The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

_HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

MMES.

(From, the Report of thz Registrar-General.)
In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths regis-
tered in Landon were 1,171. Of these 582 were deaths
of males, 589 those of females. In the ten years 1847-56
the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond-
ing with last week was 1,210 ; but, for the purpose of
comparison, this should be raised proportionally to in-
crease of population up to the present time, in which
care it will become 1,341. The result of the comparison
is that the deaths of last week were less by 170 than the
average rate of mortality would have produced.
Toe deaths in the week from diseases of the respira-
tory organs (under which head phtbiEis is not included)
were 280 ; in corresponding weeks of previous years they
ranged from 153 in the year 1853, when the mean tem-
perature of the week was 45 deg., to 386 in the cold
winter of 18;5, when the mean temperature of the week
was so low as 29 deg. Since the present year commenced
the weather has been mild, and the mortality from die.
eases of this class is not high. In the last two weeks
the deaths from bronchitis rose from 140 to 170, and
those from pneumonia fell from 87 to 77. Phthisis (or
consumption) was fatal to 152 persons last week, of
whom 73 died in the period of life 20-40 years, and 52
in the subsequent period, 40.60 years, leaving only 27
of the deaths from this disease at earlier and later ages.
Whooping-cough has increased within the last four
weeks, and in the present returns 55 children are stated
to have died of it. Thirty.four deaths occurred 'from
typhus and 'common fever ; this number is not high corn-
paratively, but it should be observed that nearly half
occurred in the Eastern division, while only four or five
deaths were registered in each of the other divisions. A.
family in Shoemaker-row, City of London, gas lost three
children in 10 days from scarlatina, but the registrar has
not heard that the complaint is prevailing in his district.
In a house in Haberdashers'-place (East), Shoreditch,
funr deaths have occurred within 10 weeks, arising from
disease of various kinds.
The deaths of four nonagenarians were recorded in the
week. The oldest was a gentleman of the age of 96 years,
who died in Lambeth.
Last week the births of 996 boys and 818 girls, in all
1,781 children, were registered in London. In the 10 col.•
responding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average num-
her was 1,621.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29'636 inches. On
Sunday, the 11th, the reading fell to 28'85 in., and on
Saturday rose to 30'21 in. These values were the lowest
and highest in the week. The mean temperature of the
week was 36'5 deg,, which is rather above the average
of the same week in 43 years, as determined by Mr.
Glaisher. The thermometer fell to 24 deg. on Thursday,
the lowest point in the week. The range in the week
was 20'5 deg. The mean dew point temperature was
33'9 deg., and the difference between this and the mean
air temperature was 2•6 deg. The mean temperature of
the water of the Thames was 40.1 deg. The direction of
the wind was very variable, on Saturday it was S.W.
The fall of rain was 0.39 inch, most of it en Sunday,
St. Saviour's—At 57, Great Guildford-stm-t, on the
Bth January, the son of a brickmaker, aged 17, died of
" colioa pictonum."

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS PRONE ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 17
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
•• 192
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 2BO
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 1
Premature Birth and Debility 25
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden.. 8
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 33
Causes not specified

DZATII3 TEOlf ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths In corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the
MI. of 1856. Week.
West Districts ...... 376,427
North Districts ... 490,396
Central Districts..... 393,256 186
East Districts......,, 485,522
South Districts ...... 616,635 ...... 296 U 299

________.
Totals ......... 2,362,236 1,121 1,171
Males
532
Females.....,
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males
Females

Total
. --... 1,784

The London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet
Company have received a large accession of strength
from Liverpool. The Dutch-Rhenis'a interest has also
entered into the combination, and the Dutch Postmaater-
General has already signed a contract with the Company,
which will commence running their packets in March.
The so speedy completion of an undertaking, compre•
hendinc, such vast consequences not only to the trade of
the North' of Europe, but to the future reduction as well
Of time and diNtance as of expense in the route to the
East and our Indian roest3Bsions, speaks greatly for the
enlarged and extended spirit in which those engaged ie
the higher range of commercial undertakings now regard
every enterprise that may tend to their more extensive
development.