The Sun. — 1859-06-02 (London, England)

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE  WEEK.  (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The mortality of the London districts has constantly decreased in the successive weeks of 11 ay. In the first week of the month the deaths registered were 1,108; in the fourth week that ended last Saturday they were 1,028. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the week, corresponding with last week was 1,017 ; but as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population which has in-creased, they can only be compared with the average raised in proportion to that increase—namely, with 1,118. The public health is therefore so far in a favourable state that the deaths that occurred last week were less by 90 than the number that would have occurred if the average rate of mortality, as estimated for the end of May, had prevailed. The deaths that were recorded last week as caused by zymotic diseases amounted to 238 ; the corrected average for corresponding weeks is 257. Those referred to diseases that affect the respiratory organs were 130 ; the corrected average is 172. This latter comparison excludes phthisis, the deaths from which were 130, the average being 153. Scarlatina was fatal in 50 cases, nearly half of which occurred on the south side of the river. Four of these occurred in Wandsworth, and four deaths from measles in Putney. Thirteen cases in which diphtheria is returned as the fatal disease occurred as follows :-1 at 8, High-street, atNotting-hill 20, Hanover-street, Belgravia ; 1 on April at St. George's Hospital; Johnstreet, Tottenham-court-road ; 1 at Acorn Cottage, Shacklewell-green ; 1 at 13, Barking-churchyard 8, 1 atthelol Long-1 at 1, Short-street, Shoreditch ; 1 at ti gton ; 1 New-town ;lat 5, Falcon-tercac alley, Shorediteli ; 1 at 55, Forstone-street, Hoxton at 28, Surrey-grove, St. 9, 11, Brad-street, Lambeth; and 1, at ralworth lat Wellingtonstreet, Greenwich. Three deaths from intemperance Feter were registered the cause of death in the week, besides disease; infants were adults died from syphilitic is entered as "delirium whichsiati•emens ;" 53in fants and 2 murdered. years, and a man 95 years Of four nonagenarians arians who died the of age. births of 966 boys and 916 eldest were a woman, 9 Last week the girls, in all 1,882 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 184951 the average number was 1,549. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.791 in. The barometer fell from 29.95 in. on Sunday to 29.59 in. on Saturday, these being the highest and lowest points in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 56.1 deg which is 1 - deg. o . above the average of the same week mined by Mr. Glaisher) • The thermometer in the shade fell to its lowest • point (40.5) on Monday, and rose to its highest (73.81 on Friday. The range of the week was therefore 33.3 eg d. The mean daily range was 026 - deg.; . the range 'on Tuesday was 31.5 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 48.5 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 7.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 75. On the two last days the humidity varied from 59 to 93. The wind was generally in the north-east. No rain was measured till Saturday, when the amount was 0.13 in.  [