The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-03 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(Fr•om the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, the 30th of
December, the births registered in London and ten
other large towns of the United Kingdom were
3,624 ; the deaths registered 3413. The annual rate
of mortality was 31 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 869 boys and 805 girls,
in all 1,674 children, were registered in the week ;
in the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1855-64,
the average number corrected for increase of popu-
lation was 1,859.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,603. It was the last week of the year ; and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,541. The
present return exhibits an excess of 62 deaths over
the computed number.
The mortality from phthisis (consumption) is
very high, the deaths from this disease being 181 in
the week. -Bronchitis was fatal in 195 cases, pneu-
monia in 123. Six deaths were referred directly to
intemperance.
There were 74 deaths from typhus, the corrected
average being 53. There were 13 from smallpox,
and almost half of these occurred in the Church and
Town sub-districts of Bethnal-green.
Two Sons of a tailor, aged six years and one year,
died on 26th and 28th ult. respectively, of typhus,
at 3, Ely-court, Holborn. The house is in a filthy
condition from the want of proper sanitary arrange-
ments, and the smell is sometimes so offensive that
the person from whom the Registrar received infor-
mation of the facts had been obliged occasionally to
seek a stimulant in spirits.

The following seven deaths were registered as re-
sulting from carriage accidents :—The daughter of
a licensed victualler, aged 13 years, run over by a
cart ; died on the 21st of December, at 62, Ashbur-
ton-grove, Islington ; a labourer, aged 42 years,
run over by a waggon ; died on the 23d of Decem-
ber in University College Hospital. A storekeeper,
aged 53 years, knocked down by a cart; laceration
of liver ; died on the 23d of December, at 2, Arbu-
tus-place, Clapton. The son of a cooper, aged 12
years, run over; died on the 25th of November in
Stepney district. In . the Blackfriars-road, the
widow of a sword ornamenter, aged 74 years,
knocked down by an omnibus ; died on the 22d of
December in Guy's Hospital. A labourer, aged 17
years, run over by a cart ; died on the 20th of Dec.,
in the Greenwich-road. A grocer, aged 50 years,
fell from a cart; died on the 2d of December, at 11,
Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green.
The total number of persons killed by carriage ac-
cidents in the streets of London in the year 1865
is 232.

The annual rate of mortality last week was 28
per 1,000 in London, 47 in Liverpool, 37 in Man-
chester, 39 in Salford,' 32 in Birmingham, 35 in
Leeds, 34 in Bristol, and 27 in Hull. _

In Liverpool the births in the week were 343, the
deaths 425; in Manchester the births 232, the deaths
254 ; in Salford the births 72, the deaths 82 ; in
Birmingham the births 243, the deaths 199 ; in Leeds
266, the deaths 150 ; in Bristol the births 107, the
deaths 104 ; in Hull the births 83, the deaths 54.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.912 in.
The mean daily reading was above 30in. on the first
four days. The readings rose to 30.29 in. on Sun-
day, and fell to 29.00 in. on Friday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 41.2 deg.,
which is 3.8 deg. above the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.)
On Tuesday and Friday the excess was from 8 deg.
to 10 deg. The mean daily range of temperature
was 9.5 deg. The range was less than 9.6 deg., or
not above it, on five days. The difference between
the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 2.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 91, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100, which point was nearly reached on
three days. The general direction of the wind was
S.W. The amount of rain was 0.37 in.