The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-19 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-Generars Return.)
The following is the weekly return of the Regis-
trar-General of births and deaths in London and in
12 other large towns of the United Kingdom :
In the week that ended on Saturday, September
17, 4,339 births and 3,105 deaths were registered in
London and in 12 other large towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 26
per 1,000 persons living.

The annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per
1,000 in London, 19 in Edinburgh, and 26 in Dub-
lin, 17 in Bristol, 33 in Birmingham, 33 in
Liverpool,in Manchester, 36 in Salford, 31 in
Sheffield,
3 369 in Leeds,
38 in Hull, 42 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 26 in Glasgow.
The 2,667 deaths returned last week in the 10
large English towns showed an increase of 85 upon
those of the previous week, and the deaths from
diarrhoea rose from 507 to 577. The death rate
had somewhat decreased in both London and Bris-
tol, while in each of the other eight towns it was
higher ; the increase being almost entirely due to
the fatality of infantile diarrhoea. Of the annual
death rates per 1,000 from all causes in the week
the mortality from diarrhoea was 2 in Bristol, 3 in
London, 6 in Liverpool, 8 in Newcastle and
Sheffield, 11 in Hull and Leeds, 12 in Birmingham
and Manchester, and 13 in the borough of Salford.
In Loudon the births of 1,044 boys and 1,014
girls, in all 2,058 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1857-66, the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 2,009.

The deaths registered in London during theweek
were 1,262. It was the 37th week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,250. The
deaths in the present return slightly exceed the
estimated number.

The riortality frcm diarrhcea and cholera exhibits
a slight tendency to increase. Thirty-seven deaths
from diarrhcea occctrred in the west districts, 63 in
the north, 16 in the central, 46 in the east, and 41
in the south districts. Diarrhoea and cholera are
especially fatal to tie young, who when attacked
succumb more readily to the disease than per-
sons in the prime of life. 193 children and 11
male adults died last week from diarrhoea, and
the deaths of 21 children and four adults
from cholera or choleraic diarrhcea were recorded.
The registrar of the tub-district of St. Botolph, East
London, states in reference to the death of a child
from choleraic diardcaa at 25, Cutler-street, Aid-
gate, that " the father of the child complains of the
bad state of the drains under the house, and the
stench arising frog all kinds of filth accumulated
near his door."

