The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-23 00:00:00

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(Front the Registrar-General's lircekly Return.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, October
19, 4,387 births and 2,941 deaths were registered
in London and in 12 other large towns of the
United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality
was 25 per 1,000 persons living.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 23
per 1,000 in London, 21 in Edinburgh, and 19 in
Dublin ; 25 in Bristol, 21 in Birmingham, 31 in
Liverpool, 31 in Ma(ichester, 37 in Salford, 27 in
Sheffield, 28 in Leeds, 27 in Hall, 29 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 28 in Glasgow. The rate• in
Vienna was 22 per 1,000 (I.trimg the week ending
the 12th inst., when the mean temperature was 0.4
(leg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in
London, where the rate was 21.
The 2,510 deaths registered last week in the ten
large English towns, including London, showed a
further increase of 78 upn the numbers returned
in recent weeks, the whole of which occurred in
London. The unusally low temperature of the first •
fortnight in October has caused a general increase
in the fatality of inflammatory diseases of the or-
gans of respiration. The mortality from diarrhoea
is no longer excessive, but scarlatina is fatally pre-
valent in Liverpool, Birmingham, and in some
parts of Manchester.
In London the births of 1,082 boys and 1,089
girls, in all 2,171 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1857-66, the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 2,024.
The deaths registered in London during the
week were 1,332. It was the forty-second week of
the year, and the average number of deaths for that
week is, with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, 1,280. The deaths in the present return ex -
cud by 52 the estimated number.
T he number of deaths increased from 1,233 re-
gistere I in the week ended Oct. 12 to 1,332 last
week. The deaths from diseases of the brain and
nervous system, the respiratory organs, and the
heart exhibit an increase. Zymotic diseases were
not so fatal as in the preceding week, and the mor-
tality from diarrhoea is rapidly declining, 37 cases
were registered last week ; the numbers in the four
previous weeks were 114, 108, 78, 59. The son of
a bricklayer, aged 6 months, died on Oct. 12, at 14,
New-lane, St. John, Southwark, of " infantile cho-
lera, 4 days." The daughter of a labourer, aged 3
years, died on Oct. 12, at 3, Gaywood-court, Lon-
don-road, Southwark, of " choleraic diarrhoea." A
charwoman, aged 76 years, died on Oct. 12, at the
East London Union Workhouse, Homerton, of
" exhaustion from want." The daughter of a
packer, aged 21 months, died on Oct. 16, at Guy's
Hospital, having been "accidentally poisoned by
drinking carbolic acid." Post mortem. (Inquest.)
The deaths of three persons 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 29.599 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.43 in.
on Sunday, Oct. 13, to 29.77 in. on Wednesday,
Oct. 16. The mean temperature of the air in the
week was 52.5 degrees, which is 2.4 degrees
above the average of the same week in 50 years
(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest
day temperature was 64.8 dog., on Monday, the
14th of October. The lowest night temperature
was 39.6 deg., on Sunday, the 13th October. The
entire range of temperature during the week was,
therefore, 25.2 deg. The mean of the highest tem-
perature of the waters of the Thames was 49.1 deg. ;
that of the lowest was 46.2 deg. The difference be-
tween the mean dew-point temperature and air tem-
perature was 3.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity
of the air was 89, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0-72 in.
Ozone was observed on four days during the week.
The general direction of the wind was S.W., S.S. IV.,
and S.E. According to a return furnished by the
engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works the
average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the
River Thames at the Southern °titian Works,
Crossness, was 51,151,355 gallons, or 232,401 cubic
metres, equivalent to as many tons by weight.

111.1 RKE TS —(This Day.)

MARK LANE.

Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English
wheat were only moderate, and generally hi poor condi-
tion. Tho demand for both red and white qualities was
inactive, and to force sales a reduction must have been sub-
mitted to. In foreign a small retail business was concluded
at barely Monday's currency. _

Floating cargoes of grain have changed hands slowly
on easier terms.

There was a fair inquiry for barley, but prices were
tending downwards.
The.malt trade was steady at late rates.
There was a good supply of oats, which have been rather
cheaper to purchase.

Beans and peas were offered at lower prices, but the de-
mand was dull.

Linseed and rapeseed ruled firm in price, but agricul-
tural seeds were in little request. Cakes sold slowly, at
late rates.

The flour trade was very dull, and Monday's prices were
barely maintained.

ARRIVALS TIII3 WEIL
Wheat. Barley. Alalt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 560 1,170 720 150 770
Irish
Foroign 17,020 1040 22,450 1,850 sks
Maize, 5,240 qrs. 6,690 iris
COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND rnicEs OF GRAIN.

For the week ending Oct. For the corresponding week
19, 1867. last year.
Q,rs. Aver. Qrs. Aver.
Wheat 79,292—Ws 6d Wheat 73,880-52s 2d
Berl ey ..... ....58,907-418 8d Barley 64,874-42s 11d
Oats 9,788-25s 10(110ats

WHITE,

MIAPEL.

Beef 3 0 to 4 4 Veal 3 8 to 4
Muttou Boto 4 4 I Pork

Per 81b by

the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.

Thaw is a fair demand for most descriptions of hops,
and prices have an upward tendency. The Continental
markets are also reported firm, owing to the continued do-
mand for export.
Mid and East Keats £9 103 is £l2 Os per owt.
SV'eald of Kent
Sussex 7 lOs to 9 Os „
Farnham 9 10s to 12 Os ~
Bavarian 7 Os to 9 9s ~
Belgians 5 12e to 6 lOs 11
Yearlings