ; population, 18,409;
deaths, 8 ; Lambeth Church, 2d elevation, 1 ; popula-
tion, 26,784 ; deaths, 26. Kennington, Ist elevation,
4 ; population, 24,261 ; deaths, 41. Kennington, 2d
elevation, 8 ; population, 18,848 ; deaths, 29. Brixton,
elevation, 56 ; population, 14,610 ; deaths, 10. Nor-
wood, elevation, 128 (?) ; population, 3,977 ; deaths, 0:
Sub-districts of Wandsworth.-Clapham, elevation,
21 feet ; population, 16,290 ; deaths, 24. Battersea,
elevation, 3 feet; population, 10,560 ; deaths, 19. Wands-
worth, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 9,611 ; deaths, 19.
Putney, elevation, 12 feet ; population, 5,280 ; death,
1. Streatham, elevation, 72 feet; population, 9,023;
death, 1.
Sub-districts of Camberwell.-Dulwich, elevation, 68
feet ; population, 1,632 ; deaths, 0. Camberwell, eleva-
tion, 5; population, 17,742 ; deaths, 23. Peckham, ele-
vation, 4; population, 19,444; deaths, 17. St. George,
elevation, 3 ; population, 15,849 ; deaths, 19.
Sub-districts of Rotherhithe.-Rotherhithe, elevation,
0 ; population, 17,805 ; deaths, 20.
Sub-districts of Greenwich.-St. Paul, Deptford, ele-
vation, 10; population, 24,899 ; deaths, 11. St. Nicho-
las, Deptford, elevation, 4 ; population, 7,071 ; deaths,
9 ; Greenwich, West, elevation, 12 ; population, 18,800 ;
deaths, 11 ; Greenwich, East, elevation, 7 ; population,
16,228 ; deaths, 14. Woolwich dockyard, elevation, (?);
population, 17,140 ; death, 1. Woolwich Arsenal, ele-
vation, (?) ; population, 15,227 ; deaths, 15.
Sub-districts of Lewisham.-Plunastead, elevation, (?);
population, 13,191 ; deaths, 4. Eltharn, elevation, (?); po-
pulation, 2,568 ; deaths, 0. Lee, elevation, 44 feet ;
population, 8,478 ; deaths, 0. Lewiiham Village, ele-
vation, 16 feet ; population, 6,097 ' • deaths, 3. Syden-
ham, elevation 188 (?) ; population, 4,501 ; deaths, 0.
Last week the births of 833 boys and 795 girls, in all
1,628 children, were registered in London. In the nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average
number was 1,331.

At the Royal observatory, Greenwich, the mean read-
ing of the barometer in the week was 29.972 in. The
barometer increased from 29.68 in. at the beginning of
the week to 30.01 in. by noon on the 18th ; decreased
to 29.80 in. by noon on the 20th; increased, with very
slight exceptions, to 30.32 in. by 9h. a.m. on the 22d ;
decreased to 30.12 in. by the morning of the 23d, and
continued at this reading throughout the day. The mean
temperature of the week was 57.1 deg., which is 1.5 deg.
above the average of the same week in 38 years. The
highest temperature of the week occurred on Sunday, and
was 75.0 deg. ; the lowest on Friday, and was 39.7 de'r:
The mean dew-point temperature was 50.9 deg., and the
difference between this and the temperature of the air
was 6.2 deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames
was above 60 deg. every day in the week. The electric
state of the atmosphere was positive, with a moderate
tension during six days of the week. The wind blew
moderately from the south-west during the first four
days of the week, and from the north-west during the
last three days. Rain fell on four days in the week, in
the aggregate amounting to one-fourth of an inch.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTER

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 23
Zymotic Diseases 1717
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration .
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 2
Premature Birth and Debility 43
Atrophy 4l
Old Age
Sudden l5
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3B
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the

pint. of 1i,153. Week,
West Districts
North Districts 490.396
Central. Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

949 2,504