The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-12 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, July 6,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 3,866 ; the
deaths registered, 2,520. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 21 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 922 boys and 937
girls, in all 1,919 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of the ten years
1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 1,940.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,130. It was the 27th week of the year, and
the averag3 number of deaths for the week is, with
a correction for increase of population,l,299. The
deaths in the present return are less by 169 than
the estimated number.
Thirty-one deaths occurred from smallpox, 22
from measles,
19 from scarlatina, 27 from whoop-
ing-cough, and 45 from typhus.
Four deaths from choleraic diarrhoea, two from
English cholera, and 54 from diarrhoea were re-
corded.

The son of a labourer, aged six years, died on the
27th of June at 19, Bolton-road, Kensington, of
purpura, fever (three days), cerebro-spinal
typhus."
The son of a printer's pressman, aged seven
years, died on the Ist of July at 30, Cross-street,
Holborn, of " cerebro-spinal meningitis (seven
days (30 hours.")
The deaths of four persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
Marylebone (All Souls.)—At 23, Bolsover-street,
June 27, the widow of a master jeweller, aged 48
years, " choleraic diarrhoea." Pancras (Gray's-
inn-lane).—At 3, Henry-street, July 4, the son of
a servant, aged 9 months, " diarrhoea (3 days),
rice-water, vomiting, and purging; collapse (12
hours)." Shoreditch (Ilaggerstone west.)—At 31,
Parker-street, July 3, the daughter of a trunk-
maker, aged 15 months, " English cholera (24
hours)." Whited) apel ( Aldgate) . —At 66, Cart-
wright-street, June 30, the daughter of a labourer
at a brewery, aged 6montlas, " choleraic diarrhcaa."
St. George-in-the-East (St. Mary.)—At 12,
Thomas-street, June 29, the son of a porter, aged 2
years, " choleraic diarrhoea (2 days)." Mile-end
Old-town (Western)—At 16, Greenfield-street,
July G, the daughter of a commercial traveller, aged
4 years, "English cholera (24 hours), no rice water."
Islington (East)—Found dead at 13, Cardigan-
street, July 1, the widow of a clerk, aged 88 years,
" old age, accelerated by want of the proper neces-
saries of life." Post mortem (inquest). Bethnal-
green (town)—At 1, Ramsey-street, June 29, the
wife of a Greenwich pensioner, aged 68 years, " de-
cay of nature, want of nourishment." _

The annual rate of mortality last week was 19 per

1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 25
in Dublin ; 18 in Bristol, 19 in Birmingham,
21 in Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 26 in Sal-
ford, 16 in Sheffield, 24 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 22
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 26 in Glasgow. The
rate in Vienna was 30 per 1,000 during the week
ending the 29th ult,, when the mean temperature
was 8.5 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 29.796 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30.11 in.
at the beginning. of the week to 29.52 in. on Tries-

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day, July 2. The mean temperature of the air in
the week was 61.9 deg., which is 0.5 deg. above
the average of the same week in 50 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day
temperature was 81.5 deg. on Monday, July 1.
The lowest night temperature was 45.9 deg., on
Saturday, July 6. The entire range of temperature
in the week was therefore 35.6 deg. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 65.6 deg. ; that of the lowest was 634 deg.
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 8.6 deg. The

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mean degree of humidity of the air was 74, com-
plete saturation being represented by 100. Rain
fell to the amount of 0.31 in., of which 0.25 in. fell
on Tuesday. Between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on
Monday, frequent flashes of lightning were seen.
The general direction of the wind was variable.
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 41,231,688 gallons, or 187,331 cubic metres,
equivalent to about as many tons by weight.