The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-28 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TILE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London in the week that ended
last Saturday were 1,318, the number in the pre-
ceding week having been 1,328. The average num-
ber of deaths as obtained from the returns of cor-
responding weeks in ten previous years 1851-60,
and corrected for increase of population, is 1,414.
It will be seen that the deaths registered last week
were nearly a hundred less than they would
have been if the average rate of mortality had
ruled. The mean temperature of the air which
in the previous week was 37.6 deg., was so high
as 45 9 deg. last week. On Thursday, when an
unusually heavy gale occurred, the mean tem-
perature was 48.6 deg. In the corresponding
week of 1855 the mean temperature of the air
was only 26.7 deg., and the deaths then rose
to 1,604.

Zymotic diseases in the aggregate were fatal last
week in 283 cases, whilst the corrected average of
corresponding weeks is 272. Seven very young
children died from small-pox ; 20 children from
measles; 36 from scarlatina; and there were also
11 deaths from diphtheria. Whooping-cough car-
ried off 78 children. Ten deaths, 7of which were
of children, were caused by syphilitic disease; and
there were 2 from intemperance, besides 2 from
delirium tremens. The most fatal disease in the
list is bronchitis, which was fatal in 188 cases ; the
next is phthisis, fatal in 149. The mortality of the
former differs little from the average; that of the
latter is below it.

Eleven deaths were caused by suffocation, 7 of
which occurred in bed, and 3 were by the impac-
tion of food or other substance in the throat. Two
cnildren were burnt by their clothes taking fire;
two by other means; five children were fatally
scalded, among whom was a boy scalded by drink-
ing hot water from a teapot. The deaths of two
centenarians, a widow aged 100 years, and a man
102 years, were recorded in the week. It appears
that both ages are well ascertained. The former
died at 34, George-street, Somers-town. She was
a native of Lincolnshire ; her husband died in 1798.
and she had lived for more than 60 years in Lon-
don. The latter died at 1, Newburgh-villas, Isling-
ton. His relations were also remarkable for
longevity.
The wife of a shoemaker, aged 50 years, died on
the 7th inst., at 25, Nelson-street, Bethnal-green,
from "inflammation of the lungs and want of the
necessaries of life ;" and a man who had been for-
merly a master tailor died at the age of 78 years,
on the 16th inst., at 83, Milton-street, Cripplegate,
from " ossification of the heart, accelerated by want
of proper nourishment." Inquests were held in
both cases.

Last week the births of 1,035 boys and 856 girls,
in all 1,891 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-
60 the average number was 1,781.
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At the Roy-al Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.461
in. The readings fell from 29.67 in. on Sunday to
29.09 in. on Thursday. The oscillations of the
surface of the mercury were continuous between
4h. and 9h. on the latter day. The mean tempera-
ture of the air in the week was 45.9 deg., which is
7.4 deg above the average of the same week in 43
years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean
daily temperature was much above the average
throughout the week, and on Thursday the excess
was equal to 10.1 deg. The thermometer in the
shade attained its highest point on Sunday, viz. 50
deg. ; it fell to its lowest, 35.7 degrees on Wednes-
day. The range of temperature in the week
was therefore 20 3 deg. The mean daily range was
124 deg. The difference between the mean dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 2.2 deg.
The mean degree of humidity was 93, complete
saturation being represented by 100, which point
was attained on Saturday. The wind was in the
south and south-east on the first two days; after-
wards it blew from the south-west. Rain fell on
Thursday and Saturday to the amount of 0.55 in.
There was a heavy gale on Thursday. Between 5
o'clock p.m. and 9 p.m. the pressures of the wind
varied from 181bs. on the square foot to 251bs.
The velocity of the air between those hours must
have been about 70 miles per hour. The mean tem-
perature of the water of the Thames was 42.6 deg.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NEWARK-FEB. 27.

The trade in wheat was slow, but late rates were for the
most part realised for all fine qualities. A moderate show
of barley, but trade dull. Oats a steady sale, at late rates.
Beans and peas very little changed.
White wheat, new, 58s to ?6s Barley, grinding.. 32s to 350
Red do. sos to 70s Oats, old, .. 32s to 37d
Old white 58s to 76s New do 23s to 299
Red do sos to 70s Beans. 56s to 58s
Barley, malting, 38s to 44s Beans, new 38s to 43s
Peas, ....40s to 500.

SHEFFIELD-FEB. 26.

The supply of wheat was fair in bulk. There was a mo-
derate attendance. Good sorts of wheat realised former
prices. Good oats in demand. Flour and other articles
unchanged.
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 28s Od
White t) I) ...25s Od to 28s Od
New red
• 1, 9 9 ...20s Od to 22s Od

7 7 7
New white ~ ...:KS Od to ks Od
Beans ,f 7, ... 16s Od to 22s 6d
Peas, per qr. 54s Od to 55s Od
Grinding barley, per qr
Malting ditto, ~ 3ss Od to 43s 01
Oats 2ss 6d to 34s Od
Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 8d per
141 b.

HULL—FEB. 26.
A fair supply of English wheat to-day, which sold at
prices rather lower than last week. Foreign sold better at
fully late rates. Barley was somewhat slow. Beans and
peas progressed slowly, at former quotations, Oats were
neglected.
Wheat.... Old white per qr. . ... 66s Od to 69s Od
Old red
New white „
New red .... „
Dantzic, Konb , Sm. old white 62s Od to 66s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od
St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od. to 55s Od
Barley.... English malting 4ls Od to 42s Od
Grinding 34s Od to 36s Od
Saal and Oderbruck

Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40a Od
Grinding
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 14id
Friesland and Dutch osl4lzd to oalsd
Swedish and Danish 0514d to osl4id
Beans ....English, old, per qr 49s Od to 51s Od

New pigeon. 448 (id to 4E; ocl
New tick. 43s Od to 44s Od
Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s Od
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —8 Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 oto £lO 15 0
Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes
Bones 5 0 oto 6, 0 0

COAL MARE
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

ET—FEB. 27.
the close of the market

N. d.
Bate's West Hartley.. 15 6
Bell's Primrose .... .. 15 6
Bower's West Hartley.l7 3
Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 0
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley....l7 3
Lambert's West Hart-

Walls End.

s. d.
Hunwick l7 0
North Hartlepool l6 6
Shincliffe 19 0
Lambton 2l 0
Whitworth 17 0
Belmont 18 9
Hartlepool.... 2l 0
Wharncliffe 18
Pittington .... lB 0
Haswell..... 21 0
Heugh Hall 19 3
Stewart's 21 0
Hetton .. 2l 0
South Hartlepool 20 0
Trimdon Thornley 18 0
Acorn Close ..19 3
Eden 19 3
Hedley, ....
Pensher ..
Durham 19 0
Carway and Du
Malting
169; sold, 132.

ley 17 0
Clark's West Hartley 16 3
Davison's West Hart-

ley .17 3
Holyvvell 17 6
Hastings Hartley l7 3
Wylam....