The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-08 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON.

The weekly return of the Registrar-General
states that In the lost week of the year the deaths registered
ia Lanka fees to 1,967. The average number in the bet
week of tee previous years (1852-61), corrected for ismer,
of population, is 1,425. The rate of mortality that prevailed
last week, therefore, was not so high as the average. If it
had been as high, each day would have witeessed eight
deaths more than the number that actually occurred.
Next to &whams which ia returned in 77 oases, and
which is not now so fatal as it was in November, whoop
sough la conspicuous in the list of aymotic diseases. It
MO lath week to 73, of which deaths 5 named in tbe
north-wen sub-district of Chelsea, 4 in the first subdistrict
et Kennington. (if the five mended by the registrar of
Chelsea north-west, all except one occurred in on. family,
that of • jouroesman bricklayer, who lives at 16, Welladey-
grove. TM stifijects at so great a mortality were children,
the youngest aged 5 mouths, the oldest 4 years. Typhus
also exhibited an Menem* it was fatal in 56 cases, 30 of
which were regiatereds „typhoid fever," and among then
is the death of • boy, 13 months old, at 4, Cottage-court,
Balboni, from " typhoid fever caused by bad drainage."
There were 158 deaths from brooclntas, 67 from poen-
mamia. Both diseases, but especially the letter, are below
the avenge as regards their mortality.
A persiamer, aged 42 years, who had been • soldier, died
in the workhouse, Hatboro, in consequence of exhaustion
and 'spears. The wife of a shoemaker, aged 30 years, died
in the werkbane, Borengb-road, from " privation."
Lest week the births of 1,104 boys sad 1,069 girls, In all
2,173 &Wave, were registered in Loodon. In the tea
serreepeedbig weeks of the years 1852-61 the oversee
mobs, (corrected) was 1,848.

(From the Quarterly Supplement to the Weekly MEM;
It appears that in the thirteen weeks that *nisi Dr
amber 28 the number of death. in Loudon was UP&
This does not much exceed the number retuned lea the
oorreepondiug quarter of the previous year ; and it is eat
high relativelyito ordinary autumnal result& Ii the SSW
eluding quarter of 1858 the deaths rose to 17,888.
The weather was generally mild last quarter, the mesa
temperature of thew basin been as big\ as 461 des. Ia
the lame pewter of 1857 the 10111111 temperature ram to
471 dip. ;V that of 1860 it fell to 428 digs.
As the usual result of atmospheric warmth the mortality
of pulmonary diseases was very low ; in the autumns of
1868-60 the deaths from this class of complaint. were
'respectively 4,075, 3,070, and 3.189 ; in hat autumn they
declined to 2,935, a decrease whisk is the MOM remarkable
as it occurred is aa ittomeesd popaktien. Bronchitis
iodised from 2,240 in 1858 to 1,863 ia 1881. Pneumonia
decreased from 1,433 I. 1858 to 979 bi 1861. Whooping-
mug% does sot show a similar tendency to initigatios nadir
the inflanies of a mild seems, for 600 deaths were recorded
as caused by it, a number which is at hest equal to the
avenge. Crwp was also fatal ; it was returned 1.256
cases, whereas in the colder quarter of 1850 It was fatal
only is 81. listithis is sot included in the pulmonary, bat
is the talswoular chow of dime's. The deaths from it were
1,840 is the quelar, sad exhibited but little fluctuation ea
gervions antemni amphora.
The deaths referred to medic diseases were 4,012,
spied 3,3112 in the same quarter of 1860. By fee ths
mast fisetrestive of complaints of that character wee mar-
Mina, which carried off 1.145 persons, halides whisk au
diad et diphtheria. There IMO 46 fatal is,. of inanlign%
171 of amain, BB of typhus.
Sceristiaa wee prevalent, chiefly is the following ge 8•••
Fulham, Chelsea (with the exception of the north-seeds=
subdistrict), the sub-diriricte of Hanover-equare My'hig
and Belgrave ; Gney's-iaa-lans, Somers Town, Omar
Trim Islington ; Pet. George, Bloomsbiuy ; St. 1311smse6
Dews ; St. George the Martyr, 'Holborn ; Cleekenwsk
Whillecranctrest, part of Bothasligresa ; the subdieerishe
sf 84. and St. Paul, ie St. Overp-in-the-Fist ; theme
of pristoharch sod lit. Saviour, Southwark ; Bermoodssy,
the eubdistrirts of Borough-road and Loudon-mad, Beano(
the Wateriaeroad, and the first sub-distriot of Lambeth
Church, Norwood; St. Paul, Deptford; with parts of
Greeawich sad Woolwich. There were 15 deaW from
modes sad 10 from diphtheria in the sub-distrist of Christ;
ehinesie, lisayisbone
Typhus was fatal in the east districts, where it carried ofd
182 meson many of thee* le Mimed. Bow, Poplar,
aselmagreen, and Heaton.

METROTOLITAN RAILWAY.—This company con-
template, arrordisi to their parliamentary plane acquiring
further lands and bosses in tit t3epulchre and Aldermen.
abutting on the northern side of Louisiana between
Chartorhoneetrost and (Thewsll-street ; sad also is Clerk-
'swell. sear the western ride of Coppies-row, between
Lower Oeltheremetnet and the mouth-wen of Onerkenwell
marbleises. The ooroxraLLtiliorter propose to eater into
=te with the of Lourdes in econezies
formation of the tended new street from Vietorle-
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