The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-14 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Israel Tombs, pork butcher, Newbury, Berkshire, to cur •
reader, July 26 and Aug. 23, et twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Joseph Martindale Harris,n, warehouseman, Watling-
street, City, July 23, at half-past twelve, and Ang. 20, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Frederic William TOll3BOll, engineer and machinist,
Coventry, July 21 and Aug. 14, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
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Alfred Cr!tcheil, cabinet-maker, Upper Dorset-place,
Clapham-road, July 24, at eleven, and August 20, at
twelve, at the Court of I3ankruptcy.
Wil1i:oil Strafford T.lt, whip manufacturer, Birming-
ham, July 26 'ILA Aug. 16, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Cour..

James Middleton, ironfounder, Westbromwieb, Stafford-
shire, July 26 and Aug. 16, at ten, at the _Birmingham
District Court.

George Young, publican, On at St. Andrew-street, Seven
Dials, Jnly 24 and Ang. 20, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Martin Kenwerthy, High-street, Falkirk.
Thomas Kirk, engineer, Glasgow.
Andrew Templeton, cabinetmaker, Great Clyde-street
Glasgow.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar General.)

Ia the week ending Saturday, July 10, the deaths re.
gig ered in London were 1,191. In the 10 years 1848
—57 the average num'oer ot deaths in the weeks corre-
sponding, with last week was 977 ; but as the present
r..turu is for a population which has annually increased,
it can only be comp,treci with the average when the lat-
ter has been raised in proportion to the increase, a cor-
rection which will make it 1,074. The comparison
shows that the mortality ot last week was much higher
than the average mortality in the beginning of July, for
the actual result exceeded the estimated number by 117
deaths,

If the rite of mortality in London, with its population
of 2,721,000 persons, were the tame as that which is
ascertained to rule in
.the healthiest districts of England,
the deaths in the week would have been 799. The ex-
cites, which is the result of what may be termed the
unhealthy rate, is equal to 392 ; and to reduce, if it be
impossible to extinguish, this excess, is the problem of
sanitary t,cieuce.
The deaths from measles last week were numerous ;
they rose from 54 to 71. Diarrhoea continues to make
progrois, the weekly deaths from it, since it began to
increase, having been 31, 54, 94, and 129. Of these 129
deaths, all except .10 ()centred among children, most of
whom were infants. It may be added that nine deaths from
this complaint ociairred in the sub-district c f St. John,
Westminkt-r. Thirteen deaths were also caused by the
cholera, which is usual ip summer. Three of these
cases ()centred to adn't and are returned as follows :
A widow, aged 45 yeera, on the 6th of July, at 25,
New-street, St. Martin's-lane, cholera (after 32 hours'
illness). A widow, aged 85 years, on the 2d of July, at
5, 13,rkfley-street, Cierkenwell, senectus, cholera (5
days). A widow, aged 61 years, on the 6rh of July, at
the workhou e, ile-end New-town, English cholera
(10 boure).
L•ist week the births of 721 boys and 749 girls, in all
1,470 children, were registered in London. In the 10
ca.repunding weeks of the years 1848.57 the average
nutnter wa.t 1,414.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height cl the barometer in the week was 29'653 in. The
highest reading was 30'07 in. at the beginning of the
week. The mean temperature of the week was 55 9
deg., which is less by 5 7 deg. than the average of the
same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Gliti,her).
The mean temperature was below the average on every
day. The highest point attained by the thermometer in
the shade was 73 deg. on Sunday, the 4th inst. ; the
lowest was 47 3 deg. on Wednesday ; the range of the
week was therefore 25'7 deg. Tno mean daily range
was 20'4 deg. The difference between the mean dew-
-1 point temperature and air temperature was 7.2 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 79. The mean
temperature c f the water of the Thames was t;3.3 deg.
which is 7.4 deg. above the mean temperature of the air.
The vied, which had been previously in the south-west,
blew generally from a northerly point on the last three
days. Rain fell on every day, and the total amount
measured was 137 in. There was thunder on Wednez.-
F day and Thursday.
In the 13 weeks ending July 3d the deaths in London
were 14,541. of which more than half were tho.e of per-
sons under 20 years of age. A rise of nearly-17 deg.,
from 33 which was the mean temperature of the
first or winter quarter of the year, to 541 deg.. that of
last quarter, was accompanied by a decrease of deaths,
equal to 2,767, or an average of '213 weekly. The heat
of la-t quarter was unusual ; the mean temperature was
higher by 2.7 deg. than the average of nine previous
,spring quarters, and in none of there was it so high as
that which has been bow attained. The meteorological
conditions of the seasons have not hitherto been allUati•
ai:y Unfavourable to health, and the mortality has been
below the London average, notwi,hstending the preva-
lence of measles and whooping-cough, which were very,
fatal, and also of scarlatina and diartho3a, the latter of
which has been excited to premature activity. If the
deaths in the quarter had been at the rate derived from
the least unhealthy di►tricts in England they would have
I been 10,387, or less by 4,154 than the number actually
registLree.