The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. I VI

(Prom the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The present return affords very satisfactory evidence
of an improved state of the public health ; the mortality,
which has been long above the average, having fallen
last week below it. The number of deaths registered in
London last week was 984. In the ten corresponding
weeks of the years 1844-53 the average number was
951, which, is raised in proportion to increase of popu-
lation, becomes 1,046. Last week's registration, there-
fore, exhibits a number less by 62 than the calculated
amount.
Zymotic diseases produced last week collectively 253
deaths, which is near the amount that may be expected
at this season. Scarlatina declined from 72 in the pre-
vious week to 55 in the last ; fatal cases referred to
typhus were in the two weeks respectively 47 and 44,
those referred to measles were 22 and 27, those to hoop-
ing-cough 35 and 39, those to diarrhoea 25 and 32. It
requires notice that a death from hydrophobia was regis-
tered in the previous week, and that another was regis-
tered last week.

Last week the births of 752 boys and 718 girls—in
all 1,470 children, were registered in London. In the
nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the
average number was 1,380.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.618 in. ; the
mean reading on Sunday was 29.815 in. The mean
temperature of the week was 56.9 deg., which is 5.1 deg.
below the average of the same week in 38 years. The
mean daily temperature was below the average in every
day of the week. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri-
day it was about 7 deg. below it. The highest tem-
perature of the week was 72.5 deg., on Tuesday ; the
lowest was 46.6 deg., on Friday. The mean dew•point
temperature was 51.6 deg. ; and the difference between
this and the mean air temperature was 5.3 deg. The
wind blew generally from the south-west. The amount
of rain that fell in the week was 0.53 in., nearly all of
which fell on the last three days.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 8.
Zymotic Diseases 253
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ................
Tubercular Diseases ... 44
177
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels 35
Diseases of the, Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 126
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion ... .• ............................. 62
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .......................... 18
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, SEC.
............... 8
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ......... 9
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ................................. 2
Malformations ...............................................
Premature Birth and Debility ........................... 26
Atr0phy............. . ........................................ 40
Old Age
Sudden
7
Violence,
not specified'ce,Pnvation, Cold, and Intemperance .. .
.. 25
Cu

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES .
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. 01 1353. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490.396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522 «. 286
South Districts

... : ........... 984

Totals
Males
Females

1,103 984
516
468

20
25
100
100
20
20