The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-05 00:00:00

DEATHS Fat. '3l ALL CAUSES

roo►,'lation
Enurna rated,
1841.
West Districts... 300,71i'
North Districts.. 375,97 r
Central Districts 373,653
East Districts ... 392,444
South Districts .. 501,190

Totals... ..... 1,948,425
Males ... ...

Females ...

1,599

Males

Females

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1842-6. in the
Five Autumns. Week.
146 ... 256
184 271
196 ... 278
232 ... 38g
:288 ... 405

1,046

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Total .

... 1,59•!
84&
..... 754

... 732
... 720

... 1,452

The improvement in the public health during tht
week which closed the year 1847, after a season un-
usually fatal, is not equal to the expectation which the
previous report of the Registrar-General tended to
create. There were registered in last week 1,599
deaths, showing an increase above the preceding
week of 352, and an excess on the average of 553.
It must he observed, however, that in the mortality
from epidemic influenza, properly so called, there
is a decrease of 15, the deaths from thiii cause
being 127, whilst in the previous week they were,
142. In the last week typhus caused 74 deaths;
in the former week 83. The diseases to whsose in-
creased activity the mortality of last week i.; prin-
cipally ascribed, are measles, phthisis, imflammaation
of the lungs and air passages. Deaths froi n all
diseases of the respiratory organs were 497, abou t 100
more than in the former week. This increase is

partly accounted for by the great fall of tempera ture,
which occurred on Wednesday the 29th ult. The+
lowest reading of the thermometer on that day wa°,
26 deg. 5 min. ; on the previous day it had bee n
33 deg. The mean temperature of the last to 10
weeks was about 35 deg.; that of the previous m 4 )n ,th
was upwards of 46 deg. It is reasonable to sum), use
that some time would elapse before the effect of in-
creased cold became visible in an increase of m, Dr-

:ality.
The following observations on the weather :are

added to the return :
On Sunday, December 26, the temperature of the
air early in the morning was 37 deg. 5 min., whir ch
decreased to 36 deg. 2 min. by Bh. A.M., and increal ;ed
to 37 deg. 2 min. by lh. r.m., at which value it i .e,-
mained for some hours, and decreased to 34 deg. I.),y'
midnight. On Monday it was 33 deg. till 8h A.M., i;:.t
then slowly increased to 38 deg. by noon; at lh. P.M. '
it was 36 deg. 5 min., at which value it continued.
without change till midnight. On Tuesday, Dec. 28,
the temperature of the air was 36 deg. 5 min. early
in the morning, which decreased to 35 deg. 6 min.
by 7h. A.m.; at Bh. A.M. some snow fell, being the
first which has fallen this season at this part of the
country; after this some rain fell, and at lh. P.M.
some hail fell ; the temperature of the air at the
time was 36 deg. 5 min., which decreased to
35 deg. 2 min., by 3h. P.M., and to 33 deg. by
sh. r.m., at which value it continuo(' till mid-
night. During a part of the morning' of Wed-
day the sky was partially free from cloud, ,and the
temperature of the air descended to 26 deg. 5- -min.,. a
point lower than any since the 18th day of' . April,
1847, and at the time a thermometer placed on ill'a!s
read 19 deg. ; at 11h. A.M. the temperature of the air
was 33 deg. ; at lh. P.M. it was 35 deg., and it co n-
tinned to increased slowly till sh. P.M., at which ti rue
it was 36 deg., and it continued at this value till after7h.
r.m. ; at Bh. P.M. it was 35 deg., and after 9h. P.M. it.
began to increase, and was 37 deg. 5 rain. at mid-.
night. On Thursday, December 30, the temperature,
of the air was 38 deg. till 7h. A.m., after which it,
increased to 40 deg. by 11h. A.M.; it then began to,
decrease, and was 39 deg. at noon; and was 37 deg..
at lb. r.m.; at 2h. P.M., the direction of the wind
was south, and it then veered by the east to the north.
by 2h. 30m. rad., and the temperature decreased
to 35 deg., and still further decreased till 6h. P.M.,
at which time it was 34 deg.; it then began to in-
crease, and was 38 deg. at midnight. Rain was fall-
ing on this day from Bh. A.M. till 2h, P.M., at times
rather heavily. On Friday, December 3,1, there was
only a change of 21 deg. in the temperature of the
air throughout the day, and its average vi. lue was
35 deg. 3 min. The day was gloomy and dull. 00
Saturday, January 1, 1848, the temperature .of the„
air was 31 deg. 5 min. early in the morning, Ne,lnch.
increased to 38 deg. by 2h P.M., and decreased .tok
32 deg. by 6h. r.st. (at this time the sky was par-
tially
free from cloud) ; at 7h. P.M. it was 34 deg.,
and it continued at this value till midnight, the sky
being overcast during this interval; and at times a
thin misty rain was falling. The general character
of this week has been in almost all particulars
similar to that of the preceding week ; its tempera-
tures have, however, been somewhat lower. The
average temperature of the air for each day was as
follows :
Sunday, 35 deg. 7 min; Monday, 35 deg. 3 min.
Tuesday, 34 deg. 7 min. ; Wednesday, 31 deg. 3
min. ; Thursday, 37 deg. 5 min.; Friday, 35 deg. 3
min. ; and Saturday, 34 deg. 3 min.
The difference of temperature during each day has
been small; it was as follows :—Sunday, 3 deg. 3
min.; Monday, 5 deg. 5 min. ; Tuesday, 3 deg. 5'
min.; Wednesday, 9 deg. 5 min. ; Thursday, 5 deg..
0 min.; Friday, 2 deg. 5 min.; Saturday, 5 deg. T
min. The difference of temperature during the
week was 13 deg. 5 min., the extremes being 26 deg.
5 min. and 40 deg. During the week the sky was,
with very slight exceptions, wholly covered by
cirrostratus, and therefore the period between De-
cember 19, 1847, at 7h. P.M., and Jan. 1, 1848, at
midnight, was remarkable for the clouded state of the
sky, and it is the longest period of cloudy weather in'
the year 1847. The air during the week was coin-•
pletely saturated with moisture, and at all times, ex-
cept on Wednesday, it was nearly in that state, so
that the temperature of the dew point has been little
below that of the air. The following is its average
value each day :
Sunday, 33 deg. 1 min.; Monday, 31 deg. 1 min. ;
Tuesday, 32 deg. 1 min.; Wednesday, 26 deg. 5 min.;.
Thursday, 35 deg. 5 min.; Friday, 33 deg. 4 mm.;
and Saturday, 32 deg. 5 min. ; consequently, the
average amount of water contained within a cubic
foot of air was as follows :
Sunday, 2.5 gr.; Monday, 3.; gr.; Tuesday, 2.5
gr. ; Wednesday, 2.0 gr.; Thursday, 2.6 gr. ; Friday,
2.5 gr. ; Saturday, 2.4 gr. The air has been in gentle
motion, and it has passed from the north and east,
except in parts of Wednesday and Thursday, when IV
passed from the south.

PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—The followini ;
persons were yesterday called upon to surrender, unda r
process of outlawry, by Mr. Kemp, the bailiff to th, 3
sheriff of Middlesex, at Hicks's-hall ; the list wil I
be appended at the doors of the parish churches on Sun-
day next:—Charles Henry Burgess, late of Hampstead,
at the suit of Richard Hart ; Crewe Read, of No. 1, St,
Alban's-place, Regent-street, at the suit of Henry C.
Curlewis ; the Hon. Henry Stanley, late of 36, York.-
terrace, Regent's-park, at the suit of George Merrett
and others ; the Rev. William Cuthbert (clerk), late of
No. 16, Abbey-road, St. John's-wood, at the suit of
John Carlow ; Erie ißaker, late of 29, Upper Brook-
street, Grosvenor-square, at the suit of James Watts
Peppercorne and others ; and Henry Arundel], late of
Dover-street, Piccadilly, at the suit of Walter Beckett.
REPEAL OF THE WINDoW•TAX.—Last night a
numerous and influential meeting of the members of the
St. James's Parochial Association, rate-payers and other
inhabitants of the parish, took place at the Crown Ta-
vern, Broad-street, Golden-square,
to take into con-
sideration and adopt the best measures for obtaining the
total abolition of the tax upon windows. Mr. Church-.
warden Geesin, having been unanimously v
inoted to. the
chair, stated that for fourteen years he had, conjunc-
tion with the other metropolitan delegat.es
.assembling
at the Marylebone Court-house., bes:n agitating the re-
peal of this unhealthful and unjust impost. During the
last two sessions, in consequence of the alteration taking
in thheeing"rn-iawstand the calamity that fell upon
considered
subjects of greater and more
Ireland, place
paramount importance, the subject had not been pressed
upon Ministers; a report had, however, been prepared,
showing the unjust and odious operation of the tax,
which would be placed in the hands of every Member
of the House of Commons, in which Lord Duncan would
give notice of motion for the immediate and total repeal
of the window tax, ou its reassembling. A resolution
made by Mr. Newington and seconded by Dr. Butt,
calling on the churchwardens to convene a public meet-
ing of the Vestry, to petition both Houses of Parliament
for a total repeal of the window tax, without which any
sanitary measures would be incomplete, having :been
carried by acelamation, and thanks voted to the Chair-
, man, the meeting separated.
Pm IRON.--GLASGOW, SATURDAY, JAN. I.—The
holidays have made this a week almost blank of busi-
ness. Little, indeed, has been offering, but for such
transactions as have taken place prices may be consi-
dered firm as follows :-465. per ton for No. 3, 475. 6d.
for mixed numbers, and 48s. for No. 1, cash. The com-
puted make of pig'iron in Scotland during the last year
just closed has been 480,000 tons, and the present
amount of stock in store and makers' bands is 80,000.
The prices given above are from 225. to 245. per ton
above the average for the last three years.