The Sun. — 1852-07-09 (London, England)

HEALTH OF LONDONDURING THE WEEK. (From the Register-General's Report ) The d, aths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week that ended last Saturday amounted to 987, a number nearly the same as in the previous week. The returns of both weeks represent rather more than the actual mortality in the 'two periods, being augmented, as usually occurs at the end of a quarter, by coroners' cases that properly belong to antecedent dates. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842.51 the average number of deaths was 897, which, if raised in proportion to the increase of populatit,n, brcomes 987. Hence it appears that the number of deaths returned last week is precisely equal to the calculated amount. The mortality arising from diseases of the respiratory organs has &creased from 110 in the preceding week to 91 in the last, which nearly agrees with the average of corresponding weeks. Fatal cases arising from zyrnotio c,mplaints have also decreased from 215 to 187, while the corrected average is 239. Last week the deaths recorded as caused by smell-pox were 31, five 0, which were among person+ of Filature age. Scarlatina destroyed the lives of 33 children; typhus, remittent fever, &c., those of 13 children, of 24 persons in middle life, and of 7at advanc• d age, in all 44. Two children died of syphilis; one of noma. Three de iths were registered that occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, ot which the following are the particulars:— On 27th June a female servant from Canning-place, Kensington, aged 20 years, died of '' small-pox, confluent, unmodified (16 clay). Vaccinated in Cork, when 10 )ears old, by a woman; ~or, imperfect cicatrix. On the 28,6 June a female shw.binder from Saffronhill, aged 21 years, " small-p )xs confluent, unprotected, (12 dabs)" On 29th June a female servant from Lower CravenPlace, Kentish-town, aged 11 years, " small-pox, con. fluent, unprotected (7 days)." At 6. dames Lodge, .Holloway, on 3d July, the daughter of a horse-keeper, aged 4 months, died of .. smallpox (8 days), not vaccinated." Mr. Watts mentions 'btu," the mother by some means, which could not be accounted tor, had taken small-pox, though she had been vaccinated, and the deceased infant was sucklA at her breast; the husband and an elder daughter have also taken the disease, though both had been vaccinated." At 11, Sufrolk•street, King's-cross, On 29th June, the daughter of' a labourer, aged 4 months, died of .,con. fluent small-pox (9 day')." The medical attendant of this case adds. " This child, in my opinion, was 10 consequence of the mother refusing to have itvaccinsatteidn when the small-pox first broke out in the house, So long as vaccination is a voluntary act, so long will nparticularly the small pox be prevalent with the poor, Irish." In the sub-district of gardens, on 28th June, the son of a ' at 4, Lock's. year, died of " variola confluent (in d brazier' aged one states that " this child had not beenaYvsa)c."cinahlterd,Sagticiirrecumstance which the motherhardegrbetted, as two other vaccinatedsub-distri c at roef children in the family, who now recovering from the disease," Ernest-street, Mile-end, Old Town Lower, at 9, June, the son of a labourer, died of ,est-street, on 25th (12 days)." The deceased (says Mr. c` vaariola confluens months old, and vaccinated three stleden) was 20 weeks ago, when small-pox was in the house,and after another five children, all of whom had been vaccinated, and all recovered.• m Mr. Gorham, the , registrarof Kensington, state that atnall-pox still regrets to he has used prevails. in his district, though every exertion in his power to urge the necessity of vaccination (in most cases to no purpose); • and in the prosecution of his duty he has brought the contagion to his own family. Mr. Butterfield, the registrar of Islington East subdistrict, says:—Out of 216 deaths registered in Ise quarter ending 30th June, 113 took place unrdeeernt years of age; 12 under that age, or about 12 P Zistered were from small-pox, being the largest number!: red under any disease incidental to childhood, numbered 10. North-end, on 30th In Fulham, at 5, Orchard-street. ied h d of "diarrheel, June, a girl, aged 3 r"Di neighbourhood, says Mr. dysentery (2 weeks)." This_ Knight, is very badly drained b• in the week; Three deaths were caused y they are as follow: 27th June, a onlabourer, aged 43 At Walham-g.rdesTrity; i carbuncular inflammation years, died °f Wyndham-street M . _ marten (2 , arylebutte, on 28th weeks)." Ar. 28, aged 58 years, "extensive . h 1 June, a spinster?, ). At St. Mary's 1-1- car alieLliar ciisease (2 to""'''s • furrier, =.OSpll%l, Paddiug. ton, on 27th June, a agrd 48 years, from 4. er-gt,v6,ns, Barbie n " Bridgew4t , 1 , virouttele (3 weeks); -,, (Post moil.). This asthenia . dheaae has been fatal .0 28 persons duciog the 27 weeks of the present A boy, ag,d 12 years was t, and dead I n 2yeahr. Ot June in the Surrey Canal. lie drowned iiim lfjf front fear of returning home, having surre tit. sl 'e n.su y left his home in eoosequence of a riQePi!'ar cr.!) r,.ctton ftceived x.ei.ta fii,,a mother thr,e days b fore.Y . . . (Inquest.) Three persons died from intemperance, betide. tour cases in which it led 10 14 tai , p ttrinthatiou by suicide or ocher means. A wonism died . (A dro •at the dropsy