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

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

( From 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 zymotic diseases
numbered 301, in the previous week they were 278 ;
the corrected average for 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, diarrhcea
in 33, influenza in 3, purpura arid scurvy ih 3. The
mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs (exclu-
sive of phtbisis and hopping-cough) amounted to 154,
whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks, is
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
average, 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 degs., on Friday and
Saturday ; the lowest was 43.9 degs. on Tuesday. The
mean dew-point temperature was 52.7 degs. ; and be•
tvrixt 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
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
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.
enphriiselemdasbaietrtstihroe,f
ilDthisehsaksaeilnsidof the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
5
Malformations
&Debility 3
23
Atrophy ...... 40
Old Age
42
Sudden ............... ..
.........
Violence, -Privation ..
. co. .......... ........... ........
and intex •
Causes nut specified .... ........ 2

-
DEATHS FROM ALL CALL Es
1,153
Population Deaths In con-e- Deaths
Elm:tier:dec.': six, d•
IKI. n ding week in the
of 14,3.
West Districts ...... 37(3,427 ...... 13G
Wed.
North Districts ...... 430.396 ...... 105
Central Districts..... 893,256
... . 182
East Districts ........ 435,522
South Districts ...... 616,635

Totals
Males
Females

924 1,153
563
590

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males 829
Females

Total