The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

REALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-Generare Report.)

The registrar's return for last week exhibits a favour-
able condition of the public health. The deaths regis-
tered in London in the week that ended last Saturday
were 925 • the weekly deaths in June averaged about
1,000 ; the present decrease is, therefore, considerable.
The mean weekly temperature has risen 6 degrees in the
same period. In the ten corresponding weeks of the
years 1843-52 the average number was 919, which, with
a certain proportion added for increase of population,
becomes, 1,011. Hence the actual mortality of last week
is less than the estimated amount by 86.
The following numbers are attributed to the several
diseases in the symotic class :-6 to small-pox (of which
2 occurred to adults), 24 to measles, 25 to scarlatina, 44
to hooping-cough, 7 to croup, 6 to thrush, 34 to diarrhoea,
sto dysentery, one to influenza, one to ague, 3 to re-
mittent fever, 43 to typhus, 2 to metria (puerperal
fever), 7to erysipelas, and 3 to sypbilis. Diseases of
the respiratory organs, which have now fallen to the
usual amount, number 84. Cancer destroyed 22 lives,
gout one, apoplexy 22, paralysis 20, delirium tremens 4,
epilepsy 5, enteritis 16, disease of the livez 18. Four
deaths resulted from intemperance.
The following six deaths occurred in the London
Fever Hospital :—On the 2d July a labourer, 38 years,
from Willis-court, West London, tubercular pneumonia.
In hospital 33 days. On 2d July, a labourer, 33 years,
from Clement's-lane, Strand, typhus. In hospital 25
days. On 4th July a labourer, 26 years, from Cable-
street, Saint George-in-the-R. -st, pneumonia. In hos-
pital 12 days. On 4th July a taoor, 29 years, from
Great Pulteney-street, moribund on admission. In
hospital one day. On sth July a baker, 21 years, from
Pringbrook-street, Holborn, typhoid fever. In hospital
6 days. On sth July a man, 28 years, from Stockwell-
street, Camberwell, typhoid fever. In hospital 12 days.
The metropolitan Registrars have in some instances
aided remarks to their quarLerly reports, and from these
the following extracts are made :
Mr. Leonaad, the Registrar of the Charing-cross sub-
district, observes :—" There has been much typhus
amongst the poor, but from the prompt removal of cases
to the Fever Hospital no deaths from it appear in my
list. The sanitary arrangements are very imperfect and
slow in operation. and the breeding of dogs for sale in
the lodgings of the lower classes is an intolerable
nuisance."

Mr. Watts, registrar of the west sub-district of
Islington, writes :—"The decrease of 53 in the births,
and of 82 in the deaths, during the last three months,
when compared with the numbers of the previous quar-
ter, may in some measure be accoultel for by a great
number of tenements having been cleared from the
ground purchased for the proposed new cattle market,
and also by the terminus of the Great Northern Railway
being now opened at King's-cross, causing many families
to leave the neighbourhood of the late temporary ter-
minus, and the dwelling houses to become untenanted."
Last week the births of 709 boys and 735 girls, in all
1,444 children were registered in London. In the eight
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average
number was 1,253.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.833 in.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 30.11 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.74 in. by 9 h. p.m.
on the 7th ; increased to 29.89 in. by 9h. p.m. on
the Bth ; decreased to 29'78 in. by noon on the 9th ;
and increased to 29.81 in. by the end of the week.
The mean temperature of the week was 64'1 deg., which
is 1.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 38
years. The mean daily temperature was below the
average on the first three days ; oz the three following
days it rose 3 deg., 7 deg., and 6 deg. above it ; on Sa-
turday it was still slightly above the average. The
highest temperature occurred on Thursday, and was
811 deg. ; the lowest on Sunday, when it was 50.1 deg.
The greatest difference between the dew point tempera-
ture and air temperature was 17.8 deg. on Sunday ; the
least 0.5 deg. on Friday; the mean difference of the
week was 8 deg. The wind blew from south-west on
the first four days ; it afterwards varied from south to
north-west.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS IrtOM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDLITG SATURDAY, JULY 9.
Zymotic Diseases 2ll
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 95
Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels 3O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
72
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
14
Childbirth, Diseases of the -Uterus &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth. and Debility
35
Atrophy 29
Old Age . .., 36
Sudden 4
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 37
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 925
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending 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

1,080

925

............. 478
............. 447