The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-04 00:00:00

NDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The deaths in London registered in the week that
ended last Saturday, amounted to 1,656. Coroners'
cases, that have been accumulating for some time, and
are now registered at the end of the quarter in unusual
number, have partly contributed to produce the excess.
The
mortality has been raised principally by the severity
of the weather.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52,
the average number of deaths was 1,160, which, if raised
in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,276..
There is an excess in the number actually returned above
the calculated amount of 380.
The deaths arising from diseases of the respiratory
organs rose last week to 347, while the corrected average
for corresponding weeks is 259 ; to bronchitis 171 a;e
attributed ; to pneumonia, 118 ; to hooping-cough, 65;
Ten deaths from cholera were registered in the week, of •
which the following are the particulars :
West Districts.—Population, 376,427; deaths from
cholera none.
North Districts.— Population, 490,396 ; deaths from
cholera none.
Central Districts.—Population, 393,256 ; deaths from
cholera, two.
Clerkenwell.—Pentonville.—At 1, Cleremont-place.
on 21st December, the widow of a corn merchant, aged
54 years, "cholera (30 hours), collapse (10 hours). Mr.
Morgan, the medical man says :—" On Monday morning
she had spasmodic pain and sickness, which left her at
noon, but the bowels were constipated, and to obtaan
relief she took oz. of castor oil, without effect, and
same night a blue pill, the next morning a blue draught..
Tuesday at five p.m. the bowels began to operate, and
continued to do so violently until two p.m. On Wed-
nesday, on which day I first saw her at nine a.m., and
found her pulseless at the wrist, hands and face livid,
bowels acting involuntarily ; no vomiting or cramps.
She died at nine p.m. in spite of vigorous stimulating
and counter-irritant treatment. The house in which
she has lived for a year is large, airy, well-drained, and
stands on high ground. Her spirits were depressed from
altered circumstances, and she took but little animal
food."
City of London ; South.—At 2, Old Fish-street-hill,
on 28th December, the wife of a carman, aged 49 years,
"cholera (16 hours)."
East Districts.—Population 485,522.—Deaths from
Cholera 7.
Whitechapel ; Spitalfields.—At 18th, Wentworth-
street, on 27th December, a tailor, aged 60 years,
"malignant cholera (24 hours)."
Whitechapel; Whitechapel North.—At 122, Went-
worth-street, on 26th December, a publican, aged 45
years, " cholera (15 hours)."
Whitechapel; Aldgate.— At 2, Sun-court, Aldgate,
on 23d December, a bricklayer's labourer, aged 40 years,
"cholera ; diarrhoea (3 days)."
Stepney ; Shadwell.—At 8, Claremont-square, on 27th
December, the wife of a labourer, aged 60 years, " diar-
rhcea (one day), cholera (18 hours)."
Stepney ; Limehouse.—At 40, Ropemakers-fields, on
Ist November, a bricklayer, aged 54 years, "natural
death, sudden, from cholera."
In the same sub-district, at Regent's-canal-basin, on
28th Novembe* the mate of a ship, aged 33 years,
"found dead, cholera (12 hours)."
Poplar ; Bow.—At Old Ford-lane, on 7th October, the
daughter of a labourer, aged 13 years, "cholera." In-
quest.
South Districts.—Population, 616,635.—Deaths from
Cholera, 1.
Greenwich • Greenwich East.—At the Union Work.
house, on 31st October, a labourer, aged 28 years,
" cholera (18 hours)." Inquest.
Two centenarians paid the debt of nature, and were
registered in the week :—On the 28th December, at 17,
Sherborne-street, Blandford-square, the widow of a ser-
vant, died at the age (as stated) of 100 years • and on 23d.
December, at 45, London-street, Ratcliffe, the widow of a
mariner died, reported to have arrived at the extreme age
of 106. Mr. Wells, the registrar, writes as follows :
"This person, although at so great an age, was able to walk
abOut, and come down stairs alone until two days before
her death ; she had never suffered from any disease, and.
never had any medical attendant or taken any medicine,
and retained all her faculties to the last with the exception of
her sight. She was a native of Scotland, but had lived
in London-street for the last seven years. Her youngest
child now alive is 72, and has children who have also
families."
At 10, James-street, Ratcliffe, on 28th December, the
son of a labourer, aged 2 years, died of " scarlatina (3
weeks), anasarca (14 days), convulsions." Mr. Wells
states that " this is the fourth child that has died of the
same disease in the same house within 3 weeks."
At 86, Brunswick-street, Haggerstone, on the 25th
December, an engine-driver, aged 40 years, was " poi-
soned_ by the fumes of lead, over-exertion producing
typhoid fever (7 days)."
At 2, Margaret-street, Stamford-hill, on 23d December,
the wife of a baker, aged 21 years, died of " childbirth
(20 days), peritonitis (8 days), diarrhoea (12 days). The
medical attendant, Mr. Kenny, states that " this
woman's death was caused more by the stench of the
house where she was confined (Abney-gardens, West
Hackney), than by the peritonitis resulting from her
confinement. A most intolerable stench rises from a
drain or cesspool under the floor, into which run the
sweepings of a butcher's slaughter-house. The house
is unfit for human habitation. The deceased was only
removed a few minutes to Stamford-hill, when she
expired."
Last week the births of 791 boys and 775 girls, in all
1,566 children, were registered in London. In the
eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the ave..
rage Lumber was 1,299.