The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-22 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The weekly return issued by the authority of the Regis-
trar-General, states that the deaths in London in the week
that ended last Saturday were 1,219, the number in the pre-
ceding week having been 1,240. The average number of
deaths as obtained from the returns of corresponding weeks
in ten previous years 1851-60, and corrected for increase of
population, is 1,171. Consequently the deaths registered
last week exceeded the estimated number by 48.
The births in the week exceeded the deaths in the same
period by 716.

Zymotic diseases in the aggregate were fatal last week in
245 cases, whilst the corrected average of correspnding
weeks is 267.

Ninety. six deaths occurred from hooping-cough 18 from
measles, 21 from scarlatina, and 16 from dipthe Four
infants died from syphilitic disease, 2 from want of. breast-
milk. There were 159 deaths from phthisis, 116 from
bronchitis, and 80 from pneumonia. There were 5
deaths from burns and scalds, and 5 from suffocation.
T ovo deaths ;occurred from traumatic tetanus. A man,
aged 55, died in the London Hospital, it is said, from
" shock through witnessing an accident, and from effusion
into pericardium." A clerk in the Victoria Docks, living at
Bridpart-place, Holton Old Town, died from" choleraic
diarrhoea, 36 hours." Certified. The son of a compositor,
aged 6 years, residing at Great Union-street, London-road,
Southwark, died from " choleraic diarrhoea," 3 hours.
Cer-
tified. The medical attendant remarks, " the child was in
good health until the time he was attacked, and collapse
supervened within an hour of his death." The widow of a
corn chandler died at Stepney from exhaustion from want
of proper nourishment. Three nonagenarians died during
the week.

Last week the births of 1,013 boys and 922 girls, in all
1,935 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number
wan 1,622.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 30.049 in. The baro-
metrical readings fell to 29.44 in. at the beginning of the
week, and rose to 3031 in. on Tuesday. The mean tempe-
rature of the air in the week was 51.9 deg., which is 0.3 deg.
below the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter•
mined by Mr. Glaishez). The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 61 deg.
The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, complete
saturation being represented by 100. The thermometer
in the shade rose to its highest point on Thursday, 77.9 deg.
(The maximum temperature on this day was higher than
on any day during the year 1860.) It fell to its lowest on
Tuesday,33 7
deg. The extreme range of the weak was
'
therefore 44.2 deg. The main daily range was 23.1 deg.
The mean :temperature of the water of the Thames was
52.1 deg. The general direction of the wind was north-east.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.---The
Prince Consort Cup is to be sailed for on the 6th of August.
The annual dinner of the members of the Squadron, at the
Squadron House, is fixed for the 7th August. Her Ma-
jesty's Cup is to be sailed for on the Bth—the usual display
of fireworks in the evening ; and the ball is to take place at
the Castle on the 9th. The yaL:..t Florence, building by
Ratsey for the Duke of Leeds, is in a forward state. Report
says that the Commodore does not intend to fit out his yacht
this season,