The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

BETTING AT MANCHESTER,—TIIESDAY.
HOPEFUL STAKES.
stolon the field (off)
DONCASTER HANDICAP.
7to 2 apt Gammoner (taken and off)
sto 1 agst Gammon (off)
TWO THOUSAND.
9 to 1 agst Lord of Lorn (taken and off)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 8 agat Zayder Zee (taken and off)
20 to 1 agst Garnish (take:2s to 1)
CHESTER CRP.
20 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (off)
40 to 1 aget Gimmon (taken and off)
50 to 1 apt Dulcamara (off)
66 to 1 apt Tricolour (off)
DERBY.
11 to lon the field (off)
20 to 1 apt Sedbnry (taken)
GREAT NORTHERN.
18 to 1 agat Vidette (off)

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TILE WEEK.

(From the Report of ad Registrar General.)

The returns for last week (which ended Satur-
day, March 6) show a considerable increase of
mortality, an effect which the remarkable coldness
of the weather on several days could hardly fail to
produce. The deaths in London, which were about
1,280 weekly in the latter half of February, rose
last week to 1,353, of which 694 were deaths of
men and boys, 659 those of women and girls. In
the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week was
1,175, but as the deaths of last week occurred in
an increased population, it is necessary to compare
them with the average, when the latter has been
raised in proportion to the increase, a correction
which will make it 1,293. Hence it appears that
the deaths now returned are 60 ix excess of the
number which would have occurred under the
average rate of mortality.
The births of last week exceed the deaths in the
same periods by 291.
Of the five classes into which the causes of death
are distributed, only one, namely, " local diseases,"
is found to produce the excess above mentioned ;
and amongst local diseases the increase is due to
those whioh affect the orgaua of respiration. Under
this last head, comprising chiefly bronchitis and
pneumonia, 395 deaths are classed, which the cor-
rected average is not more than 283. The only
corresponding weeks in which nearly equal or
greater numbers under this head are found, are
those of 1853 and 1855, when during or immediately
after low temperature of the air the deaths from
pulmonary diseases were 388 and 433, Bronchitis
was fatal last week in 243 cases (the average
being 140) ; pneumonia in 123 cases (the
average being 96). Influenza was specified as the
cause of death in only 4 cases; fatal cases of
whooping-cough rose to 59. From pthisis (or con-
sumption) 146 persona died ; its mortality was not
aggravated by the cold, for the number was exactly
the same as that of the previous week, and is
scarcely equal to the average.
In the sub-district of Lambeth Church (2d part),
two children died of whooping-cough in a family at
3, Neville-street ; and on the Ist and 3d inst. two
children of typhus in a family at 50, Park-street.
Four children have died since the 25th ult. of mea-
sles in the workhouse at Norwood, besides one from
chickex -pox, and one from pyemia. Five children
died of measles in the sub-district of Poplar ; seven
of whooping-cough in St. Paul, St. George-in-the-
East. "Diphtheria" is returned in seven instances.
One person died of destitution.
Last week the births of 869 boys and 775 girls,
in all 1,644 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the yearslB4B-57
the average number was 1,676.
Dr. R. D. Thomson, of St. Thomas's Hospital,
has found the composition of the waters supplied
by the principal metropolitan water companies
during the month of February as follows, in grains
per imperial gallon :

Total Organio
Impurity. Impurity.
trg• grs.
Chelsea 2o'oo ... 0'52
West Middlesex 19'15 ... 1'35
Grand Junction
Lambeth
Southwark
New River
Kent
Plumstead
26'61 ... 3'ol
All the specimens of water were derived from
he main water pipes, with the following exceptions:
—The Lambeth water was obtained from the service
pipe of a house at Champion Hill. The Plumstead
water was procured direct from the works, after
being softened by Dr. Clark's process. The water
is derived from a well sunk in the chalk, which
now yields 1} millions of gallons of water daily.
As sent from the works, it is much softer than any
other London company's water.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 22.69 in.
on Sunday (the 28th ult.) ; the lowest was 28.88
in., and occurred on Saturday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 31.5 deg.,
which is 8.5 deg. below the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The mean daily temperature was below the
average throughout the week, and it has been
below the average on every day with the exception
of February 13, during the whole period from
Feb. 6 to March 6. Last week the extent of this de-
pression was mire than 10 deg. on Monday, Tues-
day, and Wednesday. The highest point attained
by the thermometer was 43 deg. on Thursday ; the
lowest was 25.3 deg. on Sunday. The mean daily
range of temperature was 11.1 deg. ; on Wednesday
the range was 6.5 deg. ; on the following day it
was 17.1 deg. The difference between the mean
dew point temperature and air temperature was 6
dos. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames was 35.2 deg., nearly 4 deg. higher than
that of the air. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 79; on Thursday the humidity was only
64. On six days the wind blew from a north-easterly
point. The rain or melted snow measured was
0.45 in., most of which fell on Wednesday. Snow
fell on four days ; on Wednesday it fell to thedepth
of 5 inches.

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DONCASTER k IPRING MEETING.
Those turfites who w, snt on a wild-goose chase to
Liverpool last week gait led little bytheirexperience,
for, despite the frost an .d snow, they repeated the
same expedition to Dot icaster yesterday, and their
pursuit of sport under difficulties was attended by
disappointment. The races are postponed until
Friday and Saturday nest, and report states that
the Thirsk meeting and the Brixworth ',Steeple-
chases will also be put off until the weather be-
crimes more propitious.
On reaching Peterborough the fact of the Don-
caster meeting being postponed was announced to
those persons who had left London by the 9.15
a. m. express train, and much dissatisfaction was
expressed because the race officials had not sent
through the proper quarter to London an account of
the state of the ground and the impracticability of
holding the meeting. The announcement might
just as well have been made on Monday night as on
Tuesday morning.
We traversed a portion of the course, and in
parts the snow was many inches deep. The day was
clear and sunny, and a rapid thaw seemed to have
set in ; but the air was frosty, and no prospect was
presented of a favourable change in the weather.
Although in accordance with the conditions the
meeting is formally postponed from day to day, yet
a probability exists that the sport will not take
place at all this week. Indeed, we believe that the
race committee met on Monday to take into con-
sideration of abandoning the meeting altogether,
but they could not, of course, carry out their inten-
tions. Many horses that have arrived to fulfil their
engagements have been sent home again, and the
visitors returned to town by the afternoon trains.