Glasgow Courier. — 1864-08-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

REGISTRATION RETURNS FOR JULY.  From the monthly return of births, deaths, and marriages just issued, it appears that during the month of July, 1864, there were registered in the eight principal towns of Scotland the births of 2882 children, of Whom 1475 were males, and 1407 females. Of these, 2611 were legitimate, and 271 illegitimate; indicating a proportion of one illegitimate in every 106 births, or 94 per cent. of the births as illegitimate. In the. Several towns (Edinburgh and Leith being considered as one), the proportions. of illegitimate to the total births in each town weie as follow :—ln Greenock and in Perth, 4.1 per cent. ; in Glasgow, B'o ; in Edinburgh and Leith, 9.7; in Paisley, 126; in Dundee, 1316; and in Aberdeen, 149 per cent. 983 marriages were registered in the eight towns, being the highest nUrnber registered during any month of July since 1855. The deaths of 2107 persons ,were registered •in the eight towns during July, of whom 1058 were males, and 1049 females. ' 'The number is greatly above the average mortality. of the month, and, allowing for increase of the population, .shows an excess of 166 deaths. Of the 2107 deaths registered during the month, 973, or -16 per cent, were of persons under five years of age. In A berdeen, 26 per cent. of the persons who died were under Ave years of age ; in Paisley. 39 per cent.; ' in 'Edinburgh; 40 per cent. ; in Perth, 46 per cent; in Greenock, 47 per cent; in Glasgow, 49 per cent; in 'Minded and Leith, 52 per cent. The zymotic (epidemic and oontagious),elass of diseases proved fatal to 560 persons in the eight towns, and thus constituted 26 per cent. of the mortality. In Dundee, however, although 110 zymotic disease prevailed to: any extraordinary extent, smallpox, scarlatina,: beepingcough, and typhus being nearly equally fatal, raised the mortality Of the zymOtic diseases in that town to 39 per cent. of the'deaths. In Greenock; also, the Same high rate of mortality from that etas of diseases Mainly in Consequence of the prevalence of typhus; while that dais caused 34 per cent. of :the sheaths in Perth, in consequence - of the combined mortality- of smallpox, scarlatina, typhus, and diarrhoea. the individual zymatiodiseases, typhus cut off 153 persons,inthe eight towns, being one more than during the previous mouth, and thus constituted the high proportion of 7.2 per Cent. Of the total deaths. it is thus at present the most fatal of the epidemic diseases; and especially gd iii Aberdeen and Greenock; where the deaths by 'it constituted respectfully 116 and 145 per cent. of the 'deaths. Of the 153 deaths tabulated under the term typhus; 101 were registered as typhus, 25 as inflammatory, Simple, or relapsing fever, 13 as gastric fever, and 14 as typhoid fever. Smallpox caused Si deaths, Dundee, Paisley, and Perth being the townsin which it specially prevailed. 82 deaths were caused by hooping-cough, Dundee nnd Leith being its chief seats. , Scarlatina caused 13 deaths, Dundee, Greenock„ and Perth being the towns 'where it was most prevalent. Only 45 deaths were caused by measles, 14 by 'diphtheria' Si' by diarrhoea, dysentery, and autumnal cholera,.3s.by croup, 5 by metria,' and '5 by erisipelas, - Apoplexy caused '29 deaths ; paralysis, 33; and disease of the heart, 80. The deaths from inflammatory affections of the respiratory organs (not including consumption, hooping-cough, or croup) numbered 264. Those-from consumption•alono amounted to 266. Cl deaths were the result of violent causes, of which four were suicides. Two deaths,resulted from delirium tremens and one from intemperance. A boy aged three years 'died of sunstroke In Glasgow. Four of the persons who died during the month—all females—were aged 90 years and upwards, the oldest being a paUper'