The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-10 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Front the Report of the Registrar General.)
The deaths registered in Loudon, which rose in
the previous week to 1,108, declined in the week
ending last Saturday, June sth, to 1,087, of which
583 are deaths of males,. 554 those of females. In
the ten years 1848-57-the average number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week was 964 ;
but as the deaths returned for last week occurred
in an increased population, they can only be com-
pared with the average when the latter has been
raised in proportion to the increase, a correction
which will make it 1,060. The comparison sitar
that the mortality of last week exceeds that which
is obtained by calculation from former experience
at the beginning of June, but that the excess IS
not considerable.

Zymotic diseases increased last week, as regards
the number of fatal cases, from 259 to 291 (the
corrected average for last week being MO This
increase arises from measles, the deaths from Which
in the last two weeks were respectively 45 and 621
from whooping-cough, which was fatal in 61 and
69 cases ; from typhus, which was fatal in 32 and
43 ; and from diarrhoea, which was fatal in the two
weeks in 14 and 18 cases. Six children died from
measles in the sub-district of Greenwich Weer.
An old man died on the 2d inst. from cholera,
after six days' illness, in Smith-square, Westmill"
ster. Twelve women died from diseases inci-
dental to childbearing ; 20 children died from
having been born prematurely ; 16, of whom nine
were a year old, died from teething ; 44 from caw
vulsions. Twenty violent deaths were registered,
16 of which were accidental, and four by suicide
(all of these last by hanging). A woman, aged 90
years, and five men, aged 90 years and.upwards;
were returned, the two oldest having beenTesPee'
tively 97 and 103 years. The centenarian had been
formrly a sergeant in the Foot Guards, and had
served in the Walcheren expedition and Peninfuler
campaigns, and was pensioned previously to the
battle of Waterloo. He possessed remark:able
physical strength, and retained his mental fainni"
ties to the last. Latterly he followed the occuPe'
tion of a tailor ; he died on the 25th ult. at Bridge'
field-place Wandsworth. His medical attendsrit)
who supplies most of the above particulars, has
seen the certificate of his birth, now in the posses'
sion of his daughter, which runs thus :—" Sohn
Ewing, born 16th October, 1745, at Carronshereo
parish of Larbert, shire of Stirling. Extracted firers
the record. John Bunce, clerk."
Last week the births of 765 boys and 780 gitrlss
in all 1,545 children, were registered in Loneorb
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848'
57 the average number was 1,465.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.8941e'
The lowest barometrical reading was 29.64 in. 09,
Thursday • the highest was 30.01 in., and occurred
on the following day. The mean temperature of
the week was 66.2 deg., which exceeds by nearl7 10,
deg. the average of the same week in 43 years (es'
determined by Mr. Glaisher.) On Monday and tiler,
three following days the mean daily temperature
was from 1.1 to 14 deg. in excess of the average:'
On Tuesday the thermometer attained its highest'
point in the shade, which was 85 deg., and also its
highest in the sun, which was 119.5 deg. The
lowest temperature occurred on Sunday, 30th ult.,
and was 50.1 deg. The entire range in the week in
the shade was, therefore, 34.9 deg. The mean dart
range was 24.7 deg. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 62.1. The difference be'
tween the mean dew-point temperature and a.it
temperature was 10.70 deg. The mean humidity.;
of the air was 68, complete saturation being eepredi
sented by 100 ; on Monday the humidity was oaf
58. Rain to the amount of 1.16 in. fell on SAILr"
day. A severe thunder storm with vivid lightning'
occurred between six and eight o'clock on Sat.a,"
day morning. An oak in Greenwich-park was strue'b ,
by the lightning and stripped of a portion of its
bark. Rain fell to the depth of an inch in less than
an hour. Hail also fell during the storm.