The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

lIEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Novi the Report of Mx Registrar-General.)
The deaths registered in London during the week
tha' ended on Saturday (Aug. 29) were 1177. They
exh bit an increase in the number of the previous
week, which was 1091. In the tea years 1847-56
tho average number of deaths in the weeks corre-
sponding with last week was 1,345, which, if it be
raised for comparison with the deaths of last week
in vroportion to increase of population, will become
1,4{30. But the average is swelled beyond ord;nary
lim is by cholera in the epidemic years 1849 and
1854 ; and if this disturbing element Le withdrawn
from the calculation it will be found that the rate
of mortality in last week exceeds, but only to a
am .11 extent, the average rate at the end of Aug.
The number of children born in the week ex-
ceeded the number of persons of all ages who died
by 479.

The total mortality of last week exceeded that of
the week which preceded it, as has been stated
above ; but the increase does not arise from diseases
of the zymetic character taken in the aggregate, fur
though typhus (with common fever) was fatal in
more cases, the number having risen from 41 to 66,
scarlatina and diarrhoea showed a decrease. The
fatal cases of diarrhoea in the last three weeks
were 244, 215, and 198 ; those referred to " cho-
lera" in the same period, 21, 12, and 15. The sub-
districts of St. John, Marylebone, and St. Paul,
Deptford, returned more deaths last week from
diarrhwa than any other of the metropolitan sub-
districts ; there were 7 in St. John and 8 in St.
Paul Eight fatal cases of small-pox are recorded,
3 of which occurred in the Small-pox Hospital.
Three persons died of intemperance, a child from
" destitution," 12 infants from want of breast-milk,
13 women from diseases incidental to childbearing.
Six persons are returned who before they died had
at ained the age of 91 years or more ; of these only
one was a man, who died at the age of 95 at Lee,
the rest were widows at ages varying from 91 to 95,
ti e oldest having died at Deptford.
Last week the births of 857 boys and 799 girls, in
all 1656 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56
tl e average number was 1470.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
h ight of the barometer in the week was 29.943 in.
Tire main daily reading was above 30 in. on three
d.,ys. The highest reading was 30.11. in on Thurs-
d..y. The mean temperature of the week was 66.9
d, g., which is 7.1 deg. above the average of the
same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The mean temperature was above the
average on every day of the week ; and on Sunday
and Monday the excess was respectively 12 deg.
a'id 13 deg. The temperature fell as the week
a I vanced. The thermometer in the shade reached
it ; highest point on Sunday, the 23d, when
it was 85.9 deg. ; the lowest point was 48.8
d )g. on Friday. On Tuesday the thermometer
in the sun rose to 106.4 deg. The thermo-
r, etrical range of the weak was 37.1 deg. The
n Lean dew-point temperature was 58.3 deg., and
the difference between this and the mean tempera-
ture of the air, indicating its dryness, was 8.6 deg.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames
vas 69.1 deg. The air was calm during great
part of the week ; at the beginning the wind was
in the south-east, at the end in the north-east. No
r in was measured by the gauge.

MORTALITY IN THE !METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WFITOC ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 29
Z fmotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases . . 206
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 2B
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of

Respiration ... BB
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases o f the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
lialformations _ 2
Premature Birth and Debility 34
A trophy
Cid Age ..,... 42
g Aden ... 6
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 56
Causes not specified

DEATHS TBOH ALL CAUSES 1,177
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the

18M. - of 1856. Week,
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

1,081

1,177
564
613

Males
857
Females 799

Total ...... ..., 1,656

THE MOORS AND FORESTS.

