The Sun. — 1864-05-26 (London, England)

THE SUN, :LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1.864.',  HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.  (From the Registrar General's Weekly Return.)  The returns of London show an increase of more than 100 in the deaths of the week that ended last Saturday over those of any of the three previous weeks. The number in last week was 1,421. The average number of deaths in the 20th week of 10 years 1854-63 is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,240. The actual number is in excess of the estimated amount by 178. The deaths of persons under 20 years of age rose from 636 in the previous week to 690 last week ; and those of persons 60 years old and upwards rose from 240 to 287.  The increase among young persons is to a considerable extent caused by measles, the fatal cases of which rose from about 50 to 87. There were 65 deaths referred to typhus, typhoid, and gastric fever, &c.  Scarlatina has been very prevalent in Smith'splace, Pentonville, for some time past. In the sub. district of Pentonville a young child died from measles at 56, Southampton-street ; a girl from low fever at 16, Chapel-street; a boy from scarlatina at 2, Smith's-place ; and a boy and girl from typhus at 20, Ann-street. Out of five deaths in the south ub- icCity of London, four were caused by m were six deaths from measles in sdeiastsrlest. of There the the sub-district of Shadwell. Measles is also very prevalent in the sub-district of St. Mary, St. Georgein-the-East, in which five children died from it. There were eight deaths from the same disease in Islington, the sub-district of Gray's-innailesub-district of St. Andrew Eastern (Holborn), in the in , fourand four in that of the City-road. Six deaths from typhus were return by the registrar of Bow.  Four cases of murder were registered in the week, three of which were infanticide.  Last week the births of 918 boys and 896 erls, in all 1,814 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 185463 the average number (corrected) was 1,915. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.013 in. The mean daily reading was above 30in. on four days. The reading rose to 30.11 in. on Wednesday, and fell to 29 81in, on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 61.8 deg., which is 8.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 year (as determined by Mr Giaisher). The highest day temperature was 81 deg. on Wednesday. The lowest night temperature in the week was 45.3 on the previous day. On tlL;ti, 6th of May, 1862, the temperature rose to 81.5 deg., a more remarkable temperature as occurring early in the month. The range in the week was 35.7 deg. The highest point attained by a thermometer in the sun was 128.2 deg. on Wednesday. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 10.2 deg. On Monday it was as great as 13.2 deg. Toe mean degree of the humidity of the air was 70, complete saturation being represented by 100. The air was remarkably dry on the first six days. On Monday the humidity was only 62. On Monday and Tuesday the wind was in the east ; on Wednesday in the north-east and south-east, There was no rain till Saturday when the amount which fell was 0.22 in. The temperature in the shade rose to SO deg. on Friday; and between 10 o'clock on the evening of that day and 1 o'clock on the morning of Saturday a severe thunderstorm occurred. A tree in Greenwich Park was struck by the lightning. The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr. Glatter, were 470 in the week ending May 14, when the mean temperatnre was 53.4 deg., that at Greenwich havieg been 71.7 deg.