The mortality by cholera and diarrhcea during the
last five weeks was at the annual rate in 10,000
living of 33 deaths in the New River districts ; 26
in the Southwark, Lambeth, and Kent ; 41 in the
Grand Junction, West Middlesex, and Chelsea; 45
in the districts supplied with water by the East
London Company.
Seventeen deaths occurred last week from small-
pox, 15 from measles, 38 from scarlatina, 25 from
whooping cough, 30 from typhus, and four from
delirium tremens. The daughter of an Italian
warehouseman, aged 17 years, died on the Ist Sept.,
at North Audley-street, Hanover-square, from eat-
ingassistant,ndc Hospital, from drinking raw
spirits. aged 15 years, died on Sept.
poisonous mushrooms (28 hours). (Inquest.)
A butcher's
terost
wort. (Inquest.)
Kensington ; Kensington-town.-At 1, Bramley-
Lo
9,
iah
road, Sept. 12, the son of a carman, aged 3 months,
choleraic diarrhcea, exhaustion. St. George's,
Hanover-square ; Belgraee.-At 9, Warwick-row,
on Sept. 11, the son of a professed cook, aged six
months, choleraic diarrhoea (one week). St Pan-
cras; Tottenham-coart.-
At 3, Grafton-street, on
Sept. 9, the daughter of a gentleman, aged 41
mouths, choleraic diarrhoea (24 hours). Islington ;
East•-At 221, Essex-road, on Sept. 7, the son of
an accountant, aged 6 months, choleraic diarrhcea
(three days). Holborn ; St. Andrew Eastern. -At
4, Dove-court, on Sept. 12, a boot and shoemaker,
aged 75 years, choleraic diarrhcea. Clerkenwell ;
Amwell.-At 8, St. Helena-place, on Sept. 11, the
daughter of a thermometer-maker, aged 4 years,
choleraic diarrhoea (12 hours.) East London, St.
Botolph.-At 25, Cutler-street, on Sept. 10, the
son of a clothier, aged four
months, choleraic
diarrhcea (24 hours.) Shoreditch ; St. Leonard.
-At 13, Motley-street, on Sept. 11, a female, aged
six months, cholera (six weeks), atrophy. Stepney,
Limehouse,-At Gun-lane, on Sept. 9, the daughter
of a farmer, aged nine months, choleraic diarrhcea
(four days.) In same sub-district, at 7, Vincent-
street, on Sept. 12, the wife of a mariner (merchant
service), aged 46 years, choleraic diarrhoea. Mile-
end Old Town, Western.-At 1, Antcliff-street, on
Sept. 11, the wife of a tailor, aged 51 years, Asiatic
cholera (9 hours). In same sub-district, at 5, St.
Vincent-street, on Sept. 8, the son of a dock labourer,
aged 12 years, cholera (19 hours) collapse. In
same sub-district, at 2, Oley-place, on Sept. 13, the
son of an excavator, aged 8 weeks,
choleraic diar-
rhcea. Mile-end Old Town (Eastern).-At 15, Ann's-
road, on Sept. 4, the son of a paper hanger, aged 15
days, choleraic diarrhoea. In same sub-district, at 8,
Alfred-street, on Sept. 10, the daughter of a carman,
aged one year, choleraic diarrhoea. Poplar, Poplar.
-At 19, Stewart's-terrace, on Sept. 8, the daughter
of an excavator, aged three months, choleraic dim..
rhcsa (6 days). In same sub-district, at 10, Suffolk-
street, on Sept. 9, a joiner, aged 63 years, English
cholera (6 days). St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey,
Leather-market. At 5, Elim-street, on Sept. 11, the
daughter of a plasterer, aged five months, choleraic
diarrhcea (14 days). In same sub-district, at 44,
Bermondsey New-road, on Sept. 8, the daughter of
a beerahop-keeper, aged five years, cholera infant=
(2 days), convulsions. Lambeth, Brixton.-At Acre-
lane, on Sept. 8, the daughter of a hop merchant,
aged seven months, choleraic diarrhcea, exhaustion.
Camberwell, Peckham,
At 28, Bexley-street, on
Sept. 10, the daughter of a labourer, aged five years,
choleraic diarrhea. Camberwell, St. George.-At
27, Regent-street, on Sept. 12, the son of a labourer,
aged six months, cholera (4 dap). Lewisham, Plum-
stead, a ad Charlton-At 52, Maxey-road, Plumstead
Sept. 7, the son of a general dealer, aged 8 months,
choleraic diarrhcea (5 days). In the same sub-dis-
trict, at 16, Pattison-road, Plumstead, on Sept. 7,
the son of a grocer, aged 8 mouths, choleraic diar-
rhcea (3 days). Lewisham ; Lee-At South Vale-
cottage, Blackheath, Lewisham, on Sept. 9, the son
of a lieutenant, aged 8 weeks, infantile cholera.
The deaths of two persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.769iu.
[he barometrical reading decreased from 29.92 in.
at beginning of the week to 29.63 in. on Monday,
Sept. 9, increased to 29.83 in. on Wednesday, Sept.
11, and decreased to 29.63 on Thursday, Sept. 12.
The mean temperature of the air in the week was
60.1 deg., which is 2.5 deg. above the average of
the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 73.2
deg., on Thursday, Sept. 12. The lowest night
temperature was 49.1 deg., on Saturday, Sept.
14. The entire range of temperature in the week

was, therefore, 24-1 deg. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 63.2 deg. ; that of the lowest was 61.6 deg.-
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 6.7 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 79,
complete saturation being represented by 100. The
general direction of the wind was S.W. Rain fell
to the amount of 1-18 in.. Lightning was seen after
9 a.m. on Monday, and on the morning of Tuesday.
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
49,402,874 gallons, or 224,460 cubic metres, equi-
valent to about as many tons by weight. In the
preceding week the average daily quantity of sewage
pumped into the river was 48,342,133 gallons, or
219,640 cubic metres.