The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return foi
the week ending April 17, 1853 (283 miles) £15,225 15 4
Corresponding week las'L year (2234 miles) 11,680 12 7

- LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending April 24, 1853.. .. £18,160 19 10
Corresponding week last year 15,636 6 8
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
railway and steam-boats for *the week ending
April 24, 1853 £3,507 10 5
Corresponding week last year 2,807 13 0

Increase in 1853

£699 17 5

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WISTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
,,urn for the week ending April 23,1853 £4,574 12 3
(Jorresponcling week last year 4,009 17 6

Increase in 1853 £564 14 9
CORK AND BANDON. RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the
week ending April 23, 1853 £lB5 4 1
Corresponding week last year 152 0 4

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

The mortality of London continues to decrease by
slow degrees. In the three weeks of April the numbers
of deaths returned have been 1,340, 1,243, and in the
week that ended last Saturday 1,182. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average num-
ber of deaths' was '944, which, if raised in proportion to
increase of population since the deaths occurred, will
give a mortality of 1,038 for last week. Hence it ap-
pears that the 1,182 deaths registered last week are in
excess of the estimated amount ay 144.
The decline in diseases of the respiratory- organs during
the last four weeks is shown by the following numbers :
The deaths in this class (exclusive of phthisis and hoop-
ing-cough) twere 420, 323, 251, and 242 ; from bron-
chitis, 231, 186, 128, and 126 ; from pneumonia, 122,
98, 89, and 80 ; from asthma,, 38, 18, 11, and 16 ; from
hooping-cough, 84, 80, 68, and 66 ; from phthisis kor
consumption), 179, 165, 165, and 139. It will be seen
that diseases of the organs of respiration are still much
more fatal than is usual in the middle of April, for the
deaths from this class, as above stated; were last week
242; while the corrected average in ten corresponding
weeks was- only 163.
Fever, which threatened to spread its ravages, has, so
far as the mortality affords an indication, apparently
subsided. Typhus was fatal in the last four weeks in
77, 49, 45, and 47 cases ; scarlatina, in 35, 37, 20, and 26.
The mortality from smallpox, it is satisfactory to observe,
continues low, only three cases, which occurred among
children, having been recorded last week. Measles
carried off 24 children. Three children died of ague,
one of noma, four children and an adult of syphilis.
Rheumatic fever was fatal in two cases. Ten women
died after child-bearing, two of these from metria (puer-
peral fever). Thirteen children died of laryngitis and
laryngismus stridulus.
Last week the births of 812 boys and 768 girls, in all
1,580 children, were registered in London. In the eight
corresponding weeks of 1845-52 the average number'
was 1,476.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.694 in. The
reaming of the barometer der,r..!?sed from 29.96 in. at the
beginning of the week to 29'67 in. by 9h. p.m. on the
19th; remained at this reading till 9h. p.m. on the:
20th ; decreased to 20'19 in. •