The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don issued by authority of the Registrar-General
for the week ending Saturday, February 5, states
that the London returns furnish satisfactory indi-
cations of improvement of the public health. The
deaths in the metropolitan district, which were
1,329 in the second Week of Jan., have shown a con-
stant decrease during the three subsequent weeks.
In the week that ended last Saturday they were
1,243. In the ten years 1849-1858 the average
number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1,195; but as those in the present re-
turn occurred in a population which has increased,
they can only be compared with the average raised
in proportion to that increase, viz., 1,314. The com-
parison shows that the deaths of last week were
less by 71 than the number which would have been
returned under the average of mortality.
The deaths from scarlatina fell last week below
100, after having ranged above that point, and for
the most part to a considerable extent above it, since
the end of August. The number referred to this
head in the table for last week is 92,which includes
16 from diphtheria. The deaths from diphtheria
occurred in the following sub-districts ; 1 in Bel-
grave, 3 ill Gray's-inn-lane, 1 in Somers-town, 3 in
Islington West, 1 in St. George, Bloomsbury, 1 in
St. James, Clerkenwell, 1 in Kent-road, 1 in St.
Peter, Walworth, 1 in Battersea, 1 in Streatham, 1
in Peckham, and 1 in Woolwich dockyard. Boobies
these, a death occurred from " measles and diph.
theria" in Kentish-town. Six deaths occurred from
scarlatina in the district of Poplar, and 5 from the
same disease in the sub-district of St. Paul, Dept-
ford. Smallpox was fatal in 11 cases. Seven infants
and an adult died from syphilis ; one person from
intemperance, besides 3 from delirium tremens.
Eleven women died from diseases incidental to child-
bearing. Two persons died from carbuncle. 34 per-
sons died from injuries accidental or otherwise, and
amongst these are 3 infants who had been murdered,
and two persons who had committed suicide. The
deaths of 2 persons resulted from want. A man and
a woman died at the advanced age of 90 years, and
a widow at 96 years.
Last week the births of 939 boys and 983 girls,
in all 1,922 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58
the average number was 1,646.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.585 in.
The readings of the instrument varied from 29.25
in. on Wednesday to 30.08 in. on the next day.
The mean temperature of the week was 39.6 deg.,
which is 2.1 deg. above the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
Both the highest and lowest temperatures in the
week occurred on Saturday, the former having been
52.2 deg., and the latter 30.5 deg. The extreme
range of temperature both in the day and the week
was therefore 21.7 deg. The mean daily range
was 12.3 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was
5.8 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air
was 80. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames was 42 deg. The wind blew generally
from the south-west. On Thursday it blew from
the north. Rain fell to the amount of 0.40 in.

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