The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-17 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

The official report says : La►t week the total number
of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts was 1,022.
In the correspoudiug weeks of the ten years 1812.61 the
average number was 1,014, which, if raised in a certain pro-
portion according to increase of population, and for the
sake of comparison with lart week's mortality, becomes
1,115. Last week's return is therefore of a favourable
character.

In the numbers of fatal eases referred to those classes of
disease that contribute most to the general result, there is
an obvious decrease on the previous week, with the excop-
tics of deaths from symotie or epidemic diseases, which
continue at the same amount, and last week were
228. In this clam searlatina is still predominant;
the uumben produced by this cause having been
in the last four weeks 92, 104, 82, and (last week)
88, while those referredto typhus in the same
periods were 62, 44, 47, and U. Five children and two
adults died of small-pus, 8 children of maul..., showing
still a low mortality for both these diseases. Four deaths
resulted from iatistenta, and 2 from purpura ; ,7 only olio
of which occurred to an adult, frost syphilis. With refer.'
enee to affections of the respiratory organs (exclusive of
phthieis), it appear, that the total mortality has declined in'
the last two weeks from 234 to 192; bronchitis showing al
decrease frost 106 to 78, and pneumonia front 102 to 91.
The follevriag death by cholera was registered in the
week: _ _ _

At 11, Queen street, Grosvenor-square, on 6th Novem-
ber, the daughter of a journeyman smith, aged 4 years,
" cholera biliosa."
In the Sintill-pos Ho:vital, a widