The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-09 00:00:00

tleman bad conferred on the Chinese, differed from
him on both points. He did not think there was a
greater prevalence of eye disease in China than
there was in Egypt or India, or even in Europe,
and he dissented altogether from the supposed
affinity of the Chinese and the Africa negro. Mr.
Crawfurd also expressed himself strongly against any
such supposed affinity. With the exception of some
approximation to similarity of colour, there were no
two races, he said, more distinct in physical quali-
ties, and their languages were essentially different.
After some remarks from Dr. Donovan the meeting
adjourned to the 21st inst.

THE PUBLIC IIEA L IH.

(Front the Registrar-Generars Return.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, fay 4,
the births registered iu London and 12 other large
town.; of the United Kingdom were 4,929.; the
deaths registered, 2,737. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 23 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,193 boys and 1,188
girls, in all 2,381 children, were registered i❑ the
week. In thecorresponding weeks of 10 years 1857-
66, the average number, corrected for increase of
population, is 2,106.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,237. It was the 18th week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for the week is,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,373.
The deaths in the present return are less by 136
than the estiznated number.

The deaths from zymotic diseases last week were
207, the corrected average number being 313: 26
deaths occurred from smallpox, 10 from measles, 19
from scarlatina, 13 from diphtheria, 36 from whoop-
ing cough, 36 from typhus, and 15 from diarrhea,.
One hundred and sixty-eight deaths were caused
by phthisis, 107 by bronchitis, 58 by pneumonia,
and 55 by heart disease. Marylebone, Rectory—At
the workhouse, on April 27, a spinster, aged 66
years, " effusion of serum on brain, accelerated by
want?' (Inquest.) Hackney--At East London
Union Workhouse, Homerton, on the 24 of May, a
female, aged 62 years, " exhaustion from want."
Bethnal-green, Town. —Found dead at 4, Sherwood-
place, on the 26th of April, the daughter of a shoe-
maker, aged 9 weeks, " congestion of brain through
exhaustion from want of proper nourishment, the
vitiated atmosphere and overcrowding of the house
in which she lived." Post mortem. (Inquest.)
The deaths of ten persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered :
A carrier, age 19 years, crushed by the pole of a van.
Died on the 29th of April in University College
Hospital. Post mortem. (Inquest.) A weaver,
aged 56 years, run over ; died on the 21th of April
in Brown's-lane, Spitalfields. The son of a leather
dresser, aged 6 years, run over by a cart in the Ber-
mondsey New-road ; died on the 9th of April in
'xity's Hospital. (Inquest.) A van driver, aged 58
years, injury to foot from van wheel in Southwark-
street ; died on the 14th of April in Guy's Hospital.
(Inquest.) A carman, aged 63 years, injuries from
a cart tilting on him at Blackheath ; died on the
24th of April in Guy's Hospital. Post mortem.
(Inquest.) An omnibus driver, aged 62 years, fell
from an omnibus ; died on the 15th of April in St.
Thomas's Hospital. (Inquest.) The son of a la-
bourer aged 8 years, kicked by a horse ; died on the
29th of April at 4, Charter's-cottages, Clapham.
Post mortem. (Inquest.) A labourer, aged 78 years,
fell from a cart; died on the 23d April at 2, Miles-
villas, Hyde-grove, Battersea. (Inquest.) The
daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year, run over ; died
on 21th of April, at Fairy's-buildings, Deptford.
(Inquest.) A baker, aged 38 years, thrown from
a cart ; died on the 30th of April, in Evelyn-street,
Deptford. (Inquest.)
The annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per
1,000 in London, 21 in Edinburgh, and 21
in Dablin, 19 in Bristol, 19 in Birmingham,
26 in Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 26 in Sal-
ford, 25 in Sheffield, 26 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 23
in Neweastle,-upon-Tyne, and 31 hi Glasgow. The
rate in Vienna was 36 per'
1,0)0 daring the week
ending the 27th inst , when the mean temperature
was 8.7 deg. Fahrenheit- lower than in the same
week in Landon, where the rate was 22.
At the loyal Observatory, GrJ.2nwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29'7 79i11.
The barometrical reading increased from 29.41 in.
at the beginning of the week t) 30.00 in. on Fri-
day, May 3. The mean temperature of the air
iu the week was 51.5 deg., which is 1.7 deg. above
the average of the same week in 50 years (as de-
termined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest clay

temperature was 68-4 deg. on Friday, May 3.
The lowest night temperature was 35-3 deg. on
Sunday, April 28. The entire range of temperatUre
in the week was, therefore, 33.1 deg. The mean

of the highest temperatures of the water of the
Thames was 52.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 49.6
deg. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 8.8 deg.
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The mean degree of humidity of the air was 73,
complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell to the amount of 0.22 in., of which 0.19

in. fell on Tuesday, April 30 ; on the same day
distant thunder was heard in the south several times
between 3.5 p.m. and 3.20 p.m. The general direc-
tion of the wind during the week was variable.
According to a return furpished by the engineer of
the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily
quantity of sewage pumped into the river ,Fhames
at the Southern ()tidal' Works, Crossness, was
45,136,124 gallons, or 205,074 cubic metres, equi-
valent to about as many tons by weight.
Loch Katrine water is an instance of the purest
water in actual use in a great city; iu 100,000 parts
there are only three parts of extraneous stuff ; ex-
cept this all is water.
The London waters of April contained, accord-
ing to Dr. Frankland's analysis, in 100,000
tons about 29 tons of extraneous m aters
of various kinds ; the proportions ranging from
26 tons (New River) to 40 tons (Kent). The East
London, New River, and West Middlesex were the
softest, the Kent was the hardest, the other waters
were intermediate. The proportion of carbon and
nitrogen was equivalent to that supplied by quan-
tities of sewage ranging from 1,945 to 3,155 tens
in every 100,000 tons of water. The Kent water is
altogether the worst sample of the eight. It is
gratifying to learn that, as far as chemistry can
determine, the original sewage contamination had
been converted before delivery in the April waters
into comparatively innocuous compounds.