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

In the Months of
January, February, March ..
April, May, June
July, Auguit, September
October, ,November,December

The Year

In London the mortality has considerably exceeded
the average, and it is chiefly due to diseases of the re-
spiratory organs, typhus, hooping-cough, diarrhoea, and
violence of various kinds. Twelve deaths were referred
to privation, 26 to poison, 88 to burns and scalds, 86 to
hanging and suffocation, 81 to drowning, 171 to me-
chanical injuries of various kinds, 33 to wounds ; and in
nearly all' these cases, the numbers exceed those re-
turned in previous years. The violent deaths, including
a few from intemperance, want of breast-milk, and pri-
vation, in London, increased from 1,296 in 1840 to
2,140 in 1852 ; and in the last quarter the excess in
deaths from violence alone over the deaths of 1852 was
131. The increase of steam-vessels, railways, omni•
and new mechanical forces of every kind, as well
as tle obstructions of the streets, may partly account
forthis loss of life, as well as for the numerous injuries
and mutilations no,t, fatal, in the battle of every day.
The mortality in the South-Eastern Counties has been
above the average, and the greatest excess has occurred
in the'Godson
Lewes, slereVellV. Bromley, Dover, Eastbourne,
y health Wight, Alverstoke. Woking has
been unusuall
Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Y. Scarlatina has been rife in
other districts.
In the South Miiitamalloottinties Wisbeach continues
to expelienee a high rate
Populamortality ; the dsaths in
three months, out of a
of 36,215, were 274.
In Cambridge, on the other htionnd, the deaths out of a
population:of 27,815 were only 110. e
and bronchitis prevailed at 'Wish Hooping-cough
eat improvements
bridge the Registrar reports, that .tezht; ; while in
ram-
have been made by the local authoritiie
lly
arrangements.; they have been assisted
n the sanita
vi
medical pro
materially
by the reports and suggestions of su
fession."
Romford, Tendring, Colchester, Witham, and Saffrono
Walden in Essex ; Sudbury, Thingoe, and St
Suffolk, experienced a high rate of /mortality. Typhus
has has been fatal to many persons in High Easter, -be::
Dun-
mow ; in Downham, Norfolk, ague and fever have .pre-
vailed ; in Norwich the mortality has not exceeded, and
in the whole county has been below the average.
In the south-western counties the general mortality
has slightly exceeded the average. The typhus in Long-
bridge Deverill broke out a second time, and the deaths
in the sub-district equal the births. In one house the
man, wife, and six children were all attacked, and one
child, nine years of age, died. At Exmouth fever has
i
prevailed. In Whipton, Heavitree, small-pox s raging;
several children are suffering, and” two have died ;
" still the people refuse cow-pox. Im Barnstaple
typhus and small-pox have prsvailed ; the deaths have
exceeded the births. The emigration from Redruth has
been extensive, and the births have consequently de-
creased ; in another district of Cornwall, Lerrin, the
registrar says :—" The births and deaths are much below
the average. Numbers are yearly leaving this district
for other parts of this country, or for America and
Australia, which is the only explanation I can give of
the decrease."
Measles has been very fatal in Truro. In Froms the
deaths from pulmonary diseases are much above the ave-
rage ; the same diseases have prevailed in Bath.
In the West Midland Counties the mortality is some-
what above the average ' • small-pox prevails in Glouces-
tershire ; Bristol, Gloue
vaccination ; carbuncleseeltseoil and Stroud have neglected
have been very prevalent in and purulent eruptions
Stow-on-the-Wold as well
as in London. This extensive epidemic has not yet
obtained all the attention which ideserves from the
medical profession. A bad form of
vailed in Staffordshire, " the cause of which has pre-
gistrar of Bilston conceives, fi is insuffte. ; the Re-
tent drainage,