The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-15 00:00:00

HEALTH 07 LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the .Regtstrar-General's Weekly Return.)
In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths
in London were 1240, showing but a small decrease
on the number in the previous week. The average
number as obtained from the returns of correspond-
ing weeks in ten years 1851-60, and corrected for
increase of population, is 1,202; and therefore the
mortality now returned exceeds, as it did in the
previous week, the estimated amount by nearly 40
deaths.

The deaths from whooping-cough have declined
from 124 to 89 ; but this epidemic is still as fatal
as small-pox, measles, scarlatina, diphtheria, and
typhus combined. There were 27 deaths from
measles, 8 of which occurred in Somers-town, Cam-
den-town, and Kentish-town ; there were 25 from
scarlatina, and 16 from diphtheria. Seven infants
died from syphilitic disease ; 9 from want of breast
milk. Phthisis was fatal to 163 persons, bronchitis
to 114, pneumonia to 87. Five nonagenarianb died
in the week, of whom a man was 90 years old, a
woman 91, a man 95, a woman 96, and an almsman
had attained the age of 99 years.
Nine infants were suffocated in bed. A boy, aged
12 years, engaged in the manufacture of Lucifer
matches, was burnt by the explosion of the compo-
sition.

Last week the births of 972 boys and 876 girls,
in all 1,848 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1861-
60 the average number was 1,655.
METROPOLITAN WATERS, APRIL, 1861.
These waters, according to the analyses of Dr.
Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., continue slightly
to improve in quality during the dry weather.
For the sake of comparison the composition of
Loch Katrine water is added, which was supplied
from one of the mains at Glasgow in February
and Marsh, when analyses in each month gave
almost identical results. The composition of a
London surface well is also given, which was
found to contain 849 gr. per gallon of ammonia,
derived from decomposing animal matter.
Total impurity Organicim-
per gallon. purity.
gm or deg. gra. or deg.
0.0 O.O

Distilled Water
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow
Manchester Water Supply
Well, St. Mary's Church, Mary-
lebone
THAMES COMPANIES.
Chelsea
Southwark
West Middlesex 19.00
Grand Junction 18.92
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES.
New River
East London
Kent
The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 2 3 , degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of
which •605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal
origin.

•603
•6so

94.20 15.240

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.739
inches. The readings fell from 30.08 inches on
Sunday to 29'44 inches on Saturday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 43 4 deg.►
which is 8.3 deg. below the average of the same
week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher2.
Both the highest and lowest readings in the wee
of a thermometer in the shade occurred on Thurs-
day, when it rose to 56.2 deg., and fell to 33.4 deg-
The extreme range of temperature in the week,:and
also on that day was thetefore 22.8 deg. On Satur-
day the range was only 9.2 deg. The mean daily
range was 15.3 deg. On Thursday the thermometer
in the sun rose to 103.8 deg. The differencebetWeen
the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 6.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
the air was 79, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100, which point was attained on Satur-
day, on which day rain fell to the amount of 1.07
inch, nearly the whole that fell in the week. The
wind blew almost constantly from the N.N.E•
The mean daily temperature was much below the
average throughout the week, particularly on Wed-
nesday, when it was 11.9 deg. below the average-
There were thunder and lightning on the evening
of Saturday, between seven and half-past seven, at
which time it rained neavily.

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