The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-08 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Prom, the Report of the Registrar-General.
In the week that ended on Saturday the total
number of deaths registered in London was 1,235,
of which 620 were deaths of males, and 615 those
of females. In the 10 years 1847-56 the average
number of deaths was 1,192, but for comparison
with the deaths of last week, which occurred in an
increased population, the average must be raised
proportionally to the increase, in which case it will
become 1,311. The deaths now returned ars there-
fore less by 76 than would have occurred if the
average rate of mortality had prevailed.
The deaths from pulmonary diseases,, which in
the two previous weeks were 292 and 278, were
last week 264, the corrected average for the 10
weeks corresponding with last week being 273.
Bronchitis, one of the diseases in this class, -was
fatal in the last three weeks in 164, 160, and 130
cases, showing a decline with the higherand steadier
temperature of last weak. Hooping-cough num-
bered 64 cases, which differs little from the num-
bers returned in many previous weeks. Smallpox,
scarlatina, and diarrhoea exhibit a low mortality,
the deaths from them being respectively 2, 12, and
7. Eight persons had attained the age of 90 years or
upwards; they were all women except one ; the
three oldest died at the age of 93 years. A young
seaman died in the Dreadnought Hospital ship of
" scorbutus, abscess, and tetanus ;" and a labourer,
area 71 years, died at 30, Duke street, Old Artil-
lery Graund, of " neglect, filth, and imperfect nu-
trition."

Last week the births Of 936 boys and 902 girls, in
all 1,838 children, were registered in Loudon. In
the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56
the average number was 1,555.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.334 in.
The mean temperature was 47.8 deg., which is 41
deg. above the Lverage of the same week it 43 years.
The mean temperature was above the average ,en
every day. The thermometer in the shade was 58.4
deg. on Friday, the highest point in the week ; the
lowest temperature was 40'1 deg. on Wednesday.
The mean dew-point temperature was 42/ deg.,
and the difference between this and the mean-air
temperature was 5.1 deg. The general direction of
the wind was S.E. There was more or less rain On
every day ; and the whole amount in the week was
0.45 in.

In the first quarter of the year—viz., the 13
weeks that ended March 28th, the deaths in Lon-
don were 16,093, which exceed the deaths of the
same quarter in 1856, but are less than those of
1855. The increase on last year arises from pul-
monary diseases bronchitis, pneumonia, and
phthisis ; for though the mean temperature was
nearly 39 deg., which is about.' the average of the
winter quarter, and the mean weekly temperature
was on nine weeks above the average, the fifth and
sixth weeks were very cold, and on two days at that
time the thermometer fell to 20 deg. But though
there is an excess in last quarter as compared with
the same quarter in 1856 in the total number of
deaths there is a decrease in those arising from zy-
motic diseases; and it is remarkable that the deaths
from this class of complaints (2,713) were less than
in any of the four previous corresponding quarters
of 1853-56, though the population has increased.
The deaths from small-pox were 60, being little
more than four in a week. There is a marked de-
crease also in typhus, which numbered 489, having
in the same quarters in 1853-56 ranged from 572 to
719. Twelve persons, or nearly one in a week, died
from want of the common necessaries of lice; 26
persons from intemperance ; and if to these be
added 14 who died from delirium tremens, it will
appgar that excess in intoxicating liquors was fatal
to three persons weekly.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATDRDAY, APRIL 4
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 57
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 264
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 14
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations ... 4
Premature Birth and Debility 2B
Atrophy .. ~,. 28
Old Age
Sudden .....
.. 28
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ...... .. 96
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,235
Population Deaths in cone- Deaths
• Enumerated. sponding week 'in the
ISM. of 1856. Week.
West Districts
North Districts - 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts 616,635 349

Totals 2,362,236
Males
Females.
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

1,284

1,235
620
615

Males
Females..

93G
902

Total ... .......... —...— ..... 1,833

T.H. MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship In-
dus, Captain G. Brookes, with the heavy portion of the
India and China mails, has arrived. She brings 150 pas-
sengers, 7,0001. in specie, and a cargo of silks, shawls, dm.
Her latest dates are Alexandria, March 24 ; Malta,
March 28; and Gibraltar, April 2. Her Majesty's ship
Cressy was on her way from Malta to Gibraltar. The
Majestic arrived at Gibraltar on the let, on her way to
England.

The Etna, which should have brlught the first Austra-
lian mail, which has been duo at Suez by the Oneidaor
some time past, has returned to carry out the mail of
the 12th instant. She brings two letter bags from Alex-
andria and Malta, and a small cargo, with five passen-
gers. She left Alexandria on tho 25th of March, and Malta
on the 29th.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Al-
hambra, Captain Woodgates, sailed to-day with the mails
fur Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 26 pas-
sengers (among whom was Ensign Harrison), specie value
28,080/. for Lisbon, and a general cargo. The Golden
Fleece, the property of the European and American Steam-
ship Company, left here for Hamburg yesterday afternoon,
to take iu cargo and passengers for the Brazils; she haves
Hamburg on the 20th inst.' and Southampton on the 24th.
Mr. Crawford, M.P., and Mr. Round, two of the direc-
tors, paid a visit of inspection on Saturday last to the
ships composing the company's fleet, which are all progress.
ing rapidly in their equipment for sea.

CENTRAL AMERICAN PRODUCE.--Tho steamer La
Plata, which arrived at Southamptoti on the Ist instant,
with the last West India mail, brought home, amongst
other cargo, a large quantity of indigo from the west
coast of Central America. The produce of that part of
the world has hitherto been sent to England by way of
Cape Horn ; but now, owing to the arrangements made
by the Panama Railway Company, it is shipped on board
of a coasting-steamer to Panama, sent by railway across
to Colon, and there put on board the West India mail-
steamers for England—the result being that the produce
is in England and sold in lees time than it used to take
in reaching Cape Horn. These arrangements will prove
of immense advantage to those interested in the speedy
delivery of consignments from Central America,