The Sun. — 1861-03-20 (London, England)

CASSINIS, F. S. VRORZZI, M. FANTI: T. MAMIANI, T. CORSI, U. PZUVZZI.'"  HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE Ma;  (From the Registrar-General's Weekly ,Return.)  The report states that the deaths registered in London in the week ending on Saturday were 1,226, which is about 100 less than they were in the corresponding week of February, and 700 less than is that of January, when the weather had been singe" larly cold.  The average number of deaths obtained from returns of corresponding weeks in ten years 1851' 60, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,421; and therefore the deaths returned for last week are less than the calculated number by 201. The births of last week exceeded the deaths °f the same period by 734. In the zymotic class of diseases whooping-cough alone exhibits a rather high mortality. In the last seven weeks the deaths from it have fluctuated be: tween 91 and 77. Last week the number was 80, all of which, except 14, occurred to children who had not completed the third year of life. Te°,, children died of it in the district of Pancras. Of 20 deaths from measles so many as six occurred inKentish-town. There were 27 from scarlatina, 12 from diphtheria, 16 from croup, 6 from syphilis. Cancer was fatal in 24 cases. Phthisis, or COn' sumption, carried off 165 persons, the corrected average being almost the same. Bronchitis and pneumonia both exhibit results very considerabll below their respective averages ; and a similar ob: servation applies to asthma. It seems a reasonable . supposition that the cold weather hastened the death of many persons, srojeet to these complaints or predisposed to them, whose lives, in a season not unusually severe, would have been extended for weeks or months, and that to this circumstance tb.e present decrease of the mortality should be attri" buted.  Two infants were murdered. Three children were bulnt or suffocated by their houses taking Ole' A boy, aged 2 years, was scalded by inhaling steam from a kettle. Another, aged 4 months, NOg poisoned by an over dose of Godfrey's cordial. t! boy and a man (a sailor) died of scurvy. Three young children of eczema, Last week the births of 996 boys and 964 girls' in all 1,960 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,788. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the meelj height of the barometer in the week was 29.686 ill,: The barometrical readings fell from 30.18 in. (3' Sunday to 29.13 in. on Monday. The mean tone rature in the week was 42.4 deg., which is 14 abofe the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter mined by Mr. Glaisher.) The thermometer in the shade attained its highest point on Sunday, which was 57.8 deg. ; and it fell to its lowest on Thursdsi; viz. 29 1 deg. The entire range in the week 00 therefore 28.7 deg. The mean daily range it` 16.8 deg. The difference between the mean de "r; point temperature and the air temperatuir was three degrees. The mean degree of 1.1 midity of the air wr_ts 91, ell complete saturation b; represented by I',o, which point was nearly,6ti tamed on Saturday, on which day the wind bl,lO from the south-west, having been very varinl'at througb'out the week. On Thursday a thermotne; on tbr, grass fell to 16.7 deg. The thermometql'i, the, sun registered 100.5 deg. on Sunday. .-1-90 mean temperature of the water of the Thames 'o7if 44.9 deg. There was rain on every day, but chie7o on Monday and Saturday. The total amount Tiof 0.55 in. Thunder was heard on the afternoon Tuesday.