The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON:

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The Registrar's returns for London for the week
that ended last Saturday exhibit a decrease on the high
mortality of the previous week. The deaths kat week were
1,423. The average number corrected for corresponding
weeks in ten years 1852-61 is 1,408. The actual mortality
differed little from the amount as obtained by calculation
from the returns of former years for the second week of
Merck
The deaths from typhus are stall very numerous, though
the number is not quite so high as that of the preview
week. They rose in that week to 123 ; they were last week
108. Twelve of these occurred in the London Fever lios.
pital. There were four in the sub-district of St. Mary,
Marylehone ; there were also four in that of St. Mary. St.
George in-the-East. The eastern division of London ap
pears to be that in which the fever chiefly prevails. There
were 49 deaths from scarlatina, five of which occurred in the
west stab-district of Ishugton • and there were 13 from
diphtheria. There were 162 'deaths from phthisis, and
almost the same number from bronchitis.
Two deaths from typhoid fever occurred in the City of
London Workhouse at Bromley. Seven deaths from fear
in the workhouse, Mile-end New-town. There were 4
from typhus in St, Lake's Workhouse, Horton New-
town.
A man, aged 28 years, at Welharn-green, was suffocated
bhe impaction of meat in his glottis. A girl, 6 yew
o died from eating a too large quantity of nuts. A
widow died at 9, North-street, Marylebone, on Bth March,
whose age is stated to have been 100 years sod 6 months.
She was born and had lived all her life in Loudon, where
for about 50 years she has followed the occupation of a
kuudress. Eleven deaths of nonagenariths were recorded.
the two oldest of whom were respectively 95 sad
96 years.
lost week the births of 991 boys and 949 girl( in
all 1,940 children, were registered in London. In the tee
corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average num•
ber (corrected) was 2,013.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN DUBLIN.—The national
festival was celebrated on Monday evening at the Rotunda
where a great banquet took place. The room was afro.
priately doomed. Bose of Wolfe Tons and Thome
Davis, uniform in size, and resting on pedestals of will
height, were placed upon a platform. &round the tow
were hung, between the pillars of the gallery, green ha"
aerate, bearing the names of Emmet, De Jean. Marti"
Meagher, O'Brien, Mitchel, Davis, O'Connell, Fittgendde
Tore, and Duffy, inscribed upon them in Irish characters.
At each end of the gallery was, in like manner, inscribed
the names of the four provinose—Ulster and Mousier
apes one aide, Lobster and Connaught upon the
other. About 360 gentlemen, it was meted, sat down
to dinner, the gallery being filled with ladies. The
chair was occupied by T. Ryan, Req. Letters were rest
from John Mitchel, W. S. O'Brien, and other gemtlemen.
apologising for inability to be present. Stirring speesiar
wore made by the chairman, the Rev. Mr. Vaughan, Ur.
J. Martin, cud other gentlemen, in the course of the era.
ing. The utmost regularity prevailed until the close of
the meeting, when some slight disturbance took place,
which was, however, easily quieted. Mr. Holland aikAe
to the fifth tout, "Ireland invested with the rigliu
and prerogatives of a nation." He said that the toot
was to have been proposed by The O'Donosbue, but
he was prevented from attending in consequence of tut
dangerous illness of Madame O'Donoghue. The Peui"
did not want leaders. Those who aspired to be their
leaders were those who had subscribed their 10,
hundreds to the Prince Consort Memorial. (Groans.) }l'
had been told by strangers that the funeral of Terence
lUManas was a calm, manly indication of streobl
but what would they say to the corporation of a 60' It
which that funeral had taken place, when they found thou
afterwards dining at Phoenix Lodge ? If a statue to the
Prince Albert was erected in Dublin, he would advise Oa'
to have art on the base in letters of German silver,
Irish are no more deserving of sympathy than the Poles
The next tout proposed was "The United States,e rear
and friend to the exile." Mr. Roche responded. " The or
tested Irishmen, who have illustrated the genius and taw
tared the harbour of our race," was next propcsed. and
by Mr. Doran. Mr. John Martin haviogben
=6dtoet to
he second chair, thanks were voted to We prevl.o
chairman, after which the meeting separated.
WARNING TO UNQUALIFIED PRACTITIONEK4.-'
Yesterday the Liverpool coroner investigated the eirenv,
stances attending the death of Mary Elisabeth Luc elk "`
• plasterer residing in Toxteth•park, Liverpool, setatx:'''', •
panted their verdict of " Died from natural causes, lino.'
a censure of the conduct of Mr. Mutlow. s chessi
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and druggist, who had so imprudently used the
(in an internal inttammetion) as materially to adlgrlnt r
malady. The jury hoped that their report would at
act as a warning to Mr. Mutlow, but to all other Two"
not to we instruments which they were not qualified tow&