The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-31 00:00:00

REALM OP LONDON DURING TEE
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-Geaeral.
The total number of deaths registered in London in
the week that ended on Saturday is 1,069, being very
near;y the same as in the preceding week. In the corre.
sponding weeks of the years 1845 55 the average number
of deaths was 1;247; but the deaths of last week occurred
in an increased population, and if they, are to be compared
with the average the latter should be l'aised proportion-
ably to the increase, in which case it Rill become 1,372.
It appears that the number in the present return is less
by 300 than would have been returned if the average
rate of mortality had prevailed.
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The number of deaths referred last week to diseases of
zymotic class is 211; the corrected average of correspond-
ing weeks is 273. Hooping-cough, which for 7 previous
weeks had shown great uniformity of results, the weekly
number of deaths having been about 40, increased last
week to 55. Typhus and common fever ranked next in
the order of mortality, and were fatal to 38 persons. Cases
of typhus seem to be frequent in Paddington ; a nurse
of St. Mary's Hospital died of it on the 10th inst. ; two
patients brought to the hospital from Harrow-road and
Stanley-street died on the 11th and 22d respectively, and
an aged woman on the 22d in Market-street. Measles
was fatal to 32 children, all under 10 years of age ; 3 of
the deaths from it occurred in St. Margaret, Westmin-
ster, 4in Islington. Scarlatina was fatal in 26 cases,
diarrhoea in 12, erysipelas in 10, croup in 9, emall-pox in
5. TAking the diseases of this description in the aggre-
gate, the mortality from them, at present, is not great.
The deaths caused by diseases affecting the respiratory
organs were 233, nearly the same as in the previous
week, and considerably less than the average. Fatal
cases of pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, de-
creased in two weeks from 93 to 67. Phthisis, or con-
sumption, which is not included in the class above men-
tioned, caused 128 deaths, the corrected average being
135.
Only two nonagenarians died in the week—viz., two
widows, aged respectively 91 and 92 years.
Last week the births of 749 boys and 723 girls, in all
1,472 children were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average
number was 1,382.

At the RGyal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer iu the week was 29.419 in. The
reading fell from 30.33 iu. at noon on Sunday, to 28.76
in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the week was
35.7 deg., which is 2.5 deg. below the average of the
same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The means daily temperature was below the average on
the last five days, and on the last three days the extent
of depression below the average was from 7 deg. to 10
deg. The highest temperature was 46.5 deg., and oc-
curred on Sunday (the 21st) ; the lowest was 24.6 deg.,
and occurred on Friday. The range of the week was,
therefore, 21.9 deg. The highest temperature, on
Thursday (Christmas-day), was only 31.2 deg. The
mean dew-point temperature of the week was 32.9
deg., and the difference between this and the mean air
temperature was 2.8 deg. The mean temperature
of the water of the Thames was 40.6 deg. ; the lowest
in the week was 38.4 deg., on Saturday. The wind was
generally in the west till noon on Thursday, after which
it was In the north-east, north, and north-west. The air
was frequently calm. The rain-fall of the week was
only 0.13 in., all of which occurred on Wednesday. Light
mow fell early on the morning of Saturday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 27
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Btood-vessels 5l
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 233
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 2
28
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy .. 26
Old Age
-.llidderi l3
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 33
Causes not specified

DEATHS THOU ALL CAUSES 1,069
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1855. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

1,485

1,069

Males '
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK

Males..

Females..

Total ' ........ 1,472