The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar•©eneral.)

In the week that that ended on Saturday the deaths
of 1,018 persons, viz., 551 males and 467 females, were
registered in London. Tho average number in the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 was 1,932,
and if this is raised in proportion to the increase of
population it becomes 1,135. The deaths of last week
are therefore less by 117 than the rate of mortality
which ruled in corresponding weeks would have pro
duced.'
The mortality of zymotic diseases in the aggregate is
below the average. Six children and 2 adults died
of small-pox ; diarrhoea exhibits a tendency to in-
crease, and was fatal to 56 children and 6 adults.
01 the 62 deaths from this disease 10 occurred on the
south side of the river, the remainder on the north
side. Three children died of cholera, viz., a boy,
aged 6 months, at the Kensington workhouse, " cholera
infautuni ;" a boy, aged 18 months, at 12, George's-
place, West, Bermondsey, "English cholera (2 days) ;"
and a girl, aged 4 months, at 9, Burdett-street, Wal-
worth, " infantile cholera (5 days)." The deaths from
typhus and common fever were 45, or rather fewer than
in previous weeks. There were 16 deaths from typhus in
the East districts, 7 in the Central districts, 11 in the
North districts, 6 in the West districts, and only 5 in
those districts on the Surrey side of the Thames. From
phthisis 138 persons died, from dropsy and diseases of
the heart 53, from apoplexy and paralysis 34, from deli.
riurn tremens 4, and from intemperance 2.
Five nonagenarians died, 3 females and 2 males. The
2 oldest persons recorded in the week's returns were a
gentleman at Brixton, aged 97 years, and the widow of
a gentleman at Haggeretone, aged also 97 years.
During the week the births of 798 boys and 765 girls,
in all 1,563 children, were registered in London. In the
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1816.55 the ave-
rage number was 1,349.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29'840 in. The mean
temperature of the air was 60.1 deg., which is 1,9 deg.
below the average of the same week in 38 years (as de-
termined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest temperature in
the week was 77'6 deg. on Tuesday ; and the lowest was
48.0 der. on Thunday, when the range of temperature
was 23'5 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was
541 deg., and the difference between this and the mean
air temperature was 5.4 deg. The mean temperature of
the water of the Thames was 63.4 deg. ; its temperature
ranged from 62'2 deg. to 611 deg. The direction of
the wind was south-west. The rain measured by the
gauge was 0'33 in., which fell nearly all on Tuesday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 19
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases „ 195
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart avid Blood-vessels 43
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration . .. lO6
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, &e.
Malformations .. 2
m 0
ture Birth and Debility 25
0

273

Prema.._
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 45
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Death
Enumerated. sponding week in 01
1851. of 1855. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals ......... 2,362,236 915
Males 551
Fomales 467
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

1,018

Males 798
Females 765

Total

1,563

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