The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-20 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar General.)
In the second week of the year the total number
of deaths registered in London was 1,289, of which
637 were deaths of males, 652 those of females. In
.the 10 years 1848-57 thO average number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week was-
-1,232 ; but,, as the deaths included in the present
return occurred in .an increased population, 'the
average, to admit of comparison, should be raised
in proportion to the increase, in which case it will
become 1,355. The returns for last week are,
therefore, so far satisfactory as to show that the
deaths were less by 66 than the number which the
average rate of mortality in the second week of
Ja❑uary would have produced.
The 1,289 deaths are classed under five' general
heads ; 261, of which number 210 are the deaths
of young persons, are 7ferred to zyinotic diseases ;
259 to'constitutional diseases ; .605 to local diseases;
142 to deielopinental diseases ; 13 are the results
of burns, drowning, wounds, or- othitit injury. Nine
deaths are not assigned to any pf the above classes,
because the fatal disease or iujUry is not described,
—a defect in the returns which is not unavoidable
in some cases, :but will necessarily arise in others,
where a coroner's jury, who have beeri summoned
to investigate the cause of death, have not been able
to ascertain it.

In the miasmatic order of diseases measles has
taken the most prominent place ; since the' middle
of December it has increased in the following
weekly numbers :-41, 45, 60, and 65. Of the 65
deaths of last week five occurred in the, west dis-
tricts, 10 in the central, 13 in the south, 17 in the
north, and 20 in the east districts. Five children
died of measles in the sub-district of Camden-town,
and the same number in 'that of Rotherhithe.
Whooping-cough, was fatal in 41 cases ;. Scarlatina
in 39, among which latter are one or two 'cased in
which diptheria. is mentioned as the cause of death
—a common complaint at the present time in Lon-
don and also in the country, in some parts of which
it appears to be known as " the throat disease."
Last week bronchitis carried off 197 persons, pneu.
monies 101, laryngeal affections, spasm of the glot-
tis, &c., 11. The mortality from pneumonia is less
than its usual amount ; but the degree in which
bronchitis is prevalent and fatal appears from the
fact that the average number of deaths from it,
raised for increase of population, is 150, while the
actual number is close on 200. Seven nonagena-
rians (of whom six were women) died last week ;
the three oldest were aged respectively 94, 95, and
96 years.
Last week the births of 902 boys and 861 girls
—in all 1,763 children—were registered in Lon-
don. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1848-57 the average number was 1,571.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the
mean height of the barometer in the week was
30.209 in. The mean daily reading rose about 30
in. on the 22d ult. and continued above it on the
25 days following,, with, the exception of one day,
the 9th inst. The greatest barometric pressure of
last week occurred on Tuesday, and was 30.46,in.,
The mean temperature of last week was 39.8 deg.,
which is 4.2 deg. above the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.)
On Sunday (the 10th) the mean temperature was
46'4 deg., which is 10.7 deg. 'above the average of
the same 'day. It fell to 35•3. deg. on Thursday,
which is rather below the average. The highest
temperature in the week wasso.9 deg. on Sunday ;
the lowest was 29•4 deg. on Tuesday. The mean
daily range was 13.8 deg. Tho difference between
the mean dew point temperature and the air tem-
perature was 3.2 deg. The mean degree of hu-
midity was 89. The mean temperature of the water
of the Thames was 39.8 deg., the same as that of
the air. The wind blew with great regularity from
the south-west. The rainfall measured was only
0.06 in.

• ARRIVAL . -OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.—Hie Royal
Highness the Prince of Prussia arrived at Dover at an
eany hour yesterday morning, and left for London
by a special train on the South-Eastern Railway at a
quarter past 11' o'clock. His Royal Highness was
accompanied by the Prince Holstein and the Prince Riaz,
and attended by his Excellency Count Bernstorff, Count
Arinin, Count Brandenburg, and a numerous suite. The
chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company, the
Hon. James Byng; and ,the gensral manager, Mr.
Eborall, met the royal party at Dover statical, and con-
ducted the train to London,-where the iLustrions party
arrived at a quarter past one o'clock. The Doke of
Richmond, in command of the Sussex Militia, and
General Crawford and Staff, were in ,attendance at the
Dover elation. His .Royal Highness the Prince of
Prussia was met. at the Bricklayers' Arms station by
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by.
Colonel Ponsouby. Mr. Teulon and other directors of
the railway ware also in attendance at the Bricklayers'
Arms station. . _

His Excellency the Conte de Redern, Lord Chamber-
lain to tae King of Prussia, has arrived at Maurigy's
HOtel.
His Excellency the Mexican Minister and Madame
Almonte will return to town to-morrow, from Paris.
Hii Excellency Don Juan Franoisco Martini, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Re pub•ic of Guatemala, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel.
The Earl and Countess of Craven and Viscount
Uffiugton, and the Ladies Elizabeth and Evelyn Craven,
arrived at the family mansion in Charles-street,
Berkeley-square, last evening, from Ashdo sn Park,
Berke, for a few days.

The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and the lalies
Somerset arrived at Warwick House Stable-yard yester-
day, from Ba immton, Gloucestershire.
The Baron and Baroness de Rottermcnd have arrived
at the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, from the Conti-
nent.

Visc,)untess Ingestre was safely delivered of a
daughtir on Tuesday, at her residence in Eccleston-
square.

Count and Countess de Flahault and Miss Elphinston
de Flahault arrived at Coventry House, on Saturday,
from Torquay
Lord and Lady Camoys and the He-n. Miss Stonor
come to town to-day from Stonor Park, Henley-on-
Thames, Oxou.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton come to town to-
day from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray.
The Countess Konda and family have left the Bruns-
wick Hotel, St.., James'o, for Paris, en route for -St:
Petersburg. ••• •