The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-16 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TILE'

TVERK.

( From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
The return for the week that ended on Saturday for-
, nishes a very favourable indication of the public health.
The deaths registered in London were 959 ; viz., those
of males 508, of females 451. In the corresponding
weeks of ten years 1346 55 the average number was 971;
but laot week's deaths occurred in an increased popula-
tion, and if the average is raised proportionally it will
become 1,068. It follows that the number of deaths, as
now returned, is less 137109' that would have occurred
if the average rate of mortality bad prevailed.
The births registered last week were in excess of the
deaths by 566. In the thirteen weeks that ended June
28th the number of children born weekly exceeded on
' an average the number of persons who died by 635.
The deaths enumerated under the general head of
zymotio di3eases was last week 260 ; the corrected ave-
rage of corresponding weeks is 297. With the saintlier
heat, diarrhoea begins to prevail, and, as the season ad-
vances, usually takes the chief plane amongst diseases of
this class ; the deaths from it rose from 16 and 29 in
the two previous weeks to 43 last week. Two fatal
cases referred to cholera in the Table are mentioned in
the returns : a case of " cholera infantum," and one of
" choleraic diarrlicea" which occurred to a man 69 years
old. Of the 48 cases of diarrhoea, 39 occurred to infants
under two years of age. There does not appear to be
at present more of this complaint than is usual in the
beginning of July. Measles seems to be gaining ground,
and 50 children died of it in the week ; of these 13 died
in the North district, 19 in the South. Small pox is
returned in 8 cases, scarlatina in 25, hooping-cough in
43, typhus in 49. Only the eighth part of the cases of
typhus occurre l on the South side of the river, though
the population is more than a fourth of the whole.
From phthisis 154 persons died ; frsun cancer 22 ; want
of breastwilk and inanition of infants 10 ; from fistula 1 ;
diabetes 1 ; aneurism 3 ; from herpes 1 ; anthrax 1 ;
colica pictonuru 1.

A captain of tho Royal Navy, on half-pay, died at the
age of 92 years of paralysis. He is the oldest person re-
corded in the week's returns.

Last week the births of 774 boys and 751 gir's, in all
1,525 children, werelregistered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1816,55 the average
number was 1330.
At the Royal Observatory, Greefriiieh, °the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'.658 in. The
highest reading occurred on Sunday (the 6th), and was
29 88 in. The mean temperature of the week was 57.6
deg., which is 4 3 deg. below the average of the same
week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). With
the exception of Sunday, the mean daily temperature
was below the average on every day of the week ; and
on Tuesday, when it fell to 48 deg., the amount of de-
pression below the average was so much as 14 deg. On
that day the thermometer did not rise higher than 56 7
deg., and its lowest point was 46 deg. The highest
readings in the shade and the sun occurred on Sunday,
when the former was 79 deg., the latter 105 deg. The
lowest reading, namely, 44 deg., occurred on Thursday ;
and the range of temperature in the week was 35 deg.
The mean dew-point temperature was 51.5 deg., and the
difference between this and the mean temperature of
the air was 6 1 deg. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 64.2 deg. The wind blew from
the west and north-west. Rain to the amount of 0.31 in.
fell in the week, of which 0.10 in. fell on Monday ;
nearly all the rest on the following day. On Tuesday
there were heavy squalls of wind and rain ; the weather
very cold and unseasonable.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 12
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
l 0 207
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration ~ lO4
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 3
Premature Birth and Debility 33
Atrophy 25
Old Age
Sudden 2
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 26
Causes not specified

DEATHS non( ALL CAUSES ..................... 959

- - -
Population Deaths in corre- Death ,
Enumerated. sponding week in th
1851. of 1855. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 ...... 186
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts ........ 485,522
South Districts ...... 616,635 ...... 267

Totals ......... 2,362,236 941
Males 5lB
Fonaales 451
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

774
751

Total ....

1,525

FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS, WORCESTER, HERE-
FORD, AND GLOIIOESTEE.—The arrangements for the
forthcoming musical festival which is to be held at
Gloucester in the second week of September, are now
completed so far as concerns the engagements of the prin.
cipals and the selection of Oratorios for the mornings'
performances. The principal vocalists whose services
have been secured are Madame Alboni, Clara Novell°,
Pauline Viardot, Mrs. Lockey, Mrs. Hepworth, Mr
Sims Reeves, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Weiss, M. Gagster
and Mr. Thomas.