The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-29 00:00:00

APPLIED SCIENCES.

Certificates of Honour.—Messrs. Newton and West. Of
ApprovaL—Messrs. Oswin, Rogers, and Standen.
The presentation of the prizes to each of the forego-
ing gentlemen by 'the Archbishop was accompanied by
a few words of encouragement and approbation, and the
applause of their fellow-students was liberally bestowed.
The proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to his
Grace the Archbishop.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar-General. )
The returns continue to indicate an unfavourable
state of the public health. In the last three
weeks the deaths registered in London have been 1110,
1085, 1153. In the ten weeks corresponding to last
week of the years 1844.53 the average number of deaths
was 900, which raised in a certain proportion for the
increase of population is 990. Compared with this re-
sult, the actual number according to last week's regis-
tration, namely 1153, shows an excess of 163.
Last week the deaths produced by zyinotie diseases
numbered 301, in the previous week they were 278 ;
the corrected average fur this class gives 228. Scarla-
tina and typhus were equally fatal last week, 63 deaths
being referred to each of them. Small-pox was fatal in
13 cases, measles in 25, hooping-cough in 57, diarrheas
in 38, influenza in 3, purpura and scurvy in 3. The
mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs (exclu-
sive of plithisis azd hopping-cough) amounted to 154,
whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks i 5
113.
Last week the births of 829 boys and 803 girls, in all
1632 children, were registered in London. In the nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average
number was 1355.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the- mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.885 in. The
mean daily reading was highest on Friday, when it was
30.043 in. ; the- mean on Saturday was 30.011 in. The
mean temperature of the week was 58'7 degs., which is
1.5 degs. below the average of the same week in 38
years. The mean daily temperature was below the
averagef except on the last three days ; on Friday it
was 4.9 degs. above it. The highest temperatures of
the week were 78.5 degs. and 78.4 dogs., on Friday and
Saturday ; the lowest was 43.9 degs. on Tuesday. The
mean dew-point temperature Was,s2l degs.; and be-
twixt this and the mean temperature of the air the dif-
ference was 6 degs. The wind blew generally from the
south-west. Hardly any rain fell in the week.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 24.
ZymoticDiseases 3Ol
Diseases of Uncertain Seat .. . 53
Tubercular Diseases 2ll
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and. Blood-vessels 37
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....
Premature Birth and Debility

65

Atrophy ...................................................... 40
Old Age
5udden...................... . ..... . .................... .
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance......., 33
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
Itib 1. of 1353. 'Week.
West Districts
34906:349267 ............ 195136 ............ 217
159
North Districts
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522 .....„ 203 ...... 281
South Districts . 616,635 ...... 247 ...... 314

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Totals
Males , 563
Females. 590

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males 829
Females

Total ,' Len