The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-08 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

The registrar's report says :—The present return ex-
hibits a lower amount of mortality in the metropolis than
has been observed in any previous week since January.
The deaths registered last week were 1,023, which is
about a hundred less than in the week immediately pre-
ceding. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1843-52 the average number was 892, which with a cor-
rection for increase of population becomes 981. Hence
it appears that the 1,023 deaths now returned exceed the
calculated amount by 42.
The recent decrease is generally apparent throughout
the table of fatal diseases, but is most considerable in
those affecting the respiratory organs. This class has
declined in the number of fatal cases to 129, of which 63
are referred to bronchitis, and 42 to pneumonia.
Phthisis, which numbers 152, maintains its preponder-
ance in the list. Typhus has declined in the last two
weeks from 53 to 41, diarrhcea from 32 to 21, measles
increased from 19 to 28 ; with these exception, zymotic
diseases discover no important fluctuation.
The following case of cholera was registered in the
week : •

On the 27th May, at Saint Mary's Hospital, Padding-
ton, a labourer, aged 49 years, from Brook-mews, Pad-
dington, died of "cholera (3 days as far as known) ;
only well marked the last 25 hours." Post mort.

With reference to two deaths from cholera, which
have been registered in the sub-district of Fulham, since
the registration of last week was completed, Mr. Knight,
the registrar, writes as follows :—" I beg to state that I
have this day (sth June), registered one of two children
who died at 11, Palace-place, one according to certificate
from cholera infantum ; the other, I believe, from the
same disease. They were nurse children, and the female
who had care of them only came to reside at Fulham on
Saturday, 28th April, from Putney, when the children
were well. The house in which they died is a new one.
The woman herself is very poorly, and if this disease
spread I should consider that I had not done my duty
if I had not taken the earliest opportunity to give infor-
mation."

At 101, Queen's-head-lane, Islington, on Ist June,
the daughter of a house-painter, aged six years, died of
" scarlatina maligna, effusion into pericardium, exhaus-
tion." Mr. Butterfield, the registrar, states that "this
is the third death from scarlatina within a month in this
family, and the fourth in the house. The drains are
defective."

On 29th May, at 6, Great Stanhope-street, May-fair,
a carver, aged 38 years, "drowning, suicide, when insane,
found dead," in a tub of water. Inquest. Dr. Walsh,
the registrar, adds—" The widow states that this
man had been under private medical treatment for
symptoms of insanity. Very early on the morning of
his death he went out with a friend, saying he feared
he should do his wife some mischief, applied for admis-
sion at Bethlehem and St. George's Hospitals, and, not
succeeding, nearly killed his companion, then climbed a
hoard, and put his head into the shallow water tub of
the plasterers."
The following additional cases are selected from the
return of the week :—On 30th May, at 13, Circus-street,
Marylebone, the son of a domestic servant, aged 3 weeks,
" pemphigus (12 days), jaundice (9 days)." In the Clap-
ham-road, a gentleman, aged 68 years, "carbuncles (4
months)." In Belgrave sub-district, a lady, 83 years,
" 'carbuncle (14 days), erysipelas (24 hours)." In St.
George's Hospital, a woodcutter, 54 years, "wound of
finger, secondary suppuration, inlammation of lungs."
Post mort. The disease in the finger began as a car-
buncle, or whitlow, and was opened before going into
the hospital. At 47, Sidney-street, Islington, a brick-
maker, aged 53, died from "wound of the hand from
glass whilst engaged in moulding bricks ; locked jaw (4
days)." A boy and a girl, twins, were born prematurely ;
one was stillborn, the other lived 3 days ; the mother
had been residing at Holloway, and premature labour
was brought on by hearing of a murder being committed
in the neighbourhood. A journeyman carpenter, aged
44 years, died from "the bursting of a pharyngeal
abscess into the windpipe." Post mort. At Bermondsey,
New-road, a coach-painter, aged 47 years, died of " car-
ditis combined with gastritis (5 days)." The medical
attendant states that " the attack was caused by drink-
ing cold liquids whilst in a state of great heat and per-
spira,tion.At Lewisham, on 28th May, the daughter
of a wheelwright, aged 18 years, died of " confluent
small-pox (25 days)." She had not been vaccinated, but
had small-pox previously some years ago. In King's
College Hospital, a banker's clerk, aged 29 years, died
of "epilepsy depending on tumour in the brain." Post
mort. He had 35 fits in the last twelve hours before he
died. On 2nd April at 9, Blue-gate fields, Shadwell, a
child, aged six months, died from "impure air in an
over-crowded room." Inquest. A woman, aged 46
years, died from cancer ; she had concealed her disease,
and neglected to call in medical aid.
Last week the births of 758 boys and 686 girls, in all
1,444 children, were registered in London. The average
number in eight corresponding weeks of-1845-52 was
1,384.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.880 in. The
mean temperature was 51.8 deg., which is 4.8 deg. less
than the average of the same week in 38 years. The
mean daily temperature was below the average on every
day of the week. The wind was in the north.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l2l
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration l2O
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. 5
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility l9
Atrophy 36
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 53
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spondlng week in the
1851. of 1852. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females

1,000 1,013
521
~, 502

BIRTHS IN TIIE WEEK•
Males 758
Females , 686

Total

1,444

BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1853.
We observe that the New Edition, being the fifteenth,
of Mr. Burke's Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronet-
age is at length published. Great exertions have been
made to render this New Edition more correct and com-
prehensive than any which has yet appeared. The fol-
lowing are the main features of the Author's improve-
ments :—The genealogical history of every family has
undergone verification and extension. All details of in-
terest touching the lineage are given ; and each existing
member, however remotely descended, is introduced ap-
propriately in the pedigree. Public records have Again
been consulted. Private information has been sought,
and obtained far more copiously than before. Commu-
nications have been received, not only from the heads of
houses, but also from the various collateral connexions.
The Author has also derived much advantage from the
researches made in the course of his various other heraldic
and genealogical writings. New light and new know-
'ledge have come through them to enrich his pages with
I names and dates, with circumstances and consan-
' guinit.s, which might otherwise have been unseen or
forgotten. In this Edition we observe also that a new
type has been employed, and many of the Arms have
been re-engraved. Thus it will be acknowledged that
Mr. Burke Irdi set forth fresh claims on the public at-
tentlon and
efforts to r ender this truly national work the most com-
plete any' patronage by his unceasing and laborious
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