7 MAY 1864, Page 3

The report of the Registrar-General for the first quarter of

1864 contains some remarkable statements. The death- rate was one of the highest ever known, being 28 in the 1,000 instead of 25, and the total, 143,030, was 14,698 in excess of the average. The cause was the excessive cold, which, strange to say, was exceptionally felt in London, where the inhabitants are "ex- cessively sensitive to cold." On January 7 the thermometer descended to 17.7 below freezing, and the cold killed numbers.