The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-28 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return.)
In the week that ended on Saturday, August 24,
4,597 births and 2,837 deaths were registered in
London and 12 other large towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 24
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 ; 23 in Bristol, 27 in Birmingham, 30 in
Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 26 in Salford, 22 in
Sheffield, 33 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 33 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 24 in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 22 per 1,000 during the week ending
the 17th inst., when the mean temperature was 2.4
deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in
London, where the rate was 24.
The following proportions of the above rates were
referred to diarrhoea in the different towns :---In
London, 3.3 per 1,000 ; in Sheffield, 4.6 ; in New-
castle, 6.3 ; in Liverpool, 7.0 ; in Birmingham,
8.8; in Leeds, 9.0; and, the highest, 10.3 iu Man-
chester and Salford.

In London the births of 1,154 boys and 1,101
girls, in all 2,255 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 1,972.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,247. It was the 34th week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,312. The
deaths in the present return are less by 65 than
the estimated number.

The mortality exhibits a considerable decrease
when compared with the number of deaths (1,391)
in the preceding week. The more favourable re-
turn is not owing to a decline in the number of
deaths from diarrhoea, as last week the disease proved
fatal to 188 children and 8 adults. In the six pre-
vious weeks the numbers were 115, 170, 196, 217,
189, 200. Last week 43 cases occurred iu the west,
50 in the north, 13 in the central,l39 in the east,
and 51 in the south districts. Ten deaths from
diarrlicea were registered in the sub-district of St.
Mary, Paddington, 8 in Kensington Town, 10
in Islington West, and 6 in Lambeth Church,
second 'art. In the other sub-districts the malady

was not so fatal. The deaths of 13 children and 5
adults from cholera were registered. In the corre-
sponding week of last year the deaths from diarrhoea
were 129, and from cholera 265. A plumber, aged
71, died Aug. 23, at 1, St. Ann's-road, Kensington,
of coup de soleil, cerebral effusions. A journeyman
gilder, aged 27 years, died Aug. 23, in the Middle-
sex Hospital, of acute glanders. Two females, aged
78 and 54 years respectively, died last week from
shock caused by fright at the severe thunderstorm
which occurred during the early morn of Tuesday,
Aug. 20. Kensington, Town.—At 11, King-street,
on Aug. 20, a porter, aged 43 years, cholera (9
hours). St. George, Hanover-square.—At 268
B, Oxford-street, on the 231 of August, the

son of a harmonium maker, aged 2 years, cholera
(English). Belgrave.—At 12, Belgrave-mansions,
on Aug. 21, the daughter of a coachmaker, aged 6
months, infantile cholera (36 hours). Westminster,
Golden-square.—At 2, Golden-square, on Aug. 17,
the son of a singer, aged two months, choleraic diar-
rhoea. Marylebone, Rectory.—At 10, David-street,

on Aug. 17, the daughter of a cabman, aged 8
months, choleraic diarrhcea (24 hours). Pancras,
Regent's-park.—At 55, Stanhope-street, on Aug.
21, the daughter of a licensed victualler, aged 9
months, choleraic diarrhcea (7 days). Hackney,
South. —At 7, Exmouth-place, on Aug. 15, the
daughter of a pianoforte maker, aged eight months,
choleraic diarrhcea (three days). Strand, St. Anne.
—At 19, Frith-street, on Aug. 22, a target maker,

aged 55 years, choleraic diarrhoea (seven days.)
East London, St. Botolph.—At 78, Minories, on Aug.
18, the daughter of a carpenter and ship joiner, aged
53 years, cholera (16 hours). East London, Crip-
plegate.—At 35, Edmund-place, on Aug. 20, a com-
positor, aged 27 years, choleraic diarrhoea (9 days).
Mile-end Old-town, Western.—At 4, Bromhead-
road, on Aug. 18, the son of a surgeon, 8 months,
choleraic diarrhoea (7 days), convulsions (12 hours).
Bermondsey,Leather-market.—At 50, Page's-walk,
on Aug. 10, the daughter of a portmanteau-maker,
aged 10 months, cholerainfantum (one week), con-
vulsions (21 hours.) Wandsworth ; Battersea.—At
8, Grove-terrace, on Aug. 18, the son of a labourer,
aged one year, choleraic diarrhoea, exhaustion.
Camberwell; Peckham.—At 12, Bell's-gardens, on
Aug. 21, the daughter of an engraver on wood, aged
25 weeks, choleraic diarrhoea (two days.) tireen-
, with ; St. Paul, Deptford.--At 26, Manor-road, on
Aug. 17, the son of an assistant manager of a bank,
aged four months, choleraic diarrhoea (24 hours.)
Greenwich ; East.—At 5, Lizban-street, on Aug.
15, the son of a coachman, aged six months, cholera
infantum (three days.) In same sub-district, at the
Union workhouse, on Aug. 18, a male aged 4 years,
choleraic diarrhoea (three days), collapse (10 hours.)
Greenwich ; Woolwich Dockyard.—At 14, Eliza-
beth-place, on Aug. 17, a shipwright, aged 65
years, diarrhoea (three days), English cholera.
The deaths of seven persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
One of these unfortunate persons was au old woman,
whose age is said to be 110 years.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.871 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 29.97 in.
on Sunday, Aug. 18, to 29.73 in. on Thursday, Aug.
20. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 63.7 deg., which is 2.9 deg. above the average
of the same week in 50 years (as determined by
Air. GlAsher.) The highest day temperature was
79.6 deg. on Monday, Aug. 19. The lowest night
temperature was 49.5 deg., on Friday, Aug. 23.
The entire range of temperature in the week
was, therefore, 30.1 deg. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 66.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 61.5 deg.
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 64 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 80,
complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell to the amount of 0.59 in., of which
0.58 in. fell during the early morning of Tuesday,
August 20, when violent thunder storms occurred,
chiefly about 2h. a.m. and 4h. a.m. 04one was

observed every day except Thursday and Friday ; it
was most prevalent on Sunday. According to a re-
turn furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sew-
age pumped into the Thames at the southern out-
fall works, Crossness, was 47,591,996 gallons, or
216,232 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many
tons by weight.