The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)

The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don, issued. by authority of the Registrar General,
states that the London returns still bear testimony
to a very favourable state of the public health. The
deaths registered in the week that ended last
Saturday were 1,049. The average for correspond-
ing weeks in the ten years 1850-9, after correction
for increase of population, is found to be 1,179.
Hence it appears that the number of persons who
died last week was less by 130 than the number
that would have died if a rate of mortality equal to
the average for this season had prevailed. The
districts within the metropolitan bounds differ
widely, and those of highest sanitary condition re-
duce "the mortality of London." The best dis-
tricts will, it may be reasonably hoped, be in a few
years pernianently improved till they approach the
standard now represented by good country districts,
and the worst districts at least raised to the present
condition of the best.

In the last week the deaths included under the
zymotic class of diseases were 241 ; the corrected
average for corresponding weeks being 303. There
were only 2 deaths from small-pox, and one from
varicella. There were 47 from scarlatina, and 13
from diphtheria. Five from scarlatina occurred in
the Kensington Town sub-district; 2 of these on
the same day in one family at 8, Kensington-place.
Forty-four children died of measles ; 3 of these in
the Belgrave sub-district, 3 in the east sub-district
of Islington, 3 in the Church sub-district of. Bethnal..
green (2 in one family), and 3 in Lynehouse.
Three infants were murdered. The widow of a
merchant, aged 77 years, died from her clothes
taking fire. Another woman died from burns ; 3
children from scalds. Of 5 deaths froth suffocation, .
3 were those of children bed. An infant, a week
old, died from the foul air of the room in which it
slept; another, aged 8 months, from having been
fed with two ounces of beef sausage. A widow
died at the age of 95 years, and a female domestic
servant at the age (as
effectsstattedp founder,)e.of
100years,aged 44
inth
the
Hackney. workhouse. A y
years, died from "the of poisonous metals,
lead and antimony."
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In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-
59 the average number was 1,617.
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on Sunday to 30.07 in. on Tuesday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was
48.7 deg., which is 2.2 deg. above the average
of the same week in 43 years (as determined by
Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was
above the average till Friday, this excess on Sunday
having been equal to 10 deg. On Saturday it was
almost 7 deg. below the average. The highest
point attained by the thermometer in the shade
was 68.5 deg. on Sunday; the lowest was 28.5 deg.
(3.5 deg. below the freezing point of water) on
Saturday. The range of temperature in the week
was therefore 40 deg. The mean daily range was
17 deg. On Tuesday the range was as much as
22.3 deg. On the following day it was only 8.1
deg. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 2.3 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 90, coin_
plete saturation being represented by 100. On
i Mon-
day the humidity was 98. The wind was n the
south or south-east till Wednesday afternoon, when
it changed to the north-east, at which point or
E.N.E. it continued till the end of the week. The
thermometer in the sun rose to 110 deg. on Sunday.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 2 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.15 per .d sterling. On comparing, these rates
with the English mint price of £3 17s. 10id. per ounce for
standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-10ths per
cent, dearer in Paris then in London. By advices from
Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 • er mark, and the short
Standard gold
ore, 4-lOths per
ge
at New York on London for bills at sixty days'
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The course of
exchan
sight is 10S41 per cent., which, when compared with the
Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is against Englant:; but, after makinf, allowance
for charges of transport and difference of interest, the p• e-
sent rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold be.
tween the two countries,