The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

JIEALTH OF LOYDON DURING ME

IVEEK,

(From the Registrar-General's _Report.)

The mortality lof London continues to increase
rapidly with increasing cold. In the third week
' of October the deaths were 1,113; in the thin'
week of November, ending last Saturday, they
were 1,487. In the first of the fivs week coo',
prised within these limits the mean temperaturn
of the air was 51.1 deg., in the last, 35.5 deg. A,
reduction in the temperature, graduallff effeoteth
to the extent of 16 deg., has been attended by an
increase of nearly 400 in the deaths of a week.
In the 10 years 1848-57 the average number 01
deaths in the weeks corresponding with last Feet
was 1,084 ; but as tne 1,497 deaths of last week on",
curred in a population which has increased the!.
should be compared with the average after itiS
raised in proportion to the increase, a correction
by which it becomes 1,192. An excess of death°
nearly equal to 300, attests the unusual severity °I, ,
the present November, to which, as its princiPn'
cause, the excess is to be attributed.
The deaths referred to pulmonary diseases, in't
eluding bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, and otters
less extensively fatal, bnt excluding phthisis aIId
whooping-cough, were in the last four weeks Oe",
cessively 181, 250, 312, and 413 ; those referred
especially to bronchitis, 83,128; 171, and 211; te„
pneumonia, 77, 99, 112, and 166 ; to asthma, 'l,'
13, and 20. The mortality from phthisis is more
slowly affected by cold, for it did not increas till la'
week, when the deaths rose from 131 to 166. Fill
nonagenaris died last week, of whom the oldest 05
94 years of age.
From scarlatina 133 persons died last weett of
whom all except 5, where children under 15yearat)t
age. Six deaths from it occurred in the sub-din;
tract of Poplar. This disease shows a very sligb'
decrease ; small-pox on thn other hand, which Was
fatal in ten cases, shows an increase.
Last week the biaths of 865 boys and 768 girlsf,in
all 1,633 children, were registered in London. 'is:,
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 18484'
the average number was 1,491.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.5301
The barometrical readings varied from 29.27 in. to
29.96 in. The mean temperature of the week 'so"
35.5 deg., which is 7 deg. below the average of ts.be
same week in 43 years (as determined by IV'
Giaisiier). The mean daily temperature wal
be:
low the avergage throughout the week, and a"
the last two days, which were tho coldest, the
extent of depression was respectively 13.1 deg
and 10.5 deg. The highest reading of the
thermometer in the shade obtained on Sunda!
the 14th, and was 45.8 deg. Its lowest point V'
24.6 deg. on Saturday. The entire range was there'
fore 21.2 deg. ; the mean daily range was 9.3 deg'
The difference between the mean dew-point temP_,,e.
rature and air temperature was 5 deg. The ow
degree of humidity of the air was 83. The ivel,
temperature of the water of the Thames was 41'9
deg., or 6.4 deg. higher than that of the air. Tilo
t
wind blew from the north-east till Friday, when it
changed to south-west. Strong gales blew on °e'
veral days at the beginning of the week, the pre4
sure having increased on Sunday to 131 b. on tP
square foot. There was no rain. •