The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER ll, 18,18.

pears to be scarlatina, in which there has recently
been a great increase in the number of cases. The
number of deaths from this disease during the
past week was 180, of which 175 were those
of young persons, while the average return for the
corresponding week of five previous years was only
47. There has also been a slight increase in the
number of cases of typhus. In the diseases which
are considered to be cognate with cholera there has
certainly been same increase, but not to such an
extent as to give cause for any alarm. The number
of deaths registered for diarrhoea was 47, against the
average of 21 for previous years ; but of the former
number 33 were those of young persons, and 11 of
persons above the age of 60. Of dysentery the num-
ber of cases was 12. The number of fatal cases of
cholera last week is stated to have been 13, of which
two are hesitatingly alleged to be Asiatic cholera,
and one is described as a disease of the bowels simu-
lating to Asiatic cholera; the remainder, therefore,
without doubt, must be regarded as cases of English
cholera. Each case of cholera must be certified to
by the medical attendant previous to its being regis-
tered. The whole tendency of this document is to
show that the health of the metropolis, generally
speaking, is in a much better condition than ordi-
nary, and that there is no ground for serious appre-
hension as to the prevalence of cholera at the present
time.

The following is the official return of the Regis•
trar-General of fatal cases of cholera in the metro-
politan districts, for the week ending Saturday, the
7th instant :

" In Old-street (sub-district) St. Luke, at 39, Rabere-
street, wi!e of a gentleman, 59 years, disease of the
bowels simulating Asiatic cholera (38 hours' duration).'
"In south sub district, west London, F., 27 years,
'cholera (13 hours duration).'
"In St. Bartholomew's Hospital, west London, M.,
about 40 years, Asiatic cholera.'
"In Town (sub district), Bethnal green, at No. 4,
Cheshire.street, a weaver F., 21 years, enlargement of
the heart (12 months' duration), cholera spasmodic (12
hours).'
" In Spitalfields, Whitechapel, M, 23 years, 'cholera
(12 hours' duration),'
" In Wbitechapel north, a girl, 4 years, 'English spo-
radic cholera (7 days' duration).'
. _ . . _

"In St. Paul (sub-district),- St. George-irk-the-East,
M., 98 years, cholera (2 days' duration).
" In Mile-pnd Old. town, Lower Stepney, M., 47 years,
' cholera (36 hours' duration).'
" Mr. Castleden's (the registrar) note. Mr. Todd, the
surgeon in this case, certifies that the above was a case
of Asiatic cholera; and the informant states that her
father (the deceased) got up on Thursday morning, about
four o'clock, with a bowel complaint, for which he took
some gin and ginger, and then went to his work on board
ship, but which he was compelled to relinquish about
mid-day. He returned home in a cab, and died yester,
day morning at four o'clock. The medical gentleman
was in close attendance to the very last.
"In Lambeth Church, 2d part (sub-district), at
Orsett-street, daughter of a chairmaker, 11 months,
cholera (3 days' duration): convulsions (1 hour)?
"Mr. W. H. Wheatley, the registrar, states,`that at one
end of the street mentioned above, in the centre of the
road, is an open drain, which is very offensive at times—
drainage to houses very bad. Scarlatina has been very
prevalent there.'
"In Rotherhithe, a boy, II years, ' cholera (3 hours'
duration).'
"In same sub-district, F., 38 years, 'cholera (le hours'
duration).'
"In same sub-distriet, a girl, 2 years, cholera (2 days'
duration).'
"In Greenwich West (sub-district),lF., 137 years,
cholera (4 days' durittion).'

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 11148.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ....430
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 48
Turbercular Diseases... ••• ••• ••• ... 122
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 82
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 36
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of _ _

Respiration ... -_ ••• ••• ••• ••• 107
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ..„ ••• .•• ••• ••• 45
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ••• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... ... 6
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 6
Diseases of the Skin, &a. ••• ••• ••• ...
Malformations... ... ••• ••• ••• ... 4
Premature Birth ... ••• •• ••• ••• 16
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 20
Old Age .•• ••• ••• ... ... ... 42
Sudden ..• .., ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 6
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 16
Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ... 10

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,005

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumeraled, Deaths, 1843-7. in the
1841 Five SumzerS. Week.
West Districts... 300,711 . . 142 ... 139
North a stricts.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 173
Central Distr:zts 373,653 ... 178 ... 169
East Districts ... 392,444 ... 319 ... 220
South Districts .. 501,190 ... 251 ... 304

T0ta15........ 1,948,369 ... 972 ... 1,005
Males ... ... ... ... ... 502
Females ... ... ... ... ... 503