The Sun. — 1839-12-28 (London, England)

CHRISTENINGS AND BURIALS.  The " General Bill of the Christenings and Burials within the City of London and bills of mortality, from Dec. 11, 1838, in Dec. 10, 1839," presents the follow ing results In the 97 parishes within the walls :—Christened, 673 ; buried, 629. In the 17 parishes without the walls :—Christened, 3,801 ; buried, 2,727. In the 24 out parishes in Middlesex and Surrey Christened, 12,774 ; buried, 11,360.  In the 10 parishes in the city and liberties of Westminster :—Christened, 1,771 ; buried, 1,969.  Christened Buriod ii Ma1e5...9,455 . . Males.. . 8,406 Females 9,564 1 Females 8,279 Tota , 19,019 Total, 16,685  Of the number buried were :—Under two years of age, 4,371 ; two and under five years, 2,035 ; five and under ten, 893 ; ten and under twenty, 657 ; twenty and under thirty, 1,170 ; thirty and under forty, 1,486 ; forty and under fifty, 1,660 ; fifty and under sixty, 1,434 ; sixty and under seventy, 1,475 ; seventy and and under eighty, 1,089 ; eighty and under ninety, 377 ; ninety and under one hundred, 37 ; one hundred and four, 1. Buried 832 still-born children, not included in the above.  The clerks of the following large parishes have neglected to make any report of their christenings and burials this year: St. Botolph, Aldersgate-street ; St. Botolph, Aldgate ; All Saints, Poplar ; St. Ann, in Middlesex ; St. John, Wapping ; St. Mary, Lambeth ; St. Mark, Kennington ; St. Matthew, Brixton ; St. Ann, Westminster ; St. George, Hanover-square ; St. James, Westminster ; St. Martin-in-the• Fields ; and the precinct of the Savoy. In some parishes the office of searcher has been discontinued : the clerks of such parishes have therefore not the means of ascertaining the diseases of which the persons reported by them have died, and have thereier,2 included them with the unknown causes.  Among the diseasus and casualties are enumerated the following :  DlSELSE;.—Abscess, 65 ; age and debility, 1,518 ; apoplexy, 192 ; asthma, 335 ; cancer, 45 ; 105 ; cholera, 3 ; consumption, 1,974 ; constipation of the bowels, 6 ; convulsions, 1,218 ; croup, 55 ; dentition or teething, 278 ; diabetes, 6 ; diarrhcea, 29 ; dropsy, 451 ; dropsy on the brain, 229 ; dropsy on the chest, 38 ; dysentery, 4 ; epilepsy, 25 ; erysipelas, 37 ; fever, 530 ; fever, intermittent or ague, 6 ; fever (scarlet), 471 ; fever (typhus), 132 ; fistula, 3 ; gout, 9 ; haemorrhage, 28 ; heart, diseased, 79 ; hernia, 2 ; hooping-cough, 252 ; hydrophobia, 1 ; inflammation, 677 ; inflammation of the bowels and stomach, 160 ; inflammation of the brain, 134 ; inflammation of the lungs and pleura, 315 ; influenza, 12 ; insanity, 119 ; jaundice, 8 ; liver diseased, 54 ; locked-jaw, 2 ; measles, 478 ; miscarriage, 4 ; mortification, 69 ; paralysis, 99 ; rheumatism, 16 ; scrofula, 4 ; small-pox, 239 ; sore throat and quinsey. 23 ; spasm, 18 ; stone and gravel, 3 ; stricture, 10 ; thrush, 47 ; tumour, 18 ; worms, 2 ; unknown causes, 5,673 ; casualties, as under, 375 : 16,685. CASUALTIRS —Drowned, 76 ; died by visitation of God, 67 ; excessive drinking, 13 ; found dead, 12 ; killed by various accidents, 171 ; murdered 1; poisoned, 6 ; suicides, 29 : 375.  A