The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar-General.)

The deaths registered in London in the week that
ended on Ssturday (Aug 15) were 1,187, and ex-
hibit a decrease on those returned in the three pre-
vious weeks, when they ranged from 1, 209 to 1,238.
In the 10 years 1847-56 theaverage number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week wa51,255.
But the deaths of last week occurred in an increased
population, and to admit of comparison the average
should be raised in proportion to the increase,
in which case it will become 1,380. The average
rate of mortality would have produced more deaths
by 193 than the number in the present return ;
but it is proper to state that, as that rate is derived-
in part from periods when cholera raged, it is too
high as a measure of health when the population is
happily free from such ca!amity, and the mortality
from all causes at present differs little from the
ordinary amount at this season of the year.
The d-ailis from dic rrlicea, which rapidly rose to
302 in the last week of July, and in the next week
declined to 258, again exhibit a decrease, the num-
ber rat urned last we'-± being 244. In the ten weeks
(of 1847-56) corresponding with last week the deaths
from this complaint ranged from 81 to 253. The
London registers during the last 12 years reveal a
verystriking increase in the prevalence of diarrhoea,
for on referring to the rAurns for the second or third
of Aug. in 1840-45 it will be seen that the number
of cases in which it was fatal was as low as 20 or 11
and did not exceed 79. Besides the deaths from
diarrhoea th re were 21 last week from " cholera"
and " choleraic diarrLcsa," 12 of which occurred
to young children. The registrar of the sub-district
of Woolwich Arsenal reports a death from " Eng-
lish cholera" after an illness of 40 hours. The de-
ceased was a rigger in the dockyard, and had been
employed for several days in raising the convict
hulk Defence, and it appears that he suffered ex-
tremely from what was described by him as "the
awfnl stench" of the river during the performance
of his work.

List week the births of 875 boys and 743 girls,
in all 1,618 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corteTonding weeks of the years 1817-
56 the average number was 1,448.

At the R.ryal Ooservatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.793 in.
The highest reading in the week was 30 in. on
Wedueeday. The mean temperature of the week
was 63.7 deg., which is 2.1 deg. above the average
of the same wek in 43 years (as determined
by Mr. Glaiher.) The mean daily temperature
was highest on Thursday, having been 68.6 deg.,
which is 7.1 deg. above the average. The highest
readings of the thermometer occurred on that
day, airl were 83.6 deg. in the shade, and 105 deg.
in the sun. The mean dew-point temperature was
571 deg., and the difference between that and the
mean temperature of the air was 6 deg. The mean
temperature of the water of the Thames was 68.2
deg. The general direction of the wind was south-
west,. Rain fell to the amount of 152 in., of which
as much as 1.12 in. fell on Friday. A thunder storm
commenced at half-past 9 o'clock on Thursday night;
it was very heavy during the first hour, and con-
tinued with intervals till 5 next morning. About
5 in the afternoon of Friday great darkness pre-
vailed, which was followed by a very severe thun-
der storm, accompanied by hliistones of unusual
size.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 15
Zymotie Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of

Respiration .. ... . B6
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
o
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases o f the Uterus, &C.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skins &c.
2
Malformations .. 1
Premature Birth and Debility 32
Atrophy
57
Old Age
31
Sudden
3
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 5B
Causes not specified

DEATHS MOM ALL CAUSES ' 1,187
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the

1851. . of 1856. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

1,250 1,187
607
580
875
.-. 743

Totals
Males
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males
Females..

Total ............... —...--- .....1,618

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