The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-16 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(Fro :m ?he Reytstrar-General'sWeekly Return.)
The deaths in London were 1,147 in the week
that ended October 5; they were 1,113 in the last
week (ending Saturday, the 12th). The average
number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of
ten years, ',Oen corrected, is 1,139, but, if deaths
from epidemic cholera in 1854 are excluded from
the calculation, it will appear that the rate of mor-
tality exhAited in the present return is a very close
approxiraa tion to the average rate as calculated for
the second week in October.

There were 60 deaths from scarlatina last week ;
they were 99 in the previous week. This disease
shows an increctoe in its mortality when compared
with that of August and September, and a still
greater increase on the returns of July. It was fatal
in five cases in the Christchurch sub-district of
Southwark. Diarrhcea has now declined to 54 in
the week, nearly half of which cases occurred in the
districts on the south side of the river, which also
contributed a large proportion of the deaths from
scarlatina. Smallpox is returned in two cases.
Measles have much declined ; there were 12 fatal
cases in the week. A man died at the advanced
age of 96 years.
In the workhouse of Bethnal-green a shoemaker,
aged 60 years, died on the Bth inst. of " cholera
Asiatica," after 26 hours' illness. At 10, Brad-ter-
race, Lambeth, three children of a smith's labourer
have died of scarlatina in three days. The registrar
states that this complaint is on the increase in his
sub-district (Waterloo-road, Ist part). A captain
in the Gold Coast Artillery, aged 23 years, died
from pysemia, which was consequent on African re-
mittent fever. A child, aged 10 days, died of
hemorrhage, whieh occurred in consequence of an
operation on the frmnum linguae.
Last week the births of 865 boys and 818 girls,
in all 1,683 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851-
60 the average number was 1,611.
• At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.753 in.
The readings rose to 30.04 in. on Sunday and fell to
2929 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the
air in the week was 58.3 deg., which is 6.4 deg.
above the average of the same week in 43 years (as
determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tem-
perature was above the average throughout the
week, and on Tuesday the excess was 10 deg. The
highest day temperature was 75.6 deg., which oc-
curred on Tuesday : the lowest night temperature
was 45 9 deg. on Thursday. The range of tempe-
-ature in the week was therefore 29.7 deg. The
In lean daily range was 17.5 deg. The range on
S unday was only 3.6 deg. The difference between
ti to mean dew-point temperature and air tempera-
tla re was 2.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of
th,4e air was 93, complete saturation being repre-
se n ted by 100, which point was closely approached
on three days of the week. The wind blew on four
da• p s from the south-west. The amount of rain was
0.5.5 in., which fell chiefly on Friday. Lightning
was frequent on the evening of Tuesday. There
was 311 aurora on the night of Thursday, and a
thunderstorm occurred between 2 and 3 p.m. on
Frid sly, when the lightning was very vivid and
sonti vuous, accompanied with heavy rain. The
mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
59.1;

M tTROPOLITAN WATERS IN SEPTEMBER, 1861.
The N vater supplied by the various water companies in Lon-
don, according to the analyses of Dr. Robt. Dundas Thomson,
F.R.S., are still in a comparatively higher condition of purity
than during the winter months of the year. The emposition
of the Thames water appears to be more steady than that
supplied by smaller streams, with the ex eption of that of
the New li. ver, which seems even less fluctuating in its cha-
racter than the Thames water :--
Total impurity Organic in*
per gallon. purity.
biro. or deg. grs. or deg.
Distilled Water 0•0 0.0
Loch Katrine water, new supply
to Glasgow Waren) 215 *605
Manchester Water Supply (March) 3.33 •68
Well Cottage, Park-road, Peckham MU 4.72

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THAMES COMPANIES.
Chelsea - 1612 0•56
Southwark
West Middlesex 17.48 I'o4
Grand Junction 16.08 0•80
Lambeth
OTHER COMPANIES.

Kent
East London
New River

The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the
gallon 2.35 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of
which •605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal

COUN2BY MARKETS.

BRISTOL—Ocr. 15.

At our market to-day there was a large attendance of
millers, and a tolerable business was done; prices were 2s
higher than last Tuesday for English wheat, and is to 2s
for foreign. In all other articles we have a healthy busi-
ness doing at full prices.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE-0 CT. 14.
At this corn market there was a 'small supply of wheat,
which met a firm demand ; prices improved is to 2s on
the previous week—white making 66s to 635,t red :50s
to 58s. The demand for barley was middling, and the
same in value. Oats were in fair show, with a steady
sale, from 26s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans scarce, and
hell at extreme rates, from 44s to 50s per qr.