The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-19 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LON'DO..V DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General. )
In the week ending Saturday last, as the Registrar-
General's report informs us, the deaths registered in
London showed a decrease on the returns of preceding
weeks. The number was 1,087 ;in the previous week
it was 1,149. In the ten weeks corresponding to last
week of the years 1844 —53 the average number was
1,013, which if raised in proportion to increase of popu-
lation becomes 1,114. The actual result therefore differs
little from the estimated amount. _

Diseases affecting the organs of respiration have de-
clined in the aggregate number of their fatal cases from
219 to 179 in the last two weeks. They have now fallen
below the average of corresponding weeks, which is 211.
Bronchitis decreased from 112 in the previous return to
77 in the last ; pneumonia is more stationary, and num-
bered in the respective, periods 72 and 76
Diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class were fatal in
254 cases, while the corrected average is 218. Typhus
and continued fever appear to increase, having risen in
two weeks from 47 to 59. Hooping-cough continued
rather fatal and carried off 63 children. Measles and
scarlatina carried off 34 and 39 respectively. There were
5 deaths from small-pox. 18 occurred from diarrhoea,
and two from cholera—one at 15, Hardin's-lane, in the
sub-district of Woolwich Arsenal, and the other at 5,
Prospect-place, in the sub-district of Whitecross-street.
Last week the births of 795 boys and 778 girls, in all
1,573 children, were registered in London. In the nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average
number was 1,393.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.060 in. The
mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the first five
days. The highest mean occurred on Wednesday, and
was 30.219 in. The barometer rose to 30.24 in. at 9h.
a.m. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the week
was 48.0 deg., which is 21 deg. above the average of
the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature
was above the average on every day of the week, except
Monday. The highest temperature of the week was
68.8 deg., and occurred on Saturday ; the lowest was
33.1 deg., and occurred on Friday. The mean dew-point
temperature was 40.3 deg., the difference between that
and the mean air temperature being 7.7 deg. The wind
blew generally from the north-east. No rain fell except
on Thursday, when the amount was only 0.03 in.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 15.
Zymotie Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46
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 2
Premature Birth and Debility S2
......... ~
AOltdrollagye ........ •
5udden...................... •
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance l7
Causes not specified

DEATHS EROII ALL CAITSES
Population Deaths in oorre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
WI. of 1853. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522 .••... 300
South Districts

Totals
Males 536
Females