The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-24 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The public health is now in a more satisfactory state.
The weekly deaths registered in London were, at the
beginning of April, above 1,300 ; in May they averaged
more than 1,100 ; in the week that ended last Saturday
the number fell to 294. In the ten weeks corresponding
to last week, of the years 1843.52, the average number
was 896, which, if raised in proportion to increase of
population, becomes 986. Hence it appears that the
actual mortality of the week is less than the estimated
amount by 62—a result more favourable than has been
obtained during a long period.
The number of fatal cases arising from typhus, con-
tinued, remittent fever, &c., which in the previous week
(ending the 11th June) 59, declined last week to 35 ;
those from small pox from 6 to 2 ; measles decreased in
the two weeks from 25 to 20 ; phthisis (or consumption)
from 163 to 131 ; pneumOnia, from 62 to 45. On the
other hand, scarlatina rose from 30 to 39 ; hooping-cough
from 58 to 67 ; bronchitis from 54 to 59. Viewing the
fatal diseases in the groups in which they are classified,
it is seen that that those affecting the respiratory organs
alone are in-excess of the corrected average. But the
nearly constant decrease of this class (which does not in-
clude phthisis) during the last seven weeks is shown in
the following numbers-224, 199, 174, 162, 129, 136,
and 127.

In the Trinity sub-district, St. Mary, Newington, at
3, Uxbridge-place, on 3d, 9th, 11th, and 13th June,
three sons and a daughter of a corn porter, aged re-
spectively, 6,6, 3 years, and 1 year, died, the first of
"pertussis (three weeks), rubeola (one week), convul-
sions," two others of pertussis, also after three weeks'
illness, and the last of " rubeola (24 days), pertussis (14
days)."

Last week the births of 742 boys and 667 girls, in all
1,409 children, were registered in London. In the cor-
responding weeks of the eight years 1845-52, the average
number was 1,348.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.798 in. The
reading of the barometer increased from 29.59 in. at the
beginning of the week, to 29'94 in. by 9h. p.m. on the
15th ; remained at this reading nearly till 9h. p.m. on
the 17th : and decreased to 29.79 in. by the end of the
week. The mean temperature was 58.3 degrees, which
is 1 degree below the average of the same week in
thirty-eight years. The mean daily temperature was
below the average on 4 days, above it about 2 deg. on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Monday, when
the wind blew from the north-west, and 1.15 in. of rain
fell, the mean temperature was 9.1 deg. below the aver-
age. The highest temperature occurred on Thursday,
and was 74 deg. ; the lowest was on Friday, 491 deg.
The greatest difference between the dew-point tempera-
ture and air temperature was 19'5 deg., and occurred on
Thursday ; the difference fell to 0 deg. on Monday ; the
mean difference of the week was 7.1 deg. The wind
blew from the north on the first' three days, and after-
wards from the south-west.

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

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 18.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lO6
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 29
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 127
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
Premature Birth and Debility •
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance..
Causes not specified
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

- 59

.... 39

Population Deaths in corre-
Enumerated. sponding week
1851. 185
W 01332
fest Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Deaths
in the
Week.
136
195
143

203
247

Totals :. 2,362,236 903 924
Males 477
Females. 447

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males 742
Females 667

Total .

1,409

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 23.
ENTERED INWARDS.—The Abeona, from Rouen ; Hawk,
Antwerp ; Janet Sherman, Groningen ; Haabet, Aar-
hues ; Angel do la Guardia, Gibraltar ; Ida Elizabeth,
Rotterdam ; Vissery, Worcum ; Vriendshap, do. ; Argus,
Uddewalla ; Truo Friends, Stettin; Edith, St. Peters-
burg ; Josephine, Westerwick 3 Hedwig, Moss ' • Norma,
Memel ; Bernard and. Elise, Amsterdam ; Freya, Dantzic ;
Sophia, Emden ; Gevig, Aalborg; Stranton, Christiania;
Behrends, Memel ; Leo, do.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Hendrika,
for Brake ; Leontine, Alicante ; Miranda, Hamburgh ;
Laurien, Geelong and Melbourne ; Cheerful, Dantzic
Florence, Halifax; Henry Woolley, Port Philip ; Jeune
Auguste, Nantes ; Point, Jamaica • Emerald, Gibraltar ;
May Queen, Malta; Zwaartje dornelia, Konigsberg;
Fidele) Buenos Ayres ; Mary, Rouen.

CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Frederick and
Maria, for Copenhagen ; Felicia, Genoa ; Lemniella, San
Francisco ; Catharina Lutgarde, Hamburgh ; Sarah, do. ;
Mary, Rouen ; Sif, Constantinople ; Lilian, Messina ;
Cyprus, Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius.