The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar•4eneral.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, the deaths of
565 males and 476 females, in all 1,041, persons, were
registered in London. In the corresponding weeks of
the 10 years 1846-55 the average number of deaths was
988. If this is raised in a certain proportion for com-
parison with the deaths of last week which occurred in
an increased population, it becomes 1,087. The figures
show that the rate of mortality last week was slightly
below the average.
Zymotic or epidemic diseases produced in the aggre-
gate 233 deaths, while the corrected average of correspond-
ing weeks in previous years is 242. Typhus continues to
be more fatal than any other epidemic, but the mortality
under any head in this class is not excessive. It was
stated in last return that the deaths from typhus had
risen to 76 ; they have declined to 57. Of these 57
cases, 5 occurred in the Central division, 6 in the West-
ern, 12 in the Northern; -19 in the Eastern, rand 15 on
the South side of the river. Five men died of typhus in
St. Luke's Workhouse (situated in Holton New Town)
between the 14th and 22d inst. inclusive. The regis-
trar, Mr. Ansell, remarks that three of these were
brought in a dying state, and that the disease is " very
bad" in the workhouse at present. A painter was found
dead on the 4th of May, at 28, Norfolk-place, Shore-
ditch,—a house which, according to the coroner's jury,
who held an inquest on the body, contained at that time
26 persons. It is stated by the Registrar that this man's
wife and 6 children lay ill of fever in the same room, but
that they have since been removed. Nine children and
7 adults died of small-pox ;27 children and a person
about 30 years old, of measles; 33 persons of scarlatina;
11 of diarrhoea ; 23 of cancer ; 5 of hernia ; 3 of intus-
susception ; 1 of spleen disease ; 2 of intemperance; 5
of delirium tremens ; an artist's colourman, aged 42
years, of colica pictonum.

The widow of a tailor died in the Tailors' Asylum,
Haverstock-hill, and a labourer died in Lambeth, the
former at 91 years of age, the latter at 92, being the
two oldest persons mentioned in the returns for the
week.

Last week the births of 869 boys and 895 girls, in all
1,764 children, were registered in London. In the ten
c,rresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average
number was 1,442.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'564in. The
highest reading in the week was 29.94 M. on Tues•
clay. The mean temperature of the week was
53.1 deg.,which is o'9:leg. below the average of the same
wo. kin 38 years. The mean temperature was below the
average on every clay except Tuesday and Wed-
nesday, when it was slightly above the average.
The highest reading of the thermometer in the
week was 70 degrees, which occurred on Wednes-
day; the lowest was 41 degrees, and it occurred
on the same day. The highest reading in the sun oc-
curred on Tuesday, and was 96 deg. The mean dew-
p.)int temperature of the week was 45.8 deg., and the
difference between this and the mean air temperature
was 7 3 degs, The temperature of the water of the
Thames ranged from 52.7 degs., the lowest at the be-
ginning of the week, to 59.4 degs., the highest at the
end ; and the mean was 55.8 degs. The wind blew
generally from the south-west. Rain fell to the amount
of 1.03 in., of which 0 26in. fell on Sunday (the 18th),
and 0.65 in. on Thursday. There were showers both of
hail and rain on several days.