The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-28 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC. HEALTH.

The following is the weekly return of the
Registrar-General of births and deaths in London
and in twelve other large towns of the United
Kingdom :
General Register-office, Somerset-house, Nov. 25.
In the week that ended on Saturday, Nov. 23,
4,315 births and 3,083 deaths were registered in
London and in 12 other large towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 26
per 1,000 persons living.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 24
per 1,000 in London, 33 in Edinburgh, and 22 in
Dublin ; 28 in Bristol, 26 in Birmingham, 32 in
Liverpool, 35 in Manchester, 34 in Salford, 21 in
Sheffield, 22 in Leeds, 18 in Hull, 33 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 27 in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 25 per 1,000 during the week ending
the 16th inst., when the mean temperature was 4.9
Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London,
where the rate was 25.

Manchester is still conspicuous for its high death-
rate. Scarlatina, measles, whooping-cough, and
the various forms of fever are fatally prevalent in
many parts of the city. The annual rate of
mortality per 1,000 persons estimated to be living
in the city has, in the past eight weeks of the cur-
rent quarter, averaged 31 per 1,000, against 35 and
30 respectively in the corresponding eight weeks of
1865 and 1866.

In London the births of 1,168 boys and 1,092
girls, in all 2,260 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years
1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 2,054.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,426. It was the forty-seventh week of the
year, and the average number of deaths for th tt
week is, with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, 1,627. The deaths in the present return are
less by 20 L than the estimated number.
The deaths from zymotic diseases were 230, the
corrected average number being 371. The deaths
from smallpox were 10, from scarlatina 32, from
whooping-cough 28, from typhus 44, diarrhoea 13,
and measles 53. No deaths occurred from cholera or
choleraic diarrhoea. Nine children diedfrom measl
in the west, 13 in the north, 2 in the central, 11 inl
the east, and 18 in the south districts. Nine deaths
from measles were registered in the sub-district of
St. John, Marylebone. The registrar remarks—
" During the last month 22 children have died from
measles in some of the streets adjoining Salisbury-
street, and there is no appearance of the mortality
subsiding.
Last week 148 persons died from phtbisis, 205
from bronchitis, 132 from pneumonia, and 68 from
diseases of the heart.

Seven children and one adult died from injuries
caused by burns or scalds; two of these cases were
those of children whose clothes took fire when they
were playing with lucifer matches.
A man, aged 48 years, died on Nov. 18th at 1,
George-street, Spitalfield, of starvation. Post mort.
(Inquest.)
A female infant, aged eight months, died on Nov.
17, at 9, Ratcliff-square,Ratcliff, of "disease of me-
senteric glands, accelerated by insufficient nourish-
ment, from poverty and destitution." (Inquest.)
The deaths of 4 personawho were killed•by horses
or carriages in the streets were registered last week.
One hundred and fifty-seven deaths from injuries
caused by horses or vehicles in the streets have been
recorded during the present year.
The medical officer of health for the district of
Mile-end Old-town states, in reference to the death
of a child on Oct. 28, at2l, Washington-street, from
convulsions from choleraic diarrhoea, that " the child
had been exposed to the noxiouseffiuvia arising from
a drain which was being cleared out near the house;
the drainage of the house was also very defective."
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.199 in.
the barometrical reading increased from 29.59iu. at
the beginning of the week t) 30.41 in. on Thursday,
the 21st of November. The mean temperature of
the air in the week was 39• G deg., which is 2 deg.
below the average of the same week in 50 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day
temperature was 46.8 deg., on Tucsday, the 19th of
November. The lowest night temperature was 32.8
deg., on Monday, the 18th November. The entire
range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 14
deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the
water of the Thames was43.6deg.; that of the lowest
was 41.1 deg. The difference between the mean dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 4.9 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 83,
complete saturation being represented by 100. A
little rain fell during the morning of Sunday, the
17th November ; a heavy gale prevailed from the
N.E. throughout the day. A little rain fell on
Friday and Saturday, the 22d and 23d November.
The general direction of the wind during the week
was N.N.W. 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 Outfall Works,
Crossness; was 61,622,249 gallons, or 279,978 cubic
metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight.
A legal certificate of any birth, deatb, or marriage
registered in England or Wales since July 1, 1837,
may be, obtained at the General Register-office,
Somerset-house.

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES.

METROPOLITAN.

This company has given notice of application to
Parliament for power to make a short line, com-
mencing by a junction with the main line under the
Meat and Poultry Market in Smithfield, and ter-
minating near the north side of the bridge carrying
Snow-hill over the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, by a junction with the latter railway. To
extend the time for the purchase of lands and com-
pletion of works on the Western Extension ; and
to confirm agreements with the Midland, the
Great Northern, and the Metropolitan and St.
John's-wood Railway Companies, for the use of the
Metropolitan line and stations.