The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-29 00:00:00

THE HEAL7II OF LONDON.

In the week that ended Saturday, 24th October,
4,251 births and 3,169 deaths were registered in
London and in thirteen other large towns of the
United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality
was 26 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate
of mortality last week was 21 per 1,000 in London,
38 in Edinburgh, and 22 in Dublin ; 10 in Bristol,
21 in Birmingham, 30 in Liverpool, 32 in Man-
chester, 38 in Salford, 25 in Sheffield, 28 in Brad-
ford, 29 in Leeds, 28 in Hull, 25 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 31 in Glasgow. The rate in
Vienna was 25 per 1000 during the week ending the
17th inst., and in Bann 31 per 1,00') during the
seven days ending the 22d inst. In London the
births of 1,012 boys and 1,022 girls, in all 2,034
children, were registered in the week. In the
corresponding weeks of 10 years, 1858-67, the
average number, corrected for increase of popu-
lation, is 2,160. The deaths registered in Lan-
don during the week were 1,427. It was the
forty-third week of the year ; and the
average number of deaths for that week is,
with a correction for the increase of population,
1,3-10. The deaths in the present return ex-
ceed by eighty-one the estimated amount. The
deaths from zymotic diseases were 331, the cor-
rected average number being 352. Four deaths
from small-pox, 19 from measles, 105 from scar-
latina, 10 from diphtheria, 21 from whooping-
cough, 67 from fever, and 30 from diarrho3a were
registered. Five deaths from scarlatina were re-
corded in the sub-district of Kensington town, 3 in
the sub-district of Chelsea south, 3 in the sub-dis-
trict of Chelsea north-east, 6 in the sub-district of
Belgrave, 3 in the sub-district of Kentish-town, 3
in the sub-district of West London south, 5 in the
sub-district of Mile-end Old Town east, 3in the
sub-district of Bow, 3 in the sub-district of Poplar,
3 in the sub-district of St. Peters, Walworth, 3 in
the sub-district of Kennington, first part, and 3 in
the sub-district of Woolwich Arsenal. Of the 67
deaths from fever, 19 are registered as typhus,
37 as typhoid or gastric fevcr; and 11 simply
as common continued fever. Two deaths from
fever were recorded in the sub-district of St.
Mary, Paddington, 2 in the sub-district of
Kensington-town, in the sub-district of Bel-
grave, 2 in the sub-district of G-ray's-iun-
lane, 12 in the sub-district of Islington
west (where the London Fever Hospital is
situated), 2 in the sub-district of Hoxton New-
town, 5 in the Green sub-district of Bethnal-
green, 2 in the sub-district of St. Mary, and 2 in
the sub-district of St. John, St. George-in-the-
East, 2 in the sub-district of Limehouse, and 2 in
the sub-district of Clapham. 192 deaths occurred
from phthisis, 120 from bronchitis, and 77 from
pneumonia. Diseases of the brain and nervous
system proved fatal to 148 persons, and 80 persons
died from disease of the organs of circulation. The
deaths of 8 infants from syphilis, of 4 children
from burns or scalds, of 5 persons from drowning,
of 3 infants and 1 adult from suffocation, and of 5
persons who committed suicide were registered.
The widow of a greengrocer, aged 84 years, died
on the 19th October, in St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
from injuries caused by having been run over by a
dray. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the
mean height of the barometer in the week was
29.627 in. The barometrical reading decreased
from 29-88 in. on Thursday, 22d October to
29.14 in. on Saturday, 21th October. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 42.6 deg.,
which is 6.3 deg. below the average of the same week
iu fifty years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The highest day temperature was 59.6 deg. on
Saturday, 24th October. The lowest night tempe-,
rature was 29.3 deg on Tuesday, 20th of October.
The entire range of temperature in the week was
therefore 30.3 deg. The mean of the highest tem-
peratures of the water of the Thames was 49.8
deg. ; that of the lowest was 47.4 deg. The dif-
ference between the mean dew-point temperature
and air temperature was 2.8 deg. The mean degree
of humidity of the air was 90, complete saturation
being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount
of 0.49 in. The general direction of the wind was
W.S.W. A gale prevailed throughout the after-
noon and evening of Saturday, 24th October ; the
greatest pressure of the wind was 281 b. on the
squ ►re foot at lh. 12w. p.m., and at Liverpool
381 b. at 61h. p.m. According to a return furnished
by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of
Works, the daily average quantity of sewage
pumped into the river Thames at Crossness was
186,739 cubic metres, and at Barking 85,996 cubic
metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.—APPOINTMENTS.—To be
clerks in the Post-office: Mr. H. R. Oakey, at Worcester;
Mr. W. P. Morrell, at Devonport ; Mr. 11. K. Sullivan, at
Plymouth. Mr. T. J. Mason to be writer in the Customs.
Mr. Wm. Charles Lock, having been one of the first two
in a competition of seven candidates, to be assistant-
surveyor of taxes. Mr. Wm. Padmore to be travelling
sorter in the Post-office.