The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-29 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The following is the weekly return of the Red
gistrar-G-eneral of births and deaths in London
in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom'
General Register-office, Somerset-house, Aug. 27.'6,
In the week that ended on Saturday, August
the births registered in London and 12 other tar
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,107 ; ,
deaths registered 3,175. The annual rate a 111°r
tality was 27 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,050 boys and 992 gill:
in all 2,042 children, were registered in the we%
In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-'o'
the average number, corrected for increase of

lation, was 1,916. c
The deaths registered in London during thew e!
were 1,477. It was the 34th week of the lea
.r:
and the average number of deaths for that Weetol4,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,30.'
The deaths in the present return exceed the e 5
mated number by 173. ;. de'
The mortality from cholera and diarrhoea iar,
dining. 265 deaths from cholera and 129 from wd,
rhce were registered last week. In the five preeeo,
ing weeks the deaths from cholera were 346, 9tbe
1,053, 781, 455 ; the deaths from diarrhcea is
the
same periods were 221, 349, 354, 264, 194.
deaths registered last week from cholera and ',Pao
rhcea, 198 persons died from cholera and 4 It;c1
diarrhcea in the East districts, 3 from cholera, e'ocl
15 from diarrhcea in the West, 12 from cholera 01,0
21 from diarrhcea it the North, 13 from eb°,l,oo
and 13 from diarrhcea in the Central, 39 '1;40.
cholera and 39 from diarrhcea, in the South distriwoo
One hundred and fifteen young persons unclero;•
years of age died from cholera, and 115 from '0,4
rhcea ; at the age of 20 and upwards, 150 de°
occurred from cholera and 14 from diarrhcea•
The annual rate of mortality last week If 30 i)
per 1,000 in London, 23 in Edinburgh, and '4 ill
Dublin ; 18 in Bristol, 21 in Birmingham, ilod its
Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 20 in Salford, a"
Sheffield, 34 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 32 in NeWe'"
upon-Tyne, and 23 in Glasgow.
The 503 deaths returned last week in Liferjeiis
showed a decline of 15 upon those of the Pre id
week, although still 200'above the corrected 3ce eefl
number in the corresponding week of the tal 1 tof
1856-65. Of the 503 deaths 288 were the gee re'
diseases of the zymotic class, of which 146 ;iOOl
ferred to cholera, 69 to diarrhcea, 23 to sear„l°o4o%
and 16 each to typhus and whooping-cough• tlO4
the past eight weeks the deaths from cholera il/06,
town have been respectively 4, 19, 45, 87, 10110 the
157, and 146. The annual rate of mortaliti /400,
borough during the 34 weeks of the preseat re
which ended last Saturday, has averaged 43:a ;10
1,000, whereas in the ten years to 1851.60 di
exceed 30.0. 000
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, tbie/5 ia'
height of the barometer in the week was 29:,
The barometrical reading increased from 2'. pOiti
on Monday to 29.94 in. on Saturday. Ti'jog;
temperature of the air in the week was 61,:de 00),
which is 0.5 deg. above the average of t
iper4o
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. 47)
The highest day temperature was 74'3 re o'`
Thursday. The lowest night tenaperatuof
45.0' deg., on Sunday. The entire range e°'
113,0
perature in the week was, therefore, 29'3 a ,f10133',,
mean of the highest temperatures of 0°60.6 P,
was 61.5 deg. ; that of the lowest Was t tal4
The difference between the mean dew-P°l (1.1)
perature and air temperature was 4.2 doetgo: goo
mean degree of humidity of the air was. 101
plete saturation being represented by lo°o
„„,jst
fell to the amount of 0.32 in. The blue Pcry L
P'
observed in various degrees of density ev
tU
except Thursday. wledgei
The Registrar-General has to ackne
Nolo- of
courtesy of the London Water Companies 01100
furnished him with the average dally 5 t°
rue t
water for the month of July ; 467,636 0 tocb
of water were supplied daily ; or 1,076 litra
to eti
• house, and 152 litres (or 33.6 gallon
perspu,