The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-23 00:00:00

In the week ending last Saturday the deaths
registered in London were 1,175, the number being
almost the same as that of the previous week, which
was 1,174. In the ten years 1849-58 the average
). )f deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last w( 1,229; but as the deaths now re-
turned in a population which has increased,
they shoe' 1 •• compared with the average raised in
propt_Nrtiu. to that increase—namely, with 1,352.
The comparison exhibits results as favourable as
those observed in the previous week's return, for in
each of the last two weeks the number of persons
who have died has been less by 177 than the num-
ber that would have died under a rate of mortality
equal to the average for the earlier half of March.
The number of births last week exceeded the
deaths ii. Le same period by 666.
The number of cases in which small-pox was
fatal is 15, of which 7 occurred in the east (Es-
* At 15, High-street, Mile-end Town, a girl,
, old, died of this disease. The Registrar
reports that four others in the same family are
suffering from it, but are recovering, and that it is
very prevalent all over his district. The mortality
from scarlatina with diphtheria has scarcely
varied during the last three weeks. The deaths
from the two diseases were 81, of which cases
diphtheria was fatal in 15, the number in
the preceding week baring been 19. The 15
lecurred in sub-districts, as follows :—Chelsea,
:orth-west, 1; Belgrave, 1 ; All Souls', Marylebone,
1 ; Somers-town, 1; Islington, West, 2 ; hackney,
West, 2; St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1; Lime-
house, 1 ; Bow, 1 ; Kennington, first part, 2 ; Peck-
ham, 1 ; Plumstead, 1. Diphtheria has attacked
the inmates of a house, No. 8, Commercial-place,
Peckham, which stands near an open sewer, and is
exposed to the effluvium. A young woman who
had not applied for parochial-relief died in Bethnal.
Green from destitution. Two persons died from
intemperance, two from delirium tremens ; a child
from maligna; a widow died at the age of 00 years,
a man at 94.

Last week the births of 929 boys and 912 girls,
in all 1,841 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1849-
58 the average number was 1,692.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.601 in.
The readings varied from 28.94 in. on Tuesday
to 30.21 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of
the week was 47.4 deg., which is 5.8 deg. above the
average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). On Sunday the mean
temperature was 11.2 deg. above the average of the
same day ; on Saturday the excess was only I'9
deg. The highest temperature in the week occurred
on Saturday, and was 58 deg.; the lowest was 35.7
deg. on Saturday. The range of the thermometer
in the shade was therefore 22.3 deg. The mean
daily range was 11.9 deg. On Monday the range
was only 4.1 deg. ; on Saturday it was 18.1 deg.
The difference between the mean dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 5.7 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 82 ; on
Monday it was 94, approaching complete satura-
tion. The mean temperature of the water of the
Thames was 48 deg. The wind blew from a south-
westerly point till Friday afternoon, when it
changed to north-west. The rain-fall of the week
was 0.41 in., about half of which took place on.
Monday.