The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-10 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General. )

The returns for the week that ended on Satur-
day, Jun') 6th, exhibit the gratifying fact that the
remarkably small number of 868 deaths was regis-
tered in that period in London. There hisb3en a
constant decrease of niort4lity since the temperature
rose ; and in the first week of June the deaths are
about 200 less they were in the first week of May.
In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week
was 979. But as the deaths of last week occurred
in an increased population, the average, with a
view to comparison, mu-it be raised in proportion
to the increase, and in- this case it will become
1,077. The result is that the deaths now returned
are less by 209 than the average rate of mortality
at this period of the year would have produced.' It
the first week of June, 1847, the deaths were 786,
in that of 1850 they were 844 ; and these fwuish
the only instances in corresp,onding weeks in which
the deaths were not more numerous than those of
last week, though each successive ye it has added
to the number of persons living within the bills of
mortality.

The dmths from the zymotic class of diseases,
which rn the previous week were 181, were last
week 170. 01 the six principal diseases in this
class, diarrhce I. alone shows a tendency to increase,
the cases in which it was fatal having been in the
in the last time woeks.l2, 17, and 26. Summer
cholera has made its appearance as usual, and 4
deaths are referred to it under the designa ion
"English c'holera," " cholera infantum," ur " cho-
leraic diarrhoea." A severe case of this complaint
man•fested itself in St. Anne-street, Liwehonse,
where a man, 26 years of age, died of er a day's
illness. Small-pox was fatal in only one ca-e,
which occurred in D.ptford. Measles carried off
24 children, but the only parts in which it see-na
to be more fatal than usual are the Goswe'l-street
and City-road sub-districts, in each of which four
deaths from it are retuned. . The de iths from
hooping-cough were 47, of which 5 occurred in the
Rectory sub-district, _Marylebone.-
The deaths causel by diseases of th 3 vsspiratory
organs were last week 125 ; the corrected average
is 134. Those frOm bronchitis, which a few weeks
ago were IMO or more, have declined to 53.
Only 3 persons whose deaths are returned h.:cl
attained the age of 90 years or upwards. Two
women were 93 years old ; and a widow died, in
Hereford-street, Marylebone, at the great age of
96 years.

Last week the births of 774 boys and 768
in all 1,542 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-
56, th. average number was 1,497.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
h&ght of the barometer in the week was 29.877 in.
The highe,t reading was 22.99 in. on the morning
of Thurs lay. The mean temperature of the week
was 60.6 deg., which is nearly 4 deg. higher than
that of the previous we,k and 3.9 deg. above the
average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tempera-
ture was more or less above the average on every
day of the week except Monday, and the excess on
Fridsy and Saturday was 10 deg. and 11 deg. The
mean dew-point tempera' ure was 51 deg., and the
difference between this and the mean air tempera-
ture was 9.6 deg. The highest reading of the ther-
mometer in the sun was 106.7 deg., Which occurs ed
on Friday. The mean temperature of the. water of
the Thames was 62 deg. ; on Saturday the tempe-
Mitre of the river rose to 60 deg. The wind was
in the north-east on the first two days ; afterwards
it was for the most part in the south west. Ran
tell to the amotint of 0.23 in., most of which fell in
the afternoon of Saturday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL OAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 6.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses 97
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4l
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 125
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility 29
Atrophy 2B
Old Age

5.1 udde
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 2l
Causes not specified

DEATHS 11103( ALL CAUSES 852
Population Deaths in cone- Deaths
Enumerated. Spending week in the
1851. of 1856. Week.
376,427
490,396
393,256
485,522
616,635 ...... 324

West Districts
North Districts
Central Districts
East Districts
South Districts

Totals
Males 447
Fimales. 421
BIRTIIS IN THE WEEK.

1,063

Males..
Females

774
768

Total

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

86$