The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-10 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return)
In the week that ended on Saturday, Oct. 6, the
bills registered in London and 12 other large towns
oft ie UniteA'Kingdom were 4,060 ; the deaths re-
gistered 2,984. The annual rate of mortality was
25 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,054 boys and 977 girls,
in all 2,031 children, were registered in the week. In
the corresponding weeks of 10 years, 1856-65, the
average number, corrected for increase of population,
was 1,920.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,344. It was the 40th week of the year ; and
the average number of deaths for the week is, with
a correction for increase of population 1,235. The
deaths in the present return exceed the estimated
amount by 109.

One hundred and eighty-two deaths from cholera,
and 69 from diarrhoea, were registered during the
the week. Sixteen deaths from cholera, and 8 from
diarrhoea occurred in the West ; 37 from cholera,
and 8 from diarrhoea in the North; 41 from cholera,
and 18 from diatrhoea in the Central; 50 from
cholera, and 17 from diarrhoea in the East; and 48
from cholera, and 18 from diarrhoea in the South
districts.

Eighty-six young persons under 20 years of age
died from cholera, and 49 from diarrhoea ; at the
age of 20 and upwards, 96 deaths occurred from cho-
lera, and 20 from diarrhcea.
Zymotic diseases proved fatal to 498 persons. 31
deaths from' small-pox were recorded, 29 from
measles, 51 from scarlatina, 14 from diptheria, 23
from whooping-cough, and 44 from typhus. Three
deaths from small-pox took place in St. Margaret,
Westminster, two in Christchurch (Marylebone),
three in Kentish-town, two in Hackney-road
(Bethnal-green), three in Poplar sub-district, and
two in that of Peckham.

The annual rate of mortality last week was 28 I
per 1,000 in London, 25 in Edinburgh, and 38 in
Dublin ; 18 in Bristol, 16 in Birmingham, 41 in
Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 24 in Salford, 20 in
Sheffield, 24 in Leeds, 20 in Hull, 38 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 28 in Glasgow.
In Liverpool the fatal cases of cholera, which in
the three previous weeks had been 182, 159, and
116, further declined to 99 in the week ending last
Saturday. In Dublin also a decrease appears to
have commenced, as the deaths referred to cholera
fell from 98 in the previous week to 81 last week;
the disease, however, is spreading towards the
southern suburbs. In Manchester and Salford only
four deaths from cholera were reported last week.
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on Saturday the 6th iust. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 57.9 degrees, which is 4.3
degrees above the average of the same week in 50
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest
day temperature 53.4 degrees on Wednesday, and
the lowest night temperature in the week was 53.4
degrees on Monday. The entire range of tempera-
ture in the week was therefore 14.7 degrees. The
mean of the highest temperatures of the water of
the Thames was 58.1 degrees ; that of the lowest
was 57.5 degrees. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 1.7
,degrees. The mean degree of humidity of the air
was 94, on only one day, Wednesday, was the humi-
dity below 90, and on two days, Tuesday and
Thursday, a reading of 91 was attained. The rain-
fall was only 0.02 in. The wind blew from the
north and north-east. The blue mist was observed
on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

THE CHOLERA.

PRESTON AND EAST LANCASHIRE.

On Monday morning a man named Catterall, a
plasterer, died of cholera of the true Asiatic type in
Allen-street, Preston, after a few hours' illness—the
fourth fatal case of the kind within a week. The
other three cases were—Ellen Mounsey, 12, King-
street, aged 5 ; Mary Hayhurst, 68, Moor-lane,
aged 57 ; and Isabella Fletcher, 29, Shuttle-street,
aged 53. In Accrington six or seven cases of Asiatic
cholera have been reported, three of which proved
fatal in a few hours. A boatman named Weaver,
of Adlington, near Chorley, died of cholera in his
boat between Liverpool and Wigan. Two or three
fatal cases have occurred in Darwen and Rochdale,
and A very sudden oce at Syke-hill, near Hansigden.
Last week in Darwen there were seven fatal cases of
choleraic diarrhoea, which is extremely prevalent in
that town ; tho medical gentlemen there have had
more than 100 cases on their hands at once. Typhus
fever also is now rife in Preston, several cases hav-
ing occurred in the House of Recovery, Elizabeth-
street, Brewery-street, Porter-street, Grosvenor-
street, and Higginson-street. The authorities are
doing all they can to prevent the spread of these
, 1 epidemics, and have instructed the police to report
,1 any nuisance whatever.