The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC REAL al.

The following is the weekly return of the Regis-
trar-General of births and deaths in London and in
12 other large towns of the United Kingdom :
General Register-offic3, Somerset-house, Dec. 31.
In the week that ended on Saturday, Dec. 29,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 3,998 ; the
deaths registered, 3,071. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 26 per 1,000 persons living.
Iu London the births of 900 boys and 910 girls,
in all 1,900 children were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65
the average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, was 1,871.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,436. It was the 52d week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,554. The
deaths in the present return are less than the esti-
mated number by 118.

The daughter of a pen merchant, aged 16 years,
died on the 23d of December, at 3, Boar's-head-
yard, Whitechapel, of cholera Asiatic (14 hours.)
Fourteen deaths from diarrhoea were registered
during the week.

Smallpox proved fatal to 27 children and 8
adults ; it was not stated in the returns that in any
case the patient had been vaccinated. In the sub-
district of Christchurch, Marylebone, five deaths
from smallpox were registered. The Registrar of
the sub-district of St. Giles South remarks that
" smallpox is very prevalent, and great inconve-
nience is felt from the want of proper accommoda-
tion for patients suffering from the disease."
Twenty-five deaths from measles, 41 from scar-
latina, 10 from diphtheria, 58 from whooping-
cough, and 41 from typhus were registered during
the week.

The influence of the temperature on the morta-
lity from diseases of the respiratory organs is very
great. In the week which ended the 13th of
October the mean temperature of the air was 52.4
deg., and the deaths from bronchitis were 89 ; as
the air became colder the deaths from bronchitis in-
creased ; last week the mean temperature was 44.0
deg., and the deaths registered from bronchitis
were 224.
Eight deaths from burns or scalds were registered
in the week ; one of the unfortunate victims was a
domestic servant, whose clothes took fire when dis-
tended by crinoline.
A child, aged one year, died Dec. 21 in conse-
quence of swallowing mistletoe berries.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 24
per 1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, and 24 in
Dublin ; 25 in Bristol, 26 in Birmingham, 33 in
Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 25 in Salford, 28 in
, Sheffield, 27 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 37 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 27 in Glasgow.
The high rate of mortality which has prevailed
during the past 13 weeks in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
has been caused by an an unusu illy fatal epidemic
of scarlatina, from which 220 deaths have resulted
in the past seven weeks out of a total of 601 deaths.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.890 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30-27 in. at
the beginning of the week to 29.59 in. on Wednesday.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
44.0 deg., which is 6.5 deg. above the average of
the same week in 50 years, as determined by Mr.
Glaisher. The highest day temperature was 514
deg., on Friday. The lowest night temperature was
34.5 deg., on Tuesday. The,,entire range of tempe-
rature in the week was therefore 16.9 deg. The
mean of the highest temperature of the water of the
Thames was 43.0 deg.; that of the lowest was 40.7
deg. The difference between the mean dew point
temperature and air temperature was 4.2 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 86, complete
saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to
the amount of 0.16 in. The general direction of the
wind was S.W. and W. According to a return fur-
nished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of
Works, the avenge daily qultitity of sewagepumped
into the river Thames at the southern outfall works,
Crossness, was 171,917 cubic metres.