The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

IRISH MAGISTRACY.

John Eyre, Esq., of Eyrecourt, has been ap-
pointed to the commission of the peace, in the room
of his late lamented father, on the recommendation.
of the Marquis of Clanricarde, lord-lieutenant of
the county of Galway.

lIEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Front the Report of the Registrar•Oenerecl.)

The rate of mortality declines as the teMperature rises
with'the beginning of the spring months. The deaths in
London, which bad been in the two previous weeks 1,284
and 1,115 respectively, fell last week to 1,043. In the
corresponding weeks of ten previous years 1846-55 the
average number was 1,051. The same rate of mortality
in the preset increased population would produce 1,156;
and a comparison of tne real with the estimated result
shows a difference in favour of last week to the extent of
113.

Whilst the population of the metropolis lost 1,043 lives
last week, the registration of births shows that 1,887
children were horn, sufficient to supply the places of the
dead, and increa-e the number of inhabitants by 844.
The deaths of 563 males and 480 females were regis-
tered. 238 boys and girls died without completing their
first year; at the other extreme of life 35 men and women
died who were 80 years old and upwards. Two aged
persons, both widows, one in Somers-town, the other in
Clanton, attained the respective ages of 94 and 96 years.
Typhus is more fatal at present than any other disease
in the epidemic class. It numbers 56 cases in the week.
11 deaths occurred in the London Fever Hospital, all,
except two, stated t) be from that disease. Four seamen
have died of typhus since the 9th inst. in the Dread-
nought Hospital Ship. Hooping cough carried off 39
children (almost half of whom were on the south side of
the river), croup 14. Measles was fatal in 33 cases,
scarlatina in 27, small-pox in 13. Four of the deaths from
measles occurred in St. George's Infant Poor-house,
Lewisham. Two children died of scarlatina at 75, But-
tesland-street, Hoxton New-town ; and another child is
suffering from it. The attention of the medical officer
of the district may be directed to the state of this house,
the occupier' of which complains of " the awful
stench" arising from bad drains, to which cause he
attributes the disease that destroyed his children. Two
boys died of choleraic diarrhoea, one in Brooke-street,
Holborn, the other in St. Clement Danes, in both
cases after illness of short duration. Only 8 cases of
"diarrhoti" are returned. One person died of intemper-
ance, another of destitution, 3 from carbuncle.
Last week the births of 923 boys and 964 girls, in all
1,887 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average
number was 1,519.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.856 in. The highest
reading was 30.13 in., which occurred on Saturday.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46
degrees, which is 0.1 degree below the average of the
same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.)
The highest reading of the thermometerinthewteeakt
day
was
the s 5
meandegrees,
was on
52.S9unday, degrees, theor7
13th,.4 degrees above and on that
the average. The temperature then declined, and
after Tuesday the mean was below or not higher than
the average. The lowest in the week was 32 de-
grees on Thursday. The mean dew-point temperature
was 37.2 degrees, and the difference between that and
the mean temperature of the air was 8.8 degrees. The
highest temperature of the water of the reames was
53.5 deg., and the lowest was 48.3 deg. • the mean of
and from the north or east. The
amount of rain was 0.17 in., which fell on Monday and
thefromwteheek was
north-east, .8
deg. After Sunday the wind blew
Tuesday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 19.
ZymoticDiseases 224
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels
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 .............. . 7
Premature Birth and Debility 23
Atrophy 27
Old Age .........
Sudden 2
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 23
Causes not specified

DEATLIS MN ALL CAUSES
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
Males

1,087 1,043
563

Females..