The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

ITELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP
HOUSE, Three Doors East of the Adelpht Theatre, and op.
polite Mara-street.

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and Banking Houses, also Visitors tothe Theatres, and Parties from
the conntry will find the Table d'Hoto at rialf-past five precisely'
the most economical, comfortable, and convenient in the metropolis.
Pith and Joints, 25. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One
o'clock. Luncheons, &c. Good Beds. Superior Wines and Spirits.
Barclay and Perkins's Stout, and Salt's Ales.
JOHN ARCHER and THOMAS HOLT, Proprietors.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden-lane.

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HEALTH OF LONDON during the WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
In the Reek ending last Saturday, 1,002 deaths
were registered in the metropolitan districts; the
weekly average of the season corrected for increase of
population being 1,162, the present decrease on the
estimated mortality amounts to 160 deaths. The
numbers returned in the last four weeks have been
consecutively 892, 931, 1,053, and 1,002; the in-
crease of mortality was preceded and accompanied by
a decrease of temperature (the mean having fallen
about 16 degrees in three weeks), and a rise of tem-
perature is now followed by a slight decrease in the
total number of deaths. The deaths from phthisis in
the last four weeks were 104, 134, 133, and 108. But
under other diseases of the respiratory organs the in-
crease is generally maintained; the deaths from
bronchitis were 60, 60, 86, and 89 ; those from
pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs chiefly in young
persons) were 82, 94, 88, 90 ; and from asthma, 12, 21,
16, 26. In the zymotic or epidemic class, scarlatina
and typhus have declined respectively from 32 and 51
fatal cases in the previous week to 19 and 33 in the
last, and are both below the average ; whilst measles,
which numbered 29 in the former week, was fatal in
46 cases in the last. Last week the deaths from diarrhcea
were only 14; only one death from cholera occurred
in the same period. The deceased in this case was
a child of four years, who had lived in Horace-street,
Marylebone. Mr. Burrows, the registrar of Goswell-
street sub-district, reports that within two weeks he
has registered the deaths of three persons at 9,
Charles-street, Northampton-square, where the family
had recently lodged—first, a young woman of 19,
who died of erysipelas (4 days' duration), and oedema
of the glottis (12 hours) ; next week her parents, who
were 48 and 47 years of age respectively, and died
within 48 hours of each other, the father, also of
cedeina of the glottis (48 hours), congestion of the
lungs (24 hours) ; and the mother, of congestion of
the brain, after 48 hours' illness. The cause of death
is certified in each case by the medical attendant.
Amongst other deaths registered last week was that
of a child of three years, who died of inflammation of
the larynx, from inhaling the steam of boiling water.
Vaccination was attended in two cases by fatal results.
An old man died from exposure to cold in a field.
Tree deaths are ascribed to intempe-ance. In the
1,002 deaths, the cause of death was certified by the
written statements of medical attendants in 888 cases;
in 12 cases, there was no medical attendant ; in 15
cases, the patients may have had medical aid, but the
diseases of which they died are not certified; of the
remaining 87 cases, 84 were the subjects of inquest,
and returned by coroners.
A table is appended to the present return, which
shows the-annual mortality of London at various ages,
as compared with that of the South-Eastern Division
of England, and also of part of Northumberland.
Taking boys under 5 years, it appears that while 29
out of 1,000 din in three Northumbrian districts, 53
die in the South-East Division of England, and 93 in
London ; and that this rate of 93 which prevails in
London in ordinary times was raised by a few weeks'
prevalence of influenza in 1847-8, to 106, and by
cholera in 1849 to 107. Influenza was almost as
fatal to children as the more terrible epidemic by
which it was followed ; and to aged men and women
who had turned 75 years the mortality of cholera was
even less. The annual mortality of men between 45
and 55 years, which is in parts of Northumberland 12
out of every 1,000 living, and in the South-Eastern
division 15, is in London 27 in average years ; and
here it was raised from 27 to 28 by influenza, and to

35 by cholera.
The daily mean height of the barometer at Green-
wich Observatory was above 20 in. on Monday; the
mean height of the week was 29 852. The daily

mean temperature, which was 37 deg. on Sunday, fell
to 32 deg. on Thursday, and rose on the next two
days to 49 deg. and 54 deg. The mean temperature
of the week was 40 deg., about the average of the
same week of seven years ; on Thursday the daily
mean was 8 deg. below the average, and on the fol-
lowing days successively 9 deg. and 13 deg. above it.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 1849.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *lBO
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 42
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 163
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 114
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration „ ... 219
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion...
Diseases cf the Kidne3 s, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus,
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &e.
Malformations... •••
Premature Birth ...
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden ... '
•••
Violence, Privation Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified

... 51

... 46
... 23
... 44

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

1,002

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the
1841 Five Autumns. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 .. 164 ... 164
North D.,tricts.. 376,568 .. 207 ... 195
Central Districts 374,199 ... 208 ... 171
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 259 ... 207
South Districts.. 503,346 ... 324 ... 265
rotair... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,162

Males
Females

... 1,002
... 487
... 515