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

HEALTH OF LONDON.

(Front the Registrar• General's Report Sept, 7.)

The deaths registered in London which rose
n tho previous week to 1,177, declined in the week

that ended on S'aturday, Sept. sth, to 1,084, of
which 537 aro deaths of males, 547 those of females.
In the ton yews 1847-56, the average number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week
was 1,464 ; but, as the deaths of last week occurred
in an increased population, the average, with a
vie 4, to comparison, should bo raised in proportion
to the increase, whereby it will become 1;610.. ft
will be seen, however, on reference to the returns
of 1849 and 1854, that in, the corresponding week
of the former year cholera carried off 2,026 persdns,
and in that of the latter 2,050, and that the average
is consequently too high as a standard of compa-
rison for seasons when only ordinary causes are in
operation. After duo allowance is made for this
circumstance the mult is still very favourable as
regards the public health at the present time.
Diarrhcea c-mtiaues to decline, though by slow
degrees ; but it is more fatal than is usual it' the
beginning IT September. 'The deaths from this
,e4Unplaint attained their maximum in the last week
of July, when they were 302, after the mean weekly
temperature had been for a fortnight 68 deg. In
each successive week there was a decrease ; and last
week, when the moan temperature was 60. t deg.,
the number of deaths returned from diarrhoea was
181. Besides these 11 deaths are referred to dysen-
tery in the table for lait week ; and only 4 to cho-
lera, all the: eases in which the latter disease was
fatal having occurred "among infants. As diarrhoea
declines typhus shows a tendency to increase, for,
though the deaths from- it (52) were less than
in the previous week, they wore more numerous
than in the. earlier part of the summer. Two
deaths from small-pox and one from chicken-pox
are returned. The deaths of two persons' are
ascribed to intemperance and no less than eight to
delirium tremens. Eleven infants died from want
Of breastmilk. Only one person of the 1,084 who
died in the week had attained the age of 90 years,
and she was a widlw of 92. _ _ _

Last week the births of 790 boys and 784 girls,

in all 1,574 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding:weeks of the years 1847-
56 the average number was 1,483. •
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the bsrometer in the week was 29.620 in.
The highest reading was 29.96 in. at the beginning
of the wet-k. Tho mean temperature of the week
was 60.4 deg. which is 6.5 deg. below that of the
previous week, and is higher by 1.8 deg. than the
average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Gla.isher). The mean daily tem-
perature was from 6 deg. to 9 deg. above the ave-
rage on the, first three days ; it was afterwards
below the average tilt Saturday. Tho thermometer
in the shade reached its highest on Monday, when
it was 86.5 deg. The lowed temperature occurred
on Thursday, and was 46.9 deg. The range of the
instrument in the week was 39.6. • The mean dew
point temperature 'was '54.2 deg., and, the differ-
ence.bw ween this add the mean temperature of the
air was 6 2 deg. At the'beginning of the week the
wind was in the east ; on the last five days its
general direction was south-west. Rain fell to the
amount of-0.84 inches, more or less of which fell
on every day except Sunday and Saturday. There
was thunder oa Tuesday and Friday.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 5.
Zymotie Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain- Seat
Tubercular Diseases
..
Diseases of the Brain' Nerves and Senses 97
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels B4
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
.....

_ .
Respiration . _
74
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion ... ... 73
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. ........ ...... ......... .... 10
Childbirth, Diseases o f the Uterus, &c. .. 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ..... 7
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations - 2
Premature Birth and Debility ........ 32
atrophy
Old Age • ..... 34
. Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ...
Causes not specified
--•

DEATH FROM ALL CAUSES. ..................... 1,084
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spondlng week in the
1851. of 1856. Week.
West Districts
177 ...... 142
North Districts 490,396 ...... 212 ...... 224
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts........ 485,522
South Districts .. .. . . 616,635 —.... 279' ~ 306

Totals .... . .... 2,362,236 1,034
Males 537
Fomales 547
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

1,100

Males • 790
Females 784

Total 000000000 •••••••••,••••••••••••••.•• 12574

FIRE AT RATCLIFFE.—A serious fire occurred yester-
day at Bowles-wharf, Ratcliffe. The fire was extin
guished by the engines of the palish, four of the A,
two of the D, one of the D section of the London
establishment, the two steam floating engine'',
and that of the , West of England. Mess's.
Saunders and Cameron, bottled beer and ale
merchants.—The stores' on the ground floor and two
floors over and contents burnt, and roof off. The stores
adjoining severely damaged by water, dm Contents
insured in the Sun-office.