The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

BEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the .Registretr-General's Report.)

The deaths in London which were 969 in the
first week of the current month, and_in the second

1064, again fell in the week that ended last Satur-
day to 965. For the weeks corresponding with
last week in the ten years 1850-9 the average num-
ber of deaths is found after correction for increase
of population to be 1098. The present return is
therefore of a favourable character; for the number
cf deaths was less by 133 than that which would
have been returned if the average rate of mortality
for the third week of June had prevailed.
The deaths from zymotic diseases in the week
were 221, whilst the corrected average for corre-
sponding weeks is 272. Small-pox was fatal in 15
cases ; measles in 47. The latter disease prevails
chiefly in the Eastern districts, and in those that
lie on the south of the • Thames. There were 3
deaths from it in Chelsea North-west sub-district,
3 in Islington East, 3 in St. James Bermondsey.
Scarlatina from which there were 3 deaths in Lime-
house, and 3 in Poplar, was fatal altogether in 35
cases ; diphtheria in 10 ; whooping-cough in 20 ;
typhus in 29 ; diarrhoea in 22. A widow died at the
age of 95 years. Four infants were suffocated in
bed. A labourer aged 65 died by choking. The
wife of a shoemaker died by falling into the fire
when in a fit. A woman aged 55 years was burnt
when intoxicated. An infant was fatally scalded
by upsetting a tea-pot. A girl aged 7 years died
from her clothes taking fire at a bonfire. A pho-
tographer and a 'young woman killed themselves
with cyanide of potassium.

Last week the births of 83i boys and 851 girls,
in all 1688 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59
the average number was 1606.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.647 in.
The barometrical readings rose from 29.29 in. on
Sunday to 2946 in. on Friday. The mean tempe-
rature of the air in the week was 56.6 deg, which
is 6.2 deg. below the average of the same week in
43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) On
Sunday the mean temperature was 8.6 deg. below
the average. The thermometer in the shade fell
to 46.6 deg. on Tuesday; and it rose to 71 on Fri-
day. The range in the week was therefore 24.4
deg. The mean daily range was 16.9 deg. ou
Sunday the range was only 6.8 deg. The thermo-
meter
in the sun rose to 119 deg. on Friday. The
humiditye:
PLge of
inrtete nlPer ature
and air temperature showingdrynessf the difference between. 2 the mean
l,hdeteiw
complete saturation being
on Sunday, when
b of the air
was
ohBe7 a, i r vasl 4represented by
100, which point was attain
there was no difference
dew-
point temperature and airetwe.l between the mean
greatest difference hetween itehiee pdeerawt-uprnei
n;
tandt he
tempe-
rature and air temperature was only 1.2 deg. On
the next day that greatest difference was 20.3 deg. ;
on Saturday it was 13.1 deg. At the beginning of
the week the wind was chiefly in the north-west ;
on the last four days in the south-west. The
amount of rain in the week was 1.54. in.

The trustees of Owen's College, Manchester, iu
connexion with the University of London, have resolved to
found a chair of natural philosophy, in which science is to
b. e taught mathematically and experimentally. The salary
is £2OO a year with a proportion of the fees. Candidates
must apply to the trustees, not to any individual trustee.
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