The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

The quarterly return issued by the authority of the
Registrar-General comprises the births and deaths
registered by 2,197 registrars in all the districts of
England during the quarter that ended on March
31, 1859 ; and the marriages in 12,350 churches or
chapels, about 4,072 registered places, of worship
unconnected with the established church, and 630
superintendent registrars' offices in the quarter that
ended on Dec. 31, 1858. The returns present an
unfavourable view of the public health ; the people
have suffered and have died in unusual numbers in
many districts. Diphtheria has prevailed exten-
sively. The marriages indicated some improve-
ment in the prospects of the people at the end of
last year ; and in the first three months of the
present year the births have not only exceeded the
average, but have exceeded the numbers registered
in any previous winter quarter.
47,726 weddings were celebrated in the three
months that ended on the 31st December, and con-
seqnently 95,452 persons were married. The mar-
riage rate in the quarter was 1.982 per cent. per
annum ; so if the rate prevailed a year, more than
19 persons would marry to every 1,000 living. The
increase on the marriages in the corresponding
quarter of 1857 is observable in every division ex-
cept in the northern counties and in Wales.
The births of 175,429 children were registered in
the quarter that ended on the 31st of March last;
and the birth rate was 3.621 per cent. per annum,
or rather more than 36 in 1,000 persons living.
As the births amounted to 175,429, the deaths to
121,682, the natural increase of the population was
(3,747 ; or, on an average, 597 daily. The probable
increase in the population of the United Kingdom
was at the rate of 896 daily. 17,314 persons emi-
grated from the ports of the United Kingdom at
which there are Government emigration agents.
5,565, or after correcting those of undistinguished
origin, 6,452 of the emigrants were of English birth ;
of whom 3,719 sailed to the Australian colonies,
and 2,263 to the United States. About 72 English,
16 Scotch, and 94 Irish emigrants, on an average,
left the country daily.
The price of wheat during. the 13 weeks was
40s. Bd. a quarter ; the prices in the first 13 weeks
of 1857 and 1858 having been 565. 10d. and 465.
sd. The price is less by 12 per cent. than it was 12
months ago. It is remarkable that, after due cor-
rections have been made for measure and for quality
in the Eton returns, the average prices of wheat
were 40s. 7d. and 40s. 6d. a quarter in the 17th and
18th centuries. The price of potatoes also fell con-
siderably; in the first 13 corresponding weeks of
1857-8-9 York Regents sold at 110 s., 1525. 6d., and
90s. a ton, at the waterside market, Southwark.
At Leadenhall and Newgate markets the price of
beef of the lowest and of the highest quality is more
by id. a pound than it was in the winter of last
year ; mutton is at the same price. The mean
prices per lb. in the three winters 1857-8-9 were—
beef, 51d.,
51d* , and 53-,d•, • mutton, 61d., 58d.,
and 51d.

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