The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-16 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The following 53 the weekly return of the Regis-
trar-General of births and deaths in London and in
12 other large tDwns of the United Kingdom :
General Registry-office, Somerset-house,
October 14.

In the week that ended on Saturday, Oct. 12,
4,035 b;rths and 2,849 deaths were -registered in
London and in 12 other large towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 24 per
1,000 in London, 23 in Edinburgh, and 23 in Dub-
lin ; 19 in Bristol, 28 in Birmingham, 31 in Liver-
poi, 34 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 24 in Shef-
field, 24 in Leeds, 35 in Hu", 33 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 24 in Glaggow. The rate in Vienna
was 23 per 1,000 during the week ending the sth
inst., when the mean temperature was 3.8 degrees
Fahrenheit lower than the same week in London,
where the rate was 20.
The 2,432 deaths returned last week in the ten
large English towns, including London, showed an
increase of 170 upon those of the previous week.
This increase was shared by all the ten towns except
Leeds and Bristol. The deaths from diarrhoea have
in the past five weeks steadily steadily decreased
from 577 to 188 last week, which is little above the
average for the second week of October. The death
rate from this cause was highest last week in Bir-
mingham, in which town scarlatina was also preva-
lent. The mortality from various zymotic diseases
was high last week in Manchester and Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
In London the births of 1,023 boys and 1,005
glr7a—in all 2,028 children—were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1857-66, the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 2,014.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,233. It was the 41st week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,267. The
deaths in the present return are less by 34 than the
estimated number.

The mortality from diarrhoea and cholera con-
tinues to decline ; last week the deaths of 53 chil-
dren and 6 adults from diarrhoea, and the deaths of
2 children and 2 adults from cholera or choleraic
diarrhoea were registered. In the two previous
weeks the deaths from diarrhoea were 108 and 78,
and from cholera 15 and 5. Three fatal cases of
diarrhoea were registered last week in the west, 5 in
the north, 5 in the central, 17 in the east, and 29
in the south districts. In the corresponding week of
last year the deaths from diarrhoea were 47, and
from cholera 207. Thirben deaths from smallpox,
18 from measles, 38 from scarlatina, 31 from
whoopinging-cough, and 36 from typhus were re-
corded last week. Phthisis proved fatal to 163
persons, 90 deaths occurred from bronchitis, and 55

from pneumonia.
Kensington ; St. Mary, Paddington . At 20,
Wesbourne-park-crescent, on Oct. 8, the wife of a
vocalist, aged 22, choleraic diarrhoea (14k hours),
exhaustion. Bethnal-green ; Hackney-road.—At
7, Durham-street, on Oct. 10, the wife of a baker,
aged 29, cholera (three days). Poplar ; Bow.—At
28, Libra-road, on Oct. 6, the daughter of a linen-
draper, aged 5 months, sudden choleraic diarrhoea.
Greenwich ; St. Paul's, Deptford.—At 26, Railway-
grove, on Oct. 10, the son of a letter-press printer,
aged 5 months, choleraic diarrhoea, atrophy.
The deaths of two peraons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.678 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.40 in. on
Tuesday, Oct. 8, to 30.08 in. on Friday, October 11.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
43.7 deg., which is 8.2 deg. below the average of
of the same week in 50 years (as determined by
Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was
58.4 degrees, on Monday, October 7. The lowest

night temperature was 31.2 degrees on Sunday,
6th, and Friday, October 11. The entire range
of temperature during the week was therefore 27.2
deg. The mean of the highest temperature of the
water of the Thames was 50.3 deg.; that of the lowest
was 48.1 deg. The difference between the mean
dew point temperature and air temperature was 2.5
deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was
91, complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell to the amount of 0-72 in. The direction of
the wind was variable. According to a return fur-
, nished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of
Works the average daily quantity of sewage pumped
into the River Thames at the Southern Outfall
Works, Crossness, was 42,266,575 gallons, or
192,036 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many
tons by weight.