The Inverness Courier of Thursday says :—The
excitement of the first week of grouse shooting and
the wish to "make a bag" having passed away for 1
the season, the reports from the moors have be-
ceme very scanty. Our first jotting is from Ury,
where Mrs. Baird of Cambusdoon and party bagged,
Oil the 15th and 17th inst., 161 brace of grouse, and
on the 20th and 21at, 33 brace, on Auchmedden.
The birds were generally strong on the wing, and
very wild. Mr. NV. Williams, Tulchen Lodge, on the
2 )th, got 91 brace ; and made half a day on the 21st,
v. hen he realised 10. brace, with many hares. Sir
C. Rosa, of Balnagown, Bart., on the 22d inst-, on
Leamington-park moors, shot 7i brace groose and
two hares in three hours. Geo. Maclachlan, Esq.,
shot 14 brace in four hours, at Scotsburn. Birds
are not so plentiful about Cullen as they used to be,
Ent theyare prettynumerous and in good condition.
On a serail moor there 17 brace of fine plump birds
were killed onFriday last, shooting over an old dog.
he broods were six to ten birds strong, and very
v,ild. The Caithness moors have turned out very
Mr. Dunbar, Brawl Castle, writes respecting
t•) em :—The sport ou all our Caithness moors is likely
to exceed even that of last year. The following is
a hat some of the parties have already done
t te Strathmore moors Mr. Simpson has bagged up-
wards of 200 brace; Mr. °handless and Mr. Dawson
from 129 to 150 each; on the Crown moors, Mr.
I orsyth and friend 150 brace in five days' shooting;
leapt. Hartley and friend, at Brawl Gastle, 128
b .ace; on Dunb3ath, Mr. S. J. Brown and his son,
5) brace in two days ; Col. Whitelock and friend,
on the Clyth moor=, 130 brace. The party at Brae-
Liar has done well, having killed above 100 brace
the first day. Most moors in the county have done
equally well; the birds are entirely free from disease,
aed unusually strong for this period of the setson.
Ti:e forests are turning out even better than we
a uticipated. Deer are numerous, and in splendid
c ,ndition. The Duke of Leeds killed a very good
ag in Coule' forest—a pretty head of 11 points,
tad so large and heavy that the men had difficulty
i ( putting it on" horseback. The pony, at a short
ci iAanee,lay down; he was too heavy for him. A
loyal head has been sent to be stuffed by Mr. Vau-
than ; it was killed by Mr. Flewelyn, who is on a I
visit to Inchbae. The antlers measure 2 ft. 52 in.
in span, and 2 ft. 3 in. in length. There are two
remarkably fine brow antlers on each side, measur-
hie 10i in. and 10 in. respectively, and altogether
13 tines, with a small cap in each antler. The head
is quite free of velvet. Another good head, but of
the upright stamp, has been sent by Mr. J. G.
Watt ; it has 10 tines ; velvet not quite free. Lord
Lovat and the Master of Lovat have stalked some
hdf-a-dozen good stags in Gla.n. Strathfarrar ; one
ot. which, killed by the Master of Lovat, was a
o.rY suporior animal. Mr. Grevil!e Smith brought
v"wrl htaz in Glen Clannich on Thursday ; and
(13,ails•niaktlygele 1.l Ti
has had good sport in his old quarters at
ere is every prospect of seeing some
aguitleent headsr
o_s
this Belson. Even the young
st:lide-qlu2aprtoeiratl.,n
with ehuttags have, in some instances, 11
r vets had falle
velvet is not off yet. The
1e
3) days,
an neat rapidity during the last
during that time. The
watereen little successful angling
rent as the air itself.
I•is almost as transpa-
iael,toun caught the : rgest salmon, "the mulectse the season, on
e 25th instant, in the Ladi( of
of the river
and, being
/.'ess. The salmon weighed 24 pounds
fresh
, gave four hours' work tothe
fresh run angler b f
the influence of the rod and line brought the ero,raet
prize to land. The hon. T. C. Bruce, fishinggverth
V:e net in the Spey, at Grantown, on the I.lth, got
cne draught as many as 222 fishes—salmon,
g Ilse, and sea trout. This is almost unprecedented.
Some rather good sport has also been got in the
von. The Rev. J. King, at Lagganauld, went
fi ih,ing on the 15th and killed four salmon, captur-
ing another salmon in a fishing expedition on the
2) h.

The Carlisle Patriot of Saturday reports :—Birds
upon the celebrated Bowes Moor have been rather
s ;arca, but good and strong. On-the 12th instant,.
Mr. Cl rkson got 30 brace, which were the best
bi.g. Another gentleman, whose name, we believe,
it, Holmes, got 25 brace ; Lieutenant Sowerby, 18
brace; Dr. Trotter got 16 brace ; Mr. Bennett, 10-
b ace; Captain Dawson, 114 brace the first day and.
5 brace the second. Dr. Trotter got 7 brace the
second day, which were the best baggy. One gun on
Scargill killed 25 brace ; four guns on Cotherston,
30i the first day, and 31i the second day. The