The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-23 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return)

In the week that ended on Saturday, May 19, the
births registered in London and twelve other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,232 ; the
deaths registered 3,280. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 970 boys and 949 girls,
in all 1,919 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the
average number, corrected for increase of popula-
tion, was 1,976.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,467. It was the twentieth week of the year,
and the average number of deaths for that week was
with a correction for increase of population, 1,271.
The excess in the actual number is about 200.

During many weeks whooping-cough has been the
most fatal disease in the zymotic class ; the deaths
from it last week were 99. The number by measles
was 59, by typhus 52, by scarlatina 30, by small-
pox 20. There were only 14 by diarrhoea ; the
following case of cholera was registered :
On the 12th of May, at 13, Albert-square, Shad-
well, a seaman in the merchant service, aged 23
years, " English cholera (three days)."
Phthisis was fatal in 186 cases, bronchitis in 147,
pneumonia in 102.
In High-street, Woolwich, a potman, aged 34
years, died of " Consumption accelerated by expo-
sure to the cold." (Inquest).

Of five deaths (all from zymoticdiseases) returned
for the-week in the Artillery sub-district of White-
chapel, one was caused by whooping-cough, one by
typus, and three which occurred in one house, 20,
White Lion-street, by scarlatina.
The following three deaths by carriage accidents
were registered in the week :—A carman, aged 39
years, run over ; died on the 14th of May at the
West India Docks. The son of a coaldealer, aged
one year, ran under the wheel of a cart ; died on the
27th of April at 5, Lower Mansfield-place, Kentish-
town. A harness-maker, aged 38 years, run
over by a van in William-street, Shoreditch ; died
in 28 hours on the 15th of May in St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 25
per 1,000 in London, 24 in Edinburgh, and 27 in
Dublin ; 18 in Bristol, 29 in Birmingham, 39 in
Liverpool, 26 in Manchester, 30 in Salford, 38 in
Slieffield, 41 in Leeds, 25 in Hull, 25 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 30 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 34 per 1,000 during the week ending the 12th
inst., when the mean temperature was 53 deg. Fah-
renheit higher than in the same week in London,
where the rate was 28 per 1,000.
Dr. Trench, the medical officer of health for
Liverpool, reports five deaths from cholera within
the borough during last week ; this increase is due
to the removal of the passengers from the Helvetia
and War Cloud to a depot within the borough.
The registrar of Swansea has reported a death
from cholera which occurred in his district on the
14th inst. The disease proved fatal in four hours.
On the morning of the 17th a woman, who had laid
out the deceased, was attacked with all the symp-
toms of the same disease.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 30.070 in.
The mean daily reading was above 30 in.
on every day after Sunday. The pressure of
the atmosphere was 29.70 in. on the morning
of Sunday, and it rose to 30.25 on Wednesday .
The mean temperature of the air was 48.1 deg.,
which is 4.2 deg. below the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
North, north-eaat, and south-cast winds prevailed,
and the air was cold on every day till Saturday,
when the mean temperature rose above the average.
The difference between the mean dew-point tem-
perature and air temperature was 9.3 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was only 70,
complete saturation being represented by 100. On
Saturday, a very fine day, the humidity was as low
as 62. There was no rain.