The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

BEALTII OF LONDON DURING( THE

WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General. )

The deaths registered in London, which in the
last week of July rose to 1,238, and in the first and
second weeks of August were respectively 1,224 and
1,187, exhibit a very decided increase in the week
that ended last Saturday (August 22), the number
being 1,091. The heavy thunderstorms and rains
of the preceding week have doubtless been power-
ful agents in producing this result. It can also be
shown that the deaths of last week were rather less
than the number which the average rate of naOrta-
iu 04247-561
would have produced, if, for better comparison,
the deaths from cholera in two epidemic years are
excluded from the calculation.

since the last week of July there has been a con-
stant decrease in the deaths from diarrhoea. In the
week referred to they were 302 ; thereafter they
were successively 258, 244, and (in the present re-
turn) 215. In the same periods the numbers re
turned as caused by cholera (in most instances
"cholera infautum" and "choleraic diarrhcei")
were 24, 30, 21, and 12. Eight deaths from diar•
rhoea (including cholera) occurred last week in the
sub-district of St. John, Westminster, 7 in that of
St. Margaret, Westminster, 5 in Brompton, 5 inr
the Hackney sub-district, 5 in Goodman's fields,
in Bow, 5 in Trinity, Newington, 5 in Lambeth
Church sub-district (2d part), and 5 in Plumstead•
Scarlatina exhibits an increase, for the deaths
from it, which were in the two previous
weeks 32 and 16, rose last week to 40. n
appears to hive prevailed chiefly in the north
and east districts, fir more than half of the
fatal cases occurred in these two divisions. Tee
registrar of Somers-town records the death of three
children from " scarlatina angiuosa," all within
four days, in a family at 8, Johnson-street. The
parents, a fourth child, three lodgers in the same
house, and a person who was sent to the Fever
Hospital, have all suffered from the disease.
Typhus and common fever were fatal in 41 eases,
measles in 13, smallpox in 4.
Three people died of disease the effect of inter'
perance ; 13 children from want of breaatmilk. The
deaths of five nonagenarians are returned : one a',
the age of 90 years, two at 93, one at 94 in Wild-
street, St. Giles, and one at 98 at Putney. With
one exception (a man, who was the youngest of the
five) these old persons were all widows.

Last week the births of 860 boys and 832 girls--."
in all 1,692 children—were registered in ',undo'''.
In the 10 corresponding wet ks of the years 1847"
56 the average number was 1,460.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the men
height of the barometer in the week was 29.884
inches. The highest reading occurred on Wednes-
days, and was 30 inches. The mean temperature of
the week was 65.1 deg., which is 4.2 deg. above
the average of the same week in 43 years as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest tempeo-
tura occurred on Sunday (the 16th), and was 83
deg. The lowest was 511 deg. on Tuesday. The
range of the week was 31.3 deg. The temperatura
rose towards the end .of the week, and on Saturdili
the wean was about 9 deg. above the average. TO
wind blew almost constatiCy from the north-east
till the end of the week, when it changed to east.
The mean dew-point temperature was 57.3 deg.,
and the difference between this and the mean tem-
perature of the air was 7.8 deg. The mean tempe-
rature of the water of the Thames was 67.5 deg.
Rain fell to the amount of 6.32 inches, nearly all of
which fell early in the morning of Sunday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERO
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 22
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
5
DDiisseeaasseess
of
ff
the
ee
Skin, &c.
oß.ones, aura Muscles
2
Malformations .............................................
Premature Birth and Debility • 34
65
atrophy
Old Age
;.udder: ...............................................
... 6
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance...... l3
Causes not specified
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DZATIIB FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre.. peat"
Enumerated. eponding week in the
1351. of 1356. Week'
West Districts ...... 876,427
North Districts...... 490,396
Central Districts..... 393256
East Districts 485,522
south Districts
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Totals
Males 539
Fomales . 552