The Sun. — 1858-06-10 (London, England)

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING T. WEEK.  (From the Report of the Registrar General.) The deaths registered in London, which rose in the previous week to 1,108, declined in the week ending last Saturday, June sth, to 1,087, of which 583 are deaths of males, 554 those of females. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 964 ; but as the deaths.returned for last week occurred in an increased population, they can only be compared with the average when the latter has been r:dsed in proportion to the increase, a correction which will make it 1,060. The comparison shows that the mortality of last week exceeds that which is obtained by calculation from former experience at the beginning of June, but that the excess is not considerable.  Zymotic diseases increased last week, as regards the number of fatal cases, from 259 to 291 (the corrected average for last week being 261.) This increase arises from measles, the deaths from which iu the last two weeks were respectively 45 and 62 ; from whooping-cougb, which was fatal in 61 and 69 cases ; from typhus, which was fatal in 32 and 43 ; and from diarrhoea, which was fatal in the two weeks in 14 and 18 cases. Six children died from measles in the sub-district of Greenwich West. An old man died on the 2d inst. from cholera, after six days' illness, in Smith-square, Westminster. Twelve women died from diseases incidental to childbearing ; 20 children died from having been born prematurely ' • 16, of whom nine were a year old, died from teething ; 44 from convulsions. Twenty violent deaths were registered, 16 of which were accidental, and four by suicide (all of these last by hanging). A woman, aged 90 years, and five men, aged 90 years and upwards, were returned, the two oldest having been respectively 97 and 103 years. The centenarian had been forum rly a sergeant in the Foot Guards, and had served in the Walcheren expedition and Peninsular campaigns, and was pensioned previously to the battle of Waterloo. He possessed remarkable physical strength, and retained his mental faculties to the last. Latterly ho followed the occupation of a tailor ; he died on the 25th ult. et Bridgefield-place, Wandsworth. His medical attendant, who supplies most of the above particulars, has seen the certificate of his birth, now in the possession of his daughter, which runs thus :—" John Ewing, born 16th October, 1745, at Carronshore, parish of Larbert, shire of Stirling. Extracted from the record. John Bunce, clerk." _ _  Last week the births of 765 boys and 780 girls, in all 1,545 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 164857 the average number was 1,465. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.894 in. The lowest barometrical reading was 29.64 in. on Thursday • the highest was 30.01 in., and occurred on the following day. The mean temperature of the week was 66.2 deg., which exceeds by nearly 10 deg. the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) On Monday and the three following days the mean daily temperature was from 11 to 14 deg. in excess of the average. On Tuesday the thermometer attained its highat point in the shade, which was 85 deg.., and also-its highest in the sun, which was 119,5 deg. The lowest temperature occurred on Sunday, 30th, and was 50.1 deg. The entire range in the week in the shade was, therefore, 34.9 deg. The mean daily range was 24.7 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 62.1. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 10.70 deg. The mean humidity of the air was 68, complete saturation being represented by 100 ; on Monday the humidity was only 58. Rain to the amount of 1.16 in. fell on Saturday. A severe thunder storm with vivid lightning occurred between six and eight o'clock on Saturday morning. An eak in Greenwich-park was struck by the lightning and stripped of a portion of itS bark. Rain fell to the depth of an inch in less than an hour. Hail also fell during the storm.