The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-22 00:00:00

HEALTH OF. LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The deaths registered in London in the week
ending last Saturday were 1,442. In the ten yeaks
1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks
corresponding • with last week was 1,186 ; but, as
the deaths in thepresentreturn occurred in apopu-
lation which has increased; they should be emit-
pared with the average after it is raised in propor-
tion to this increase, a correction which will make
it 1,305. The result of comparison is, that the
deaths of last week exceeded by 137 the number
which would have occurred if a rate of mortality
the same as the average had prevailed. The deaths
in the preceding week were 1,,531 ; and though.
those of last wee are still numerous, it is satisfac- .
tory that the return shows a continued decrease in
the mortality from the high point which it attained
at the end of last month.
Sixty-three districts of England in which the:
mortality is least have been selected, and their ave-
rage rate of mortality in the last quarter of the
year has been ascertained. If the deaths in London
last week had been according to "the healthy rate"
thus obtained they .would have been:76s; and the'
actual excess (amounting to '617) abbVethe standard
may be the result in part of the unfavourable
ture of the weather, but it arises chiefly from ac-
quired conditions of insalubrity that cXist in toms.
The deaths caused last week insalubrity
distascs
in the aggregate were 322, the corrected average;.
of 10 corresponding weeks beinip29p. Thouzh scar-
latina appears to be declining, it is stiliTY tr trio
most fatal in this class. The 'deaths 4g:omit
112, the average being 58. r,tgiat 4c(iths ftoni,
scarlatina occurred in the Tottenham-court-road ,
sub-district. Smallpox slowly iiferCa-Ses; And
fatal last week in 16 cases. From measieS,'42"chil-
dren and an adult died, of which cases. three,.
occurred within four days in one,
street, Wool wich. • Bronchitis caiTied. 0W264 pei.-
sons, which is rather more than, in_the previous
week, and exceeds the average by 131. The cleatls,
of five nonagenarians, who were all widoWs,'ari
recorded as having occurred at the rollOWifig ages':
—9O, 94. 95, 98, and 99 years.
Last week the births of 890 boys and 880 girls,
in all 1,770 children, were registerc# in London,
In the ten corresponding weeks of the year 4
1848-57 the average number was 1,561.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29-867 in.
The barometrical readings varied from 29.39 in. to
. 3014 in. The mean temperature of the weak was
38.9 deg., which is 11 deg. below the avcrage, of
the same week in 43 years (as determined
Glaisher). The lowest point attained by.-thtE.lheri.
mometer in the week was 33.5 deg.: on Wednes;
day ; the highest point was 51 deg.* SaluidaY.
The range of the week was therefoie '17.5.
The mean daily range was 7.8- deg:_; o'ti Sunday
and Tuesday.the range did notexceed,2•l deg. and.
3 deg. The difference between
,the mean AleiTV
point temperature and air temperatuie was 2-1 Weg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air *61,91.
The mean temperature of the water of, theThaMes
was 411 deg. The wind blew generally from the
south and south-east, The amount of rain :mea-
sured by the gauge was 0-30 in , most of which fell
on Saturday.
. .

A ROUNDABOUT' PASSAGT.---As an instance' 414
the effects of the late stormy weather we may mention' -the
case of a vessel that passed through the Caledonian-Cvliiikh
The Betsy, of Peterhead, from Oporto for London, Wilk
fruits and wine, lost the English Channel during
storm. The first port made by the Master was Queens •
town; on leaving Queenstown, intending to make for the
' English Channel again, he was driven as far. north a-S;the
Sound of Islay ! ' lie then determined to take the route of
our canal, passing from the west to the cast sea:—/kr-
ness Courier.
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