The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

( From the Report of the Registrar-Cenal a 1.,
The deaths of 1,247 persons, namely, 630 males and
617 females, were registered in London in the week that
ended on Saturday. Taking the first week in each of the
last ten years (1846-55) it is found that the average num-
ber of deaths then registered was 1,311, which, if raised
in proportion to increase of population for comparison
with the present return, becomes 1,442. The public
health, therefore, may be stated to be better than it
usually is at the commencement of the year. In the first
week of 1854, and also in that of 1855, the deaths rose
above 1,400.
The milder character of the weather, indicated by a
rise of 14 deg. in the mean weekly readings of the ther-
mometer, has been attended with marked effect in the
reduction of the mortality. Deaths arising from pul-
monary diseases, in which class bronchitis, pneumonia,
and asthma form the principal heads, numbered conse-
cutively 267, 293, and 348 in three previous weeks; last
week they declined to 253. Bronchitis, which was fatal
in the previous week in 204 cases, fell to 141 ; pneu-
monia declined from 107 to 74. Phthisis carried oil 138
persons in the previous week ; and last week 115, of whom
nearly a half were 20 years of age and under 40. Of the
141 who died from bronchitis, only 4 were passing through
that period of life. Mr. Chatwood, the registrar of the
gt. Paul sub-district, in St. George-in-the East, says :
" looping-cough is very prevalent in my district." That
it is also fatal appears from the fact that out of 17
deaths registered by him in the week, 6 were those
of young children caused by hooping-cough. The
total number from this disease in the metropolis was
49, not so great as in the previous week. Typhus
was fatal in 47 cases ; scarlatina, which declines, in 35 ;
measles in 31 ; small pox in 11. Diarrhcea is returned
in only 9 cases ; and for a considerable time London has
been entirely free from cholera. There were 2 deaths
from intemperance.
Last week the births of 853 boys and 809 girls, in all
1,662 children, were registered in London. In ;he ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average
number was 1,579.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.682 in, The
highest reading was 30'20 in. on Sunday (30th). The
mean temperature of the week was 42.2 deg., which is
higher by 6 deg. than the average of the same week in
38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean
daily temperature was above the average throughout the
t a'esgf." Ale 1 Zas,Ar.°ll? 6
Sunday, and was 49 deg. ; the lowest, which occurred
on Tuesday, was 33 deg. The mean dew-point tempera-
ture was 40 deg., and the difference between this and
the mean air temperature was 2'20 deg. The mean
temperature of the water of the Thames was 41.6
deg. The wind blew generally from the south. The
amount of rain-fall was 0.19 in., half of which fell on
Sunday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS-
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 5.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases ..
159
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
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
36
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Ago
Sudden l7
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3ll
Causes not specified 0

DEATHS 711051 ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. .11855. Week.
West Districts . 376,427
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,258
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females

1,404 1,247
630
617

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK
Males
Females

Total .. 1,662

STRAND THEATRE.

From the production of the "Pickwick Club," to Mr
Dickens's last Christmas effusion, " The Holly Tree
Inn," the little Strand has been triumphantly successful
in its dramatic renderings of the great depicter of human
nature. "The Pickwick Club," " Martin Chuzzlewit,"
"David Copperfield," "The Curiosity Shop," " The
Chimes," " The Christmas Carol," " Bleak House,"
" Hard Times," tta., have each and all proved trump
cards at this theatre, and now the apparently in-
congruous incidents of the Six Tales of Holly
Tree Inn, are so admirably dovetailed, the situa-
tions are so strikingly worked up, that a perfect drama
is produced ; and judging from the applause of a crowded
house, all London will be anxious to see the last, and
not far from the best, drama elicited from the pen of the
renowned Box. The original stories aro closely followed,
but so amalgamated as to strictly produce the unity and
connection necessary to insure dramatic effect. This
has been most cleverly done by Mr. J. B.
Johnstone,
whose "Seven Poor Travellers" last year at the
Sarre), called for special commendation. The charac-
ters are—the Landlord, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; the
Guest, Mr. Kinloch ; the Ostler, Mr. G. Cooke ;
Wilfrid,
the Boots, Mr. Clarke ; Mr. Basil Potter ;
Rigby, Mr. F. Hall ; the Pensioner, Mrs. Barrett ; Mars
garett Murdock, Mrs. Herbert ; and the Barmaid, Miss
Somers, who introduced a charming little ballad, called
"The White Blossom Tree." Nor must we overlook
the excellent acting of two little children of seven and
eight years of age, as the young run-a-ways. To say
that the piece was well played the names of those engaged
in its representation is sufficient guarantee, but we
must give a word of especial commendation to
the dressing and general getting up of the piece, the
interest of which is intense, and carried through to the
fall of the curtain. Mrs. Herbert's representation of
the mysterious woman " with yellow hair and a streak
of gold on it," was thrilling, whilst the pathetic portion
evinced a knowledge, and power, of subdued acting,
representing in them days when noise too frequently is
mistaken for intensity. "The Holly Tree Inn,"
must prove a lucky hit to Mr. Payne. A
screaming farce, such a one, to be seen and
enjoyed at the Strand or the Adelphi, followed
the drama, aad Talfourd'a glorious Pantoraime of
"Black Eyed Sue" closed the entertainments, to the
intense gratification apparently of the gods and pitites,
who appeared to be rather uncomfortably jammed.
By the way, additional private boxes and reserved seats
have been constructed, which, whilst they add to the
appearance and comfort of the house, denote that the
stream of fashionable visitants has set in.

It is said that Mr. Sausse, Q.C., of the Irish bar, I as
been appointed to the vacant seat on the Bombay bench,
and that Sir Colman O'Loughlan, Q.C., Will succeed to
the assistant barristership rendered vacant by Dlr.
Sousse's promotion.