Glasgow Courier. — 1863-10-15 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES.  Monthly return of the births, deaths, and marriages registered in the eight principal towns of Scotland, for September, 1863, published by authority of the Re. gistrar•General  During the month of September, 1863, there were registered in the eight principal towns of Scotland, the births of 2808 children, of whom 1472 were males, and 1936 females. Of that number, 2533 were legitimate, and 275 illegitimate; indicating a proportion of one illegitimate in every 10'2 births, or 97 per cent, of the whole births as illegitimate. The proportions of illegitimate births in the several towns (Edinburgh and Leith being consideted as one), were as follow :—.ln Greenock, 68 per cent. ; in Paisley, 81; in Edinburgh and Leith, 84 in Glasgow, 6'2 ; inPerth, 1.0. q ; in Dundee, 118; ao in Aberdeen, 166 per cent. 518 Marriages were registered in the eight towns during the month, being about the average munber for Septem. ber during tho Wit eight Team  The deaths of 1965 persons were registered in the eight towns during September, of whom 1001 were males, and 964 females. These numbers show that the mortality has been greater than that of any month of September during the last eight years. Of the 1965 deaths recorded during the month, 932, or 47 per cent., were of children below five years of age. In Edinburgh, 30 per cent, of the persons who died were under five years of age ; in Paisley and in Perth, 31 per cent. ; in Aberdeen, 35 per cent.; in Leith, 40 per cent. ; in Greenock, 48 per cent.; in Dundee, 51 per cent. ; aud in Glasgow, 55 per cent. The zyrnotic (epidemic and contagious) class of diseases proved fatal to 727 persons in the eight towns, and thus constituted 36 per cent, of the total mortality. The prevalence and fatality of scarlatina in Glasgow, measles and scarlatina in Dundee, and small-pox and scarlatina in Greenock, caused this rate to be exceeded, however, in each of these towns. Scarlatina proved the most fatal epidemic, having caused 207 deaths (or 105 per cent, of the whole mortality), of which 145 occurred in Glasgow, and 34 in Dundee, being in the proportion of 151 per cent, of the deaths in the former, and 165 per cent, of the deaths in the latter town. Small-pox caused 95 deaths in the eight towns; hooping-cough, 63 ; measles, 55; diphtheria, 32; croup, 35; typhus (including gastric and infantile fevers), 124; diarrheas, dysentery, and cholera, 76; metria, 7; and erysipelas, 10. Apoplexy proved fatal in 29 cases, paralysis in 44, and diseases of the heart in 67. The deaths from inflammatory affections of the respiratory organs (not including consumption, hooping-cough, or croup), amounted to 195. Those from consumption alone numbered 182 in the eight towns. Intemperance was the cause of two deaths, and delirium tremens of one. Of the deaths from violent causes, which numbered 66, four were cases of suicide. Four of the persons who died during the month had reached the 90th year of life ; the oldest of whom, the widow of a flaxdresser, was aged upwards of 93 years. The month of September has been cold and generally inclement to an exceeding degree. The mean height of the barometer has been less, and the monthly range greater than in any former recorded year; features, both of them, of boisterous weather. The mean temperature has likewise been lower than in any former recorded year; while the number of rainy days has considerably exceeded those of any former September; and the depth of rain fallen has only once been overpassed. The force of the wind has been considerably above the average, and its general direction W.S.W. The lowest mean temperature was at Aberdeen, 49°'8; the highest at Perth, 51.7. The greatest number of rainy days was at Aberdeen, 28; and the least at Perth, 16. The least depth of rain was at Aberdeen, 200 inches; and the greatest at Greenock, 7'97 inches.