The Sun. — 1865-01-11 (London, England)

DEATHS IN LONDON IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1864.  In the 13 weeks that ended Dec. 31, 19,636 deaths were registered in London. In the corresponding quarters of the years 1860-63 the numbers of deaths were respectively 15,197, 15,866, 17,717, and 18,857. The increase in the mortality is chiefly found in the local class, 8,535 persons having died from diseases included under that head ; in the same period of 1861 7,639 deaths occurred from the same causes, and in 1864 only 6,300. Zymotic diseases in the aggregate were not so fatal as in the corresponding quarters of the two preceding years, the numbers in the three quarters being 5,055, 5,016, and 4,847. The most fatal disease in the list is scarlatina, which caused 1,095 deaths. 1,064 persons have died from typhus, which shows a large increase as compared with the corresponding quarters in the years 1860-63, the deaths for those periods amounting to 311, 624, 796, and 881. The alarming inroads made by this disease on the lives of the population deserves careful  investigation, and shows the necessity of carrying out at once every available sanitary measute. Smallpox was fatal in 120 cases, 81 of which were in young persons. The mortality from measles varies considerably. In the same period of 1861 the disease carried 171 persons ; in the like period of 1862 900 fell victims to its influence, and in the quarter which has just terminated it destroyed 638 lives. Whooping-cough proved fatal to 438 children, a number differing little from that registered in the corresponding quarter of .1863, when 429 deaths were caused by this disease. Erysipelas and inetria (childbed fever) show an increase. From the former disease 151, and from the latter 82 deaths were registered.. Diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthismise) were fatal in nearly 1,000 more cases than iu tnheedeathe period of the year 1863. In the quarter which d most fatal disease in 2ddiseoafsJosar in the elBq6o4,art3e,r4 j7uostpeornsdoends 4(l,4i6ed7spfrotounspeidZorz the same causes. Bronchitis is the died from its attack, the this class, 2,387 pet-sons having die. 1,630, 1,553, 1,760, and I,B3l.desPturoeyed 1,555 lives. The numbers who died in the like peruimodosnaf vas s6oa-16530 being than usually active, having . aitnhdll,li9c3h. the compari_ 979,efr 001 6roe 6r 11. pc: t6sh: si s In the same quarters numberssn ismawdeho 1,985 deaths occurred hs tael ni s 94 22:61 werede d 1 , n 2 5 Ot h, who 2, foil victims to the disease Were ofb:ntrsdhe brain aalya9ns died nervoused ofri es py insanity, 01f,718856,04-68340t,h1e,8n9n9m, om From diseases ttfPihreeoeaDrn is these na'set;P:sifs eedPlcisineteid:ot fnhY; :o°7. hnf same 3 sdt766 number-isfeBr: heart irt o andml c bloodo n v u si o n vesselss occasioned 947 from epilePsY, period of 1863 886 persons died from 572 persons lost their lives by accidents of various kinds. In the corresponding quarters of 1860-63 the numbers who came to such an untimely end were 415, 432, 428, and 563. In the 13 weeks now ended 230 deaths were occasioned by fractures and contusions, 27 by burns or scalds, 47 by drowning, and 127 by suffocation—of these latter 115 were young persons. 25 cases of murder or manslaughter and 64 cases of suicide were registered.