The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-25 00:00:00

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

(From the Weekly Report of the Registrar-General.)
The return for last week records the further progress
of the prevailing disease. The deaths from all causes,
which in the two previous were 1,070 and 1,369, rose in
the last to 1,741—a number which exceeds the average
of the season by 733. In the two previous weeks the
deaths caused by cholera were 152 and 339; but in the
last they have reached 678, whilst the weekly average is
only 8. Of the 668 persons who have sunk under the
epidemic 355 were males and 323 females, a more equal
distribution than in previous weeks; the rate of increase
is apparent in the fact that in each of the last two
weeks the mortality from cholera has been about
double that of the week immediately preceding. The
mortality from diarrhoea and dysentery also increases,
the deaths in three weeks having been 54, 100, and
146; while the weekly average of this season is not
more than 84. The whole mortality from the three dis-
eases last week is, therefore, 824, and gives an excess on
the average of 732, which almost exactly coincides
with the excess of mortality from all causes as stated
above. The diarrhoea was fatal in a large proportion
of cases to children under two years of age. The in-
crease of cholera is observed in each of the five metro-
politan divisions except the northern, which comprises
Marylebone, Pancras, Islington, Hackney, and Hamp-
stead; where the deaths in the week were only 7. But
it is chiefly remarkable on the south side of the river,
where the deaths in the last three weeks were succes-
sively 93, 192, and 443. In Newington they were 53;
in St. George's, Southwark, 51; in Bermondsey, 64; in
Lambeth, 106. In Rotherhithe the deaths were 37, the
same as in the previous week. Typhus continues near
the average; hooping cough above, scarlatina and small
pox considerably under it. Two persons died of priva-
tion; three of intemperance. •
The mean reading of the barometer in the week was
29.692, and lower than in the previous week. The mean
temperature was lower than the average, except on
Monday and Tuesday. The highest occurred on the
former day, and was 83 deg. 6. The mean of the week
was 600.5, less by 60 than in the previous week.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1849.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*lOO2
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... 6,3 • 39

Tubercular Diseases ...

... 206

Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 117
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 36
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ••• ... •44 8
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ••• •• •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &I. •.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of, the ,Skin, &o. ... ••• •••
Malformations... ... ... ••• •••
Premature Birth ... ..• •• •••
Atrophy ••• ••• •••
Old Age ••• ..• ••• ..• •••
Sudden ... ... ... ... 66. ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Causes not specified ... ... ••• •••
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ...

1,74

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the
1841 Five Summers. Week.
West'Districts... 300,711 . • 147 ... 228
North Districts.. 375,971 .. 191 ... 235
Central Districts 373,653 ••• 183 ... 250
East Districts ... 392,444 ••• 227 ... 225
South Districts.. 501,190 ••• 260 ... 733

Totals... ..... 1,948,369

~. 1,008

Males .
Females ...

BIRTHS IN THE WEER.

Males • ••
Females ...

... 1,74
... 903
... 838

... 619
... 594

Total ... ... ••• ••• ... 1,213
*ln this number are included 678 cases of death by
Cholera, 27 by Scarlatina, and 53 by Typhus Fever.

Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, died of cholera on the
Bth inst., at Quebec. He was announced to sing at
Montreal on the following afternoon.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—We are glad to find that
the arrangements for the reception of the Association for
the Advancement of Science are now nearly completed,
and that they are in every respect worthy of the distin-
guished body for whose accommodation they are in-
tended. The exhibition room, in Broad street, is now
finished, and is certainly a very spacious and suitable
erection, containing, as it does, an area of 2,000 square
feet, and having a great number of windows from top to
bottom. The facilities afforded by the governors of the
Free Grammar School, by the appropriation of their
rooms, will also be of infinite advantage to the com-
mittee. The evenings to be set apart for popular scien-
tific addresses, soirees, &c., have also been decided upon.
Professor Phillips, F.R.S., assistant general secretary,
has recently visited the town, and expressed himself
highly pleased with the arrangements which have been
made by the committee. We may add that nearly
2,0001. are mow at the disposal of the committee towards
the liquida4ion of the expenses.—Birmingham Gazette.