The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-05 00:00:00

LIEALTI.I OF LONDON.

(Front Me Registrar-General's Report)
In the week that ended on Saturday, January 1,
4,833 births and 4,202 deaths were registered in
London and in 13 other large towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 33

per 1,000 persons living.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 33
per 1,000 in London, 34 in Edinburgh, and 28 in
Dublin, 39 in Bristol, 35 in Birmingham, 34 in
Liverpool, 39 in Manchester, 40 in Salford, 37 in
Sheffield, 27 in Bradford, 30 in Leeds, 30 in Hull,
25 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 37 in Glasgow.
The rate in Berlin during the seven days ending
23d ult. was 28 per 1,000, and in Vienna, 27 per
1,000 during the week ending the 25th ult.
In London the births of 1,205 boys and 1,104
girls, in all 2,309 children, were registered last
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years
1859-68 the average number, corrected for increase

of population, is 2,093.
The deaths registered in London during the week
1,996. It was the fifty-second week of the
and the average number of deaths for that
is, with a correction for increase of popula-
-1,675. The deaths in the present return ex-

were
year,
week

tion,

. . _
ceed by 321 the estimated amount, and are 639
higher than the number recorded in the preceding

week.

The births and deaths are considerably in excess
of the numbers recorded in the preceding week,
which is probably due to an accumulation of cases
not then registered on account of the Christmas
holidays.
The number of deaths recorded in the last two

weeks, when compared with the corrected average
of the corresponding weeks of ten years 1859-68,
only exhibits an excess on each week of 55 above
the calculated amount.
The deaths registered last week from zymotic
diseases were 438, the corrected average number
being 359. Seven deaths from smallpox, 59 from
measles, 159 from scarlet fever, 9 from diphtheria,
57 from whooping-cough, 12 from typhus fever,
18 from enteric fever, 21 from simple continued
fever, and 22 from diarrhoea, were registered.
Two hundred and seven deaths from phthisis, 305
from bronchitis, and 120 from pneumonia were re-
corded last week.
The deaths of four persons who were killed by
horses or vehicles in the streets were recorded.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 20.565 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 29.08 in.
on Wednesday, Dec. 29, to 29.16 in. on Saturday,
Jan. 1. The mean temperature of the air in the
week was 34.2 deg., which is 3.2 deg. below the
average of the same week in 50 years (as determined
by Mr. Glaisber). The highest day temperature was
48.0 deg., on Saturday, Jan. 1. The lowest night
temperature was 21.3 deg., onTuesday, Dec. 28. The
entire range of temperature in the week was, there-
fore, 26.7 deg. Ou Sunday, Dec. 26, the mean
temperate was 10.4 deg., on Monday, Dec. 27, 8.8
deg., and on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 10.9 deg. below the
average. On Saturday, Jan. 1, the mean tempera-
ture was 8.1 deg. above the average. The mean of
the highest temperature of the water of the Thames
was 34.4 deg. ; that of the lowest was 32.5 deg.
The difference between the mean dewpoint temp e-
rature and air temperature was 4.6 deg. The mean
degree of humidity of the air was 83, complete
saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to
the amount of 0.31 in. The general direction of the
wind was SSW, S, and NNE.
According to returns furnished by the engineer
of the Metropolitan Board of Works the daily ave-
rage quantity of sewage pumped into the River
Thames at Crossness was 216,867 cubic metres, and
at Barking 99,822 cubic metres, equiyalent to about
as many tons by weight.