The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-28 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The total deaths registered in London in the
week ending last Saturday were 1,126, and exhibit
an increase on those of the previous week, which
were 1,084. In the ten years 1849-58 the average
number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1,069; but as the deaths returned
for last week occurred in a population which has
increased, they can only be compared with the
average raised in proportionto9tththehaaatnveitnrhacergeeasrea--tenamely, with 1,175. Hence it appears that the
deaths of last week were less by 4
num-
ber which would have occurred if
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scarlatina and diphtheria rose
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again last week from 51 to 79; 15 from- diphtheria
occurred in sub-districts as follows:—h :—St. Paul,
Hammersmith, 1;
John, Mar Ibl ; Christchurch,
Marylebone, 1; S
Park, 1; South Hackney, 1 •ristchurch,
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George,n ; e gnet, s
' sytHolborn,
1 • London City,North-wy, North-west 1;. e,
Hackney-road,
n 2
; Ry-road, 1;
Ai' ile-end Old Town East, 1 , St. James, Bermond-
sey, 1; Rotherhithe, 1 ; WoolwichDockyard, 1 ;
and Lee, 1. Only four deaths occurred from
diarrhoea.

In Camberwell at 16 and 17, Queen's-terrace,
Dreate-street, three girls, all belonging to different
families, died between the 16th and 20th instant
from " fever with dysentery." One ®f the inform-
ants stated that the water was impure.
Three persons died last week from intemperance.
Eight persons, of whom two were men and six
women, died at the age of 90 years and upwards.
Three of the women died at the age of 95, and one
at 96 years.
Mr. Druitt, medical officer of health for Hanover-
square and Mayfair sub-districts, writing on April
18, makes the following communication :—" At No.
15, Woodstock-street (Hanover-square sub-district),
six deaths have occurred in 10 days—viz., a femofatyle:
phthisis ; four children in first floor back, measles
and scarlatina ; one child in second floor back, from
the same, or diphtheria. The house large, l
airy, not overcrowded, but of the date 1720, and
in a neighbourhood where the drainage is all bad,
unless quite new. The basementiniswpherievhadtehde with
sewer smell at times, and so is tshae. bsuascpk_
suspicious
o:a:here
fidoioord.benie.haothrothise rooms
ecglhroiosluedtnredinn the centre of the house, used by about 15
persons. But there is no evidence yet of the en-
trance of sewer air into the rooms in which the
children died. The chief thingc to complain of is
ceilingsthat close
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paLidasatrwtiseaenkstshteillbpiretrhssistoif. erespectable and well
in all 1,699 children, were registered
boys an and
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ng weeks of the years
In the 10 corresponding
the average nu
height of thebaromet
number was 1,649. 1849-58
London.
nd girls,on
At the Royal Observatory,erintheGreenwich,
2t9h. mean6B
n.
The barometrical readings from 29.34 in. on Wed-
nesday to 29.72 in. on Saturday. The mean tem-
perature of the week was 41 deg., which is 5.9
deg. below the average of the same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean
daily temperature was below the average throughout
the week, and on the first two days the extent of
depression was more than 8 deg. The thermometer
in the shade ranged from 28.5 deg. on Tuesday, the
lowest point attained in the week, to 56 deg. on
Friday, the highest point in the week. The entire
range was therefore 27.5 deg. ; the mean da-ly
range was 20.9 deg. On Friday the range was
26.3 dog. The mean temperature of the water of
the Thames was 47.7 deg. The difference between
the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 68. The wind blew generally from
the' north or north-east. No rain was measured by
the gauge.