The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-01 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, July 27,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,451 ; the

deaths registered, 2,816. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 24 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,107 boys and 1,056
girls, in all 2,163 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 2,008.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,347. It was the 30th week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for the week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,453. The
deaths in the present return are less by 106 than

the estimated number.
The deaths in the metropolis from diarrhea have
rapidly increased since the week which ended June
22, when 15 persons died from the disease ; in the
four following weeks the numbers were 48, 51, 115,
170. Last week 196 deaths from diarrhea were
registered ; 39 of these cases occurred in the west,
50 in the north, 22 in the central, 52 in the east,
and 33 in the south districts. Twelve children and
3 adults died from cholera or choleraic diarrhoea.

In the corresponding week of last year (1866) the
deaths from diarrhoea were 349, and from cholera
904. The daughter of a timekeeeper, aged five

years, died on the 4th of July at 1, Brown's-yard,
Worship-street, Shoreditch, of typhoid fever with
purpure.t (6 days), convulsions (two days)." The
daughter of a painter, aged 13 years, died on the
16th of July, at 1, York-grove, Carlton-road, Peck-

ham, of hydrophobia ; she was bitten by a dog two
months since. (Inquest.)
Kensington (Town).—At 4, New-court, on the
221 of July, the son of a labourer, aged two

mouths, cholera infantum. In the same sub

district, at 15, Canyden-place, on the 26th of July;

the daughter of a china-mender, aged 11. months,

cholera iufantum. In the same district, at 4, Farm

street, on the 23d of July, the son of a carpenter,
aged 13 months, choleraic diarrhoea. Westminster,

Sr. John.—At 40, Ponsonby-place, Milbank, on

the 19th of July, the daughter of a carpenter, aged
five months, infantile cholera (two days). Mary-

lebone, Rectory.—At 3, Grafton-court, on the 23d
of July, the son of a labourer, aged four months,
choleraic diarrhoea (two days)., In same sub-district,
at 2, Grafton-court, on the 25th July, the daughter
of a labourer, aged six weeks, choleraic diarrhoea.

Pancras, Tottenham-court.—At 24, Stephen-street,
on the 27th July, the daughter of a painter, aged
nine months, choleraic diarrhoea (20 hours). Pan-
cras (Somers-town).—At 17, Churchway, on the
21st July, the son of a labourer, aged 10 months,
cholera infantum (five days), convulsions. Isling-
ton (West).—At 178, Caledonian-road, on the 22d
July, the daughter of a greengrocer, aged five
months, choleraic diarrhoea (one week), erysipelas
of head and face (three days). In the same sub-
district, at 12, Roman-read, on the 27th July, the
daughter of a solicitor, aged five months, choleraic
diarrhoea. Holborn (St. Andrew Eastern).—At 28,
Verulam-street, on the 22dJuly, the son of a general
dealer, aged three months, choleraic diarrhoea (three
days). Clerkenwell (St. James).—At 165, St.
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monger, aged 65 years, English cholera (two days).
Shoreditch (Horton Old-town). —At 10, Bridport-
place, on the 25th July, the daughter of a cab-
driver, aged five months, choleraic diarrhoea. St.
Olave, Southwark ; St. John.—At 51, Fair-street,
on the 22,1 July, the widow of a corn aged
runner,
70 years, cholera (4 days), collapse (1 day).
The deaths of six persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
It appears by Dr. Frankland's analysis that
100,000 tons of the water supplied by the London
companies contained extraneous substances in various
quantities, ranging from 24 to 39 tons ; the quantity
in the Glasgow waters being only three tons. The
Kent water taken at the works in Deptford was the
hardest, and altogether the most impure.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per
1,000 in London, and 23 in Edinburgh, and 23 in
Dublin ; 22 in Bristol, 21 in Birmingham, 27 in
Liverpool, 31 in Manchester, 27 in Salford, 21 in
Sheffield, 24 in Leeds, 20 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 23 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 23 per 1,000 during the week ending the 10th
inst., when the mean temperature was 8.6 deg.
Fahrenheit higher than in tha same week in London,
where the rate was 21.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.592 in.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.42 in.
on Friday, July 26, to 29.93 in. by the end of the
week. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 59.2 deg., which is 2.5 deg. below the average
of the same week in 50 years (as determined by
Mr. G 1 ashen) The highest day temperature was
74.1 deg. on Sunday, July 21. The lowest
night temperature was 45.8 deg., on Thursday,
July 25. The entire range of temperature in the
week was therefore 28.3 deg. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 63.8 deg. ; that of the lowest was 61.9 deg.
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 7.5 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 77,
bcom-
plete saturation being represented y 100. Rain
fell to the amount of 3.73 in., of which 3.67 in. fell
on Friday, July 26. The general direction of the
wind was S.W. On July 25, at midnight, rain
commenced falling heavily, and fell without cessation
until 10 n.m. on the 26th. During these ten hours
the rainfall amounted to 3.18 in., an amount un-
precedzittedly large for this locality. About 1.40
p.m. rain. ag :in began to fail, and fell more or less
heavily till 10 p.m., giving an additional fall of
0.49 in., and a total fall for the day of 3.67 in.—a
greater amount than has ever been recorded in 24
hours at the Royal Observatory. As far as can be
at present ascertained this remarkable rainfall was
confined to a radius of about ten miles from Green-
wich ; it extended to Crossness, where itwas 3.31 in.
It will be seen that the largest fall measured in any
of the other English towns furnishing weekly re-
turns was I.oBin. in Newcastle, while it did not
amount to half an inch in any of the others. In
Edinburgh, however, it was 3.70 in., or nearly the
same a s at Greenwich ; and in Glasgow 2.09 in.
According to a return furnished by the engineer
of the Netropolitan, Board of ,Works, the average