The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-26 00:00:00

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)

The returns for the week that ended on Saturday ex-
hibit a decided increase of the deaths in London. The
deaths, which at the beginning of this month were
ab ut a thousand in a week, and were afterwards 1,090,
rose last week to 1,261. In the ten weeks correspond•
ing to last week of the years 1846-55 the average num-
ber was 1,092 ; and the same rate of mortality in the
present increased populatio❑ would have produced 1,179
deaths. There was therefore last week au excess of 82
above the corrected average.
The increase on the previous weeks of this month
arises almost entirely from diseases of the respiratory
organs. The deaths caused by this class of diseasee,
which doe-* not include pbthisis or hooping-cough, were
succe-sively 190, 200, and 258 in three preceding weeks,
hut rose last week to 328. Of these 328, the number
referred to bronchitis is 173, to pneumonia (or inflate-
matien of the lungs) 110, to asthma 23, to laryngitis,
pleuri-y, &c., 22. Bronchitis was fatal in 102 of the
cases to adults 20 years old or upwards ; pneumonia, on
the other hand, was fatal i❑ 83, or three-fourths or tl e
whole number of cases, to children. The numbers re
ferred to phthisis or co, sumption in the last four weeks
are the following :-139, 149, 141, and 169, showing
that this disease was also more fatal last week. The
increase from hooping-cough is more gradual, the num-
bers under this head in the same weeks being 2E, 37,
40, and 44. In connection with this increase in the
mortality it may be stated that the mean temperature
of the air was on every day from the 2d instant till
the 2ith below the average, and often ao much as 7
deg below it ; whilst fogs, more or le.s dense, were
frequent. An increase, though not great, is also appa-
rent in fever and measles. Of 57 cases in which
typhus or common fever was fatal 19 occurred in the
eastern division of London. A case of typhus, in
Johnson-street, Somers Tows, was, in the opinion of
the medical attendant, caused or much aggravated by
stench from a gully-hole, and by the exposure forilsix
hours in the street of the contents of a sewer. There
were only 4 deaths from email-pox. There were 2
from carbuncle, 12 from want of breastmilk or inanition,
one from privation, and one from intemperance.
Last week the births of 811 boys and 767 girls—in all
1,578 children, were registered i❑ London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55, the average
number was 1,440.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.025 in. The
mean was above 30 in. on four days. The highest rea 1-
ing occurred on Friday, and wai 30.15 in. The mean
temperature of the week was 42.3 deg., which is very
near the average of the same week in 38 years (as de-
termined by Mr. Glaisber). The daily mean tempera-
ture was above the average on the last three days, and
on Saturday the excess was 80 deg. The highest read-
ing in the week occurred on Saturday, and was 52.6 deg.
The lowest was 23.8 deg., and occurred on Monday.
The entire range of the week was, therefore, 28.8 deg.
The mean dew-point temperature was 40.1 deg., and
the difference between this mid the mean air temperature
was only 2.2 deg. The mean temperature of the water
of the Thames was 42.4 deg. On the last four days the
wind blew generally from the north-west. Rain to the
amount of 0.15 in. fell on Wednesday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Nov. 22
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Biood-veisels 53
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 ...... 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations ••• 4
Premature Birth and Debility 27
Atrophy

Old Afie ... 54
Budder..
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4O
Causes lat )t speeified

DILI THS MOM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1855. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Centro 1 Districts 393,256
East I hstricts 485,522
&nth Districts

'eotalq
Males 6OO
Females 661
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Afales
Females

811
767

Total

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