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between 1 and 5 years, and 10 were upwards of 60 years of
age. The alleged causes of death included 13 from convulsions,
10 from premature birth, 5 from teething, and 5 from
old age; 13 cases appear to have been referred to the Coroner,
10 were attended by students of Guy s Hospital, and 4 by
unqualified medical assistants.
STATISTICS OF LONDON.
At the middle of the year the estimated population of
London was 3,893,272 persons. The births numbered
133,200 and the deaths 82,905. The excess of registered
births over deaths was 50,295, and the estimated increase of
population during the year was 62,047. The marriages
celebrated in London in 1882 numbered 35,414, giving a proportion
of 18.2 persons married to 1000 inhabitants. This
rate was far below the average. The birth rate (34.3) was
the lowest recorded in 20 years, that is since 1862, in which
year the rate was 34.2. The death-rate (21.4) was the lowest
on record with the exceptions of 1881 and 1850. Comparing
the five groups of districts into which London is divided the
death rates were, as usual, highest in the eastern (25.3) and the
central (23.9) groups, and lowest in the northern (19.7) an d
western (19'9) groups, the Southern group (20.7) being intermediate
in position.
The mortality from Measles, Diphtheria, and Whooping
Cough exceeded the average, while that from Typhus,
Scarlet Fever and Diarrhœal affections was below it.
London is one of the healthiest cities in Europe. The
death-rate in Paris was 26.3, in Berlin 26.4, and in St.
Petersburg 35.2. In New York it was 30.6.
The Mean Temperature of the Air was 49°.7 Fah., that
of the first quarter being 42°.7, of the second quarter 53°.0,
of third quarter 58°.1, and of the fourth quarter 44°.8. The
weather was unusually warm during the first five months,
cool from June to September, and variable during the remainder
of the year.
The Rainfall amounted to 25.16 inches. It was below the
average in the first and third quarters, and above it during
the last quarter.