The Sun. — 1860-11-07 (London, England)

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE  WEEK.  (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)  The weekly return of births and deaths in London, issued. by authority of the Registrar General, states that the London returns still bear testimony to a very favourable state of the public health. The deaths registered in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,049. The average for corresponding weeks in the ten years 1850-9, after correction for increase of population, is found to be 1,179. Hence it appears that the number of persons who died last week was less by 130 than the number that would have died if a rate of mortality equal to the average for this season had prevailed. The districts within the metropolitan bounds differ widely, and those of highest sanitary condition reduce "the mortality of London." The best districts will, it may be reasonably hoped, be in a few years pernianently improved till they approach the standard now represented by good country districts, and the worst districts at least raised to the present condition of the best.  In the last week the deaths included under the zymotic class of diseases were 241 ; the corrected average for corresponding weeks being 303. There were only 2 deaths from small-pox, and one from varicella. There were 47 from scarlatina, and 13 from diphtheria. Five from scarlatina occurred in the Kensington Town sub-district; 2 of these on the same day in one family at 8, Kensington-place. Forty-four children died of measles ; 3 of these in the Belgrave sub-district, 3 in the east sub-district of Islington, 3 in the Church sub-district of. Bethnal.. green (2 in one family), and 3 in Lynehouse. Three infants were murdered. The widow of a merchant, aged 77 years, died from her clothes taking fire. Another woman died from burns ; 3 children from scalds. Of 5 deaths froth suffocation, . 3 were those of children bed. An infant, a week old, died from the foul air of the room in which it slept; another, aged 8 months, from having been fed with two ounces of beef sausage. A widow died at the age of 95 years, and a female domestic servant at the age (as effectsstattedp founder,)e.of 100years,aged 44 inth the Hackney. workhouse. A y years, died from "the of poisonous metals, lead and antimony." Ll2O ngdi girls, inhswere 5 registered 6 oy s an and n 9 In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 185059 the average number was 1,617. rhl,ehiA.Lpg, aathlstbtlthoolerf,o'B.lett barometrical ethhieldbriernt Observatory,railca r barometeread readings nntsh erGowrs Greenwich, ee nkfwr wasoimc h ,22t99h..e9874m7e iiannn: on Sunday to 30.07 in. on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 48.7 deg., which is 2.2 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average till Friday, this excess on Sunday having been equal to 10 deg. On Saturday it was almost 7 deg. below the average. The highest point attained by the thermometer in the shade was 68.5 deg. on Sunday; the lowest was 28.5 deg. (3.5 deg. below the freezing point of water) on Saturday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 40 deg. The mean daily range was 17 deg. On Tuesday the range was as much as 22.3 deg. On the following day it was only 8.1 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 2.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 90, coin_ plete saturation being represented by 100. On i Monday the humidity was 98. The wind was n the south or south-east till Wednesday afternoon, when it changed to the north-east, at which point or E.N.E. it continued till the end of the week. The thermometer in the sun rose to 110 deg. on Sunday.