The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-06 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, June 1,
he births registered in London and 12 other large
:owns of the United Kingdom were 4,727 ; the

deaths registered, 2,879. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 24 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,176 boys and 1,061
girls, in all 2,237 children, were registered in the
week. In thecorresponding weeks of 10 years 1857 -
66, the average number, corrected for increase of
population, is 1,093.
The deaths registere in London during the week
were 1,250. It was the twenty-second week of the
year, and the average number of deaths for that
week is, with a correction for increase of population,
1,252. The deaths in the present return approxi-
mate closely to the estimated amount, but exceed
by 132 the number registered in the week which
ended on the 25th of May. - _ .

Eighteen deaths from smallpox occurred last
week, 11 of which were in the east districts. The
deaths from whooping-cough were 47 ; 5 in the
west, 15 in the north, 5 in the central, 7 in the
east, and 15 in the south districts. Forty-one
deaths from typhus, 17 from measles, 18 from scar-
latina, and 15 from diarrhoea were recorded.
The daughter of a tide-water, aged 43 years, died
on the 30th of May, at 10, Windsor-terrace,
Carlton-road west, Peckham, of " cholera (eight
days) exhaustion."
Pancras ; Tottenham-court.—ln University Col-
lege Hospital, on the 22d of May, the daughter of a
gardener, aged nine years, " syncope from chloro-
form administered at an operation." Post mortem.
(Inquest.)
Holborn; St. Andrew Eastern.—ln the work-
house, on the 21st of May, a pawnbroker, aged 75
years, " effusion of serum on brain accelerated by
want." Post mortem. (Inquest.)
The deaths of four persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered :
The son of a shoemaker, aged five years, run
over. Died on the 22d of May in the London Hos-
pital. (Inquest.)
The daughter of a cordwainer, aged one year, run
over. Died on the 25th of May in the London
Hospital. (Inquest.)
The widow of a sailor, aged 56 years, run over.
Died on the 26th of May in the London Hospital.
Inquest.

An omnibus driver, aged 4G years, fell from the
driving seat and was run over by the wheels of an
omnibus. Died on the 24th of May in the West-
minster Hospital. Post mortem. (Inquest.)
By Dr. Frankland's analysis, it appears that while
the water of Loch Katrine, supplied to Glasgow,
contained in every 100,000 tons three tons of foreign
matter, the same quantity of the Thames water in
May contained from 27 to 29 tons ; of the New
River water, 25 tons ; of the East London, 27 tons ;

of the Kent Company, 39 tons. The traces of pre-
vious sewage contamination were least in the East ;
London ; gre_►test in the Kent waters. The waters •
were much parer in May than in April, and this
was followed by an evident improvement in the
health of the people.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per
1,000 in London, 33 in Edinburgh, and 32
in Dablin ; 24 in Bristol, 19 in Birmingham,
30 in Liverpool, 28 in Manchester, 30 in Sal-
ford, 24 in Sheffield, 28 in Leeds, 20 in Hull, 29
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 23 in Glasgow. The
rate in Vienna was 34 per 1,000 during the week
ending the 25th ult when the mean temperature
was 6.8 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same
week in London, where the rate was 19.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.742 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.44 in.
on Monday, May 27, to 29.97 in. on Friday, May
31. The mean temperature of the air in the
week was 59 deg., which is 3 deg. above
the average of the same week in 50 years (as de-
termined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day
temperature was 77.5 deg. on Saturday, June 1.
The lowest night temperature was 46.5 deg., on
Sunday, May 26. The entire range of temperature
in the week was, therefore, 31 deg. The mean of
the highest temperature of the water of the Thames
was 51.8 deg. ; that of the lowest was 52.3 deg.
The difference between the mean-dew point tempo-
, rature and air temperature was 6.9 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 78, com-
plete saturation being represented by 100. Rain
fell to the amount. of 0.69 in., of which 0.29 in. fell
on Sunday, May 26, anl 0.31 on Monday, May 27.
L The general direction of the wind was S.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, Cross-
ness, was 57,951,741 gallons, or 263,301 cubic
metres, equivalent to about as many tons by
weight.