The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-15 00:00:00

ILEAL2H OF LONDOA- DURING THE WEEK.

(From the I?eyistrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London in the week that ended last Satur-
day exhibit a small increase on the respective numbers of
the two 1 revious weeks, which were 1026 and 1019. In the
present return they are 1084. For the corresponding weeks
of ten previous years (1850-9) the average number of deaths
is found to be, after correction for increase of population,
1192, compared with which the return for last week is less
by 108. This satisfactory result is obtained notwithstand-
ing the temperature of the air has been considerably lower
than it usually is in the first ten days of November. In the
corresponding week of 1858 the deaths rose to 1349, when
the mean temperature was 39 deg., which is only 1 deg.
less than it was last week.
The deaths from "developmental diseases of children,"
which were 29 in the previous week rose last week to 42; those
from atrophy and debility, nearly all amongst children, also
rose from 41 to 53 ; the deaths from all causes of persons aged
60 years and upwards declined from 206 to 183. Hooping-
cough, which was fatal in 34 cases in the previous week,
rose to 44 last week. From scarlatina 47 deaths occurre-1 last
week, and from diphtheria 12. There were five from small-
pox, all amongst children. A widow died at the age of 98
years. A cooper aged 42 years died from " ulceration of the
stomach, accelerated by herbs and powders administered by
a herbalist," according to the liuding of a coroner's jury.
' In reference to the death from phthisis of an assistant in a
chemical factory, it is added that his health had been im-
paired by the grinding of colours. A child, three years
old, was poisoned by " arsenical exhalations from the green
paper of a breakfast-room." That the use of paper, thus
prepared, in covering the walls of apartments, especially
bedrooms, is highly dangerous, is a fact which by this time
should be universally known. The daughter of a tailor,
aged three years, was burnt by her clothes taking fire from '
lucifer matches with which she was playing; the son of a
wharf labourer and the daughter of a labourer also died
from their clothes taking fire ; a fourth died from " burns
on the chest." A boy, aged one year, was fatally scalded
by drinking hot water out of a tea-kettle.

Last week the births of 893 boys and 801 girls, in all,
_ _

1,691 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1850,59 the average
number was 1,636.
METROPOLITAN WATERS, OCT. 1860.
The composition of the London waters, according to the
analysis of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., is not
essentially different from that which they afforded in the
preceding month. The analysis of the Loch Katrine and
Manchester waters are given for the sake of comparing rain
waters collected immediately after thsir fall, and secured
from sewage contamination with the waters of rivers or
open canals, which Lo some extent act as sewers, or are
liable to be rendered impure by the proximity of popula-
tion. The Great Yarmouth supply contains some peaty
matter in solution which might probably be removed by
modified arrangements.

Total impurity Organic im-
per gallon. purity.
grs. or deg-. gre. or deg.
. OV WO

Distilled Water

Loch Katrinc water, new supply

to Glasgow
Manchester Water Supply
Great Yarmouth Water Supply
THAMES COMPANIES.

316
4.32
20.96

Chelsea _ .

Southwark

1.88
112
2'oB
0.84
1.24

Lambeth

Grand Junction
'West Middlesex
OTIIER COMPANIES.
New River

East London
Kent