The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-21 00:00:00

HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
The deaths from all causes, registered in the me-
tropolitan districts in the week ending last Saturday,
were 878. This number exhibits a decrease of 284
deaths on the weekly average of five previous autumns,
corrected for increase of population ; and the returns
of the last ten years show that the present low rate
of mortality is without example (within the period
of observation) at this advanced season of the year,
unless the year 1841 must be excepted, when the
deaths returned in the corresponding week were 827,
but out of a population undoubtedly less than at the
present time. The mortality in the early part of
November has usually ranged from 900 to upwards
of 1,200 deaths. The deaths registered last week
from the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases were
only 204, while the average is 307 ; those from
diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of
phthisis) were 134, while the average is 214. But
the mortality from phthisis (or consumption), and
bronchitis seems to increase, and is now about
the average ; and influenza was fatal to
four young persons and an adult. The deaths from
diarrhoea and dysentery in the week were 22, which is
about the same as in fcrmer years at this season.
Those in the last four weeks have been successively
51, 40, 29, 22. From cholera eight deaths were
registered, or two more than the preceding week ;
but in two cases the persons died of disease conse-
quent on cholera, from which they had previously
suffered. One of the eight deaths occurred in Hol-
land Cottages, St. John's, Westminster; one in
Earl-street, Lisson- grove, Marylebone ; one in King's
College Hospital (the patient having been brought
from Drury-lane); one in St. John-street, Clerken-
well ; one in Green walk, Bermondsey ; one in Lam-
beth; one in York place, South Lambeth ; and one in
Nightingale•vale, Woolwich. A boy of six years died
of diarrhoea, after 52 hours' illness, in Frederick-
street, Bromley. an over-crowded and dirty neigh-
bourhood, where cholera lately was rife.
The mean height of the barometer in the week
was 29 863. The mean daily height was above 30
inches on Sunday, Monday, and Saturday. The
mean temperature of the week was 45.2 degrees ; on
Saturday it was 39 3 degrees. It was above the
average of the same days of seven years on the first
four days, and below it during the rest. of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUM'S mit OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1849.
F,pi,,,,,i!e, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *204
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... .>. 43

Tuber,,l,r Diseases ... ... 166
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 108
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33
Dis..ases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• ••• ..• •.• 134
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ... 50
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •.. ••• 7
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, & 6
Diseases-of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 8
Diseat es of the Skin, &c• ••• ••• •• • •• • 5
Malformations.,. ••• •• • ••• •• • •• • 2
Premature B.rth •• ••• ••• 21
Atrophy
no

Old Age ... ... ... ...
Sudden ... ... ... ...

Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance • 26
Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ••• 2

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ...

878

Population Average weekly Death!
Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-S in the
1841 Five Autumns. Week.
West Dls' vies... 301,189 . . 164 ... 112
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 207 ... 165
Central Districts 374,199 ... 208 ... 166
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 259 ... 202
South Districts .. 503,346 ... 324 ... 233

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,162 ...

Maki:

Females

878

... 427
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451