The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-09 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Frogs the Report of the Registrar-General. )
In the week that ended on Saturday (July 4) the
total number of deaths, registered in London was
1,029. In the ten years 1847-56 the average num•
ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last
week was 980. But as the deaths, now returned,
occurred in an increased population, it is necessary,
with a view to comparison, to raise the average
proportionally to.the increase, in which case it will
become 1,078. The deaths registered last week
were therefore less by 49 than the average rate of
mortality at the beginning of July would have pro-
duced.
The deaths arising from zymotic diseases exhibit
an increase, chiefly in consequence of increased pre-
valence of diarrhoea. The deaths from this com-
plaint rose from 33 in the previous week to 65 last
week. Of these.6s, there were 56 amongst children,
a very large proportion of the cases being amongst
children less than a year old. About a third part
of the whole number of deaths from diarrhea oc-
curred in the East districts, though the population
of that division is to that of London only in
the proportion of about one to five. It is
also to be remarked that mote deaths from each of
the five zymotic diseases—measles, scarlatina,
hooping-oough, diarahcea, and typhus—were re-
turned last week in the East districts, than in any
other of the five groups of districts into which Lon-
don is divided. The number of deaths caused by
summer cholera in all the metropolitan districts
was 5, of which 4 occurred to infants. The remain-
ing case was that of a coachman who was attacked
on the night of Saturday after exposure to the
great heat of that day, and died after 4 days' illness.
• Last week the births of 826 boys and 788 girls, in
all 1,604 children, were registered iu London.. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56
the average number was 1,442.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.671 in.
The mean temperature of the week was 62.4 deg.,
which is 1 deg. higher than the average of the same
week in 43 years. On Sunday (the 28th ult.) the
mean temperature was 731 deg., which is 12.4 deg.
above the average; and the highest temperatures of
that day in the shade was 92.7 degs., and in the
sun 119 degs. The lowest temperature in the
week was 52 degs. on Friday ; and-the range of the
week was therefore 40.7 degs. After Sunday the
temperature declined constantly till Friday ; and
on the last four days the mean daily temperature
was below the average. The mean temperature of
the water of the Thames was 68.5 degs. The highest
temperature of the river was 72.4 degs. on Sun
day. The. wind blew generally from the south-
west. The temperature in the shade on Sunday
rose to a point higher than any since the 6th of
July, 1846

In the last Quarter (which ended 27th June) the
deaths in London were 13,252. The rate of mor-
tality was remarkably low ; for in the correspond-
ing quarters of the four years 1853-56, when the
population was less, the deaths ranged from 14,069
to 15,055. The decrease is most considerable in
the deaths from diseases of the zymot c class, which
in the Spring quarter of 1854 were fatal in 3,686
cases, and in the same months of this year in 2,413
case, though hooping-cough has lately been exten-
sively fatal to children, and deaths from measles have
also been rather numerous. A very striking de-
crease is perceived in small-pox, which averaged
only two deaths a week ; also in scarlatina and
typhus. Fewer y ersons than usual died from apo-
plexy and paralysis, and fewer children from "con-
vulsions." Pneumonia declined ; and phthisis,
which destroys more lives than any other disease
in the catalogue, appears to have reduced its ope-
rations within narrower limits. There is also a de-
crease under rheumatism. `Thirty-one persons
died from intemperance, which is considerably
more than in any of the four corresponding quar-
ters.

_MORTALITY •IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEER ENDING SATDRDAY, JUNE 27.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat

~ 233
- 36

_
Tubercular Diseases _ 179
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels • 23
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration lOl
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .. 12
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
1 Diseases of the Skin, &c. 3
Malformations
Premature Birth and Debility 24
Atrophy
Old Age
sudden l7
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance l2B
Causes not specified

-' DEATHS MX ALL CAUSES
; 1,029
. Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spondlng week in the
1851. of 1856. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts........ 485,522
South Districts

Totals . . ....... 2,362,236 1,027 1,02!
Males ............................. . 541
Fomales 4BB
BIRTHS IN THE WEER.

Males .................................... 826
Females 778

Total hat