The Sun. — 1862-07-11 (London, England)

REALM OF LONDON DU.RING THE WEEK.  (From the I?epstrar-General's Ireek!y Return.) The deaths in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,159. The mortality was rather higher than it had been since May. The average number of deaths for the corresponding weeks of 1852-61 (corrected) is 1,134; and the returns of last -week exhibit a small excess above the average rate of mortality.  The births in the week exceeded the deaths by 556.  Measles were fatal in 62 cases. Six of these occurred in the west sub -district of Islington ; 10 in Haggerstone; four in Spitalfields. Of 52 deaths from scarlatina registered in the week, there were eight in the Kensington town sub-district. Typhus was fatal in 61 cases, of which 11 were returned by the London Fever Hospital. A girl age() nine mouths died at 44, Herefordstreet, Marylebone, of "choleraic diarrt•ce ; and a boy, aged two years, at 25. George-street, Hammersmith, of " cholerice (eight days). cerebral congeion." A woman, unknown, aged 23 years, died in Westminster Hospital of "poisoning from filth and neglect; starvation."  Last week the births of 862 boys and 852 girls, in all 1,715 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851 61 the average number (corrected) was 1,684. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 22.697 in. The reading rose to 29.86 in. on Sunday the 29th ult., and fell to 29.32 in. on Sa.turday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 56.8 deg., which is 4.6 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by lir. Glaisher). fhe mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week, and on Thursday the difi_ cieucy was as much as 10 deg. The lowest night temperature was 44.4 deg., and occurred on Sunday ; the highest day temperature was 76 deg. on Saturday. The range of the thermometer in the week was 31.6 deg. The mean daily range was 19.6 deg. The difference between the mean dewpoint temperature and air temperature was 6.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 81, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew chiefly from a south-westerly point. The rain-fall was 0.351 n.  In the thirteen weeks that ended on the 28th of June, the total number of deaths was 15,615. In the four corresponding quarters of 1858.61 the lowest number was 13,724, the highest was 15,238. The mean temperature of the air was 53.2 deg., which differs but little from the average. The mortality was above an average in 5 of the 13 weeks, and the mean temperature was below the average in five weeks. A fourth part of the total number of deaths was from diseases of the zymotic class. An excess under this head was caused by scarlatina and typhus, but chiefly by the latter, which was nearly three times as fatal as is usual in the spring quarter.  Whooping. cough was fatal in 519 cases, measles in 501. The latter disease had its seat chiefly in the eastern division, where a half of the deaths that were caused by it were registered. 42 children died of measles in Mile-end Old-town, 44 in Bow and Poplar, 19 in Spitalfields, 30 in Ratcliff and Limehouse. Diarrheea was returned in 217 cases ; and smallpox averaged 3 fatal cases in a week, the total number in the quarter being 39. There were 32 deaths by murder or manslaughter in the quarter, 81 by suicide, 452 by accident. Of 677 deaths from scarlatina 301 were in the south districts, 18 occurred in Kensington Town. sub-district, 17 in Somers Town, 34 in the first subdistrict of Lambeth Church, 91 in the 2d sub dia. trict of Lambeth Church, 20 in Rot herhithe, 26 in St. Paul, Deptford, 11 in Plumatead, were there were also 11 from typhue.