The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-31 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The following is the weekly return of the
Registrar-General of births and deaths in London
and iu twelve other large towns of the United
Kingdom :

In the week that ended on Saturday, October
26, 4,382 births and 2,690 deaths were registered
in London and in 12 other largo towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 23
per 1,000 persons living.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 21
per 1,000 in London, 24 in Edinburgh, and 20 in
Dublin ; 22 in Bristol, 25 in Birmingham, 25 in
Liverpool, 26 in Manchester, 31 in Salford, 23 in
Sheffield, 23 in Leeds, 24 in Hull, 32 i❑ Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, And 24 in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 24 per 1,000 during the week ending
the 19th • inst., when the mean temperature was
3.6 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in
London, where the rate was 23.

In London the births of 1,135 boys and 1,063
girls, in all 2,198 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years
1857-66 the average numbers, corrected for increase
of population, is 2,115.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,239. It was the forty-third week of the
year; and the average number of deaths for that
week is, with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, 1,319. The deaths in the present return are
less by 80 than the estimated number.
The deaths from zymotic diseases were 238, a
number slightly below that recorded in the preceding
week. The mortality from smallpox is low ; only
eight deaths from this disease occurred last week.
Thirty-one children died from measles, 36 from
scarlatina, and 25 from whooping-cough. Typhus
proved fatal to 45 persons, and the deaths from
diarrhoea were 27. The son of a carman, aged 1 year,
died on the 24th October, at 5, Little Barlow-street,
Marylebone, of choleraic diarrhoea. The son of a
labourer, aged four years, died on the 19th of
October, at 36, London-street, Ratcliff, of choleraic
diarrhoea, 24 hours. The daughter of a gardener,
aged ten years, died on the 12th of October, at
the Workhouse, Norwood, of choleraic Anglica.
The registrar of the sub-district of St. Mary, St.
George-in-the-East, reports in reference to two fatal
cases of scarlatina, that a serious outbreak of scar-
latina has occurred in Batty-street, six children in a
family residing at 32, Batty-street suffering from
the malady. Phthisis proved fatal last week to 174
persons, 121 deaths occurred from bronchitis, 100
from pneumonia, and 42 from diseases of the heart.
Four children and four adults lost their lives from
burns or scalds.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the
mean height of the barometer in the week was
29.918 in. The barometrical reading increased from
29.59 in. at the beginning of the week to 30.09 in.
on Tuesday, the 22d of October. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 52.1 deg., which
is 3.6 deg. above the average of the same week in
50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisber). The
highest day temperature was 63.9 deg. on Tuesday,
the 22d of October. The lowest night temperature
was 35.8 deg. on Sunday, the 20th of October. The
entire range of temperature during the week was,
therefore, 28.1 deg. The mean of the highest tem-
peratures of the water of the Thames was 52.1 deg. ;
that of the lowest was 50.1 deg. The difference
between the mean dew point temperature and air
temperature was 2.5 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 91, complete saturation
being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount
of 0.02 in. Ozone was observed on three days dur-
ing the week. The general direction of the wind
was 5.W.,. S.S.W., and S.E.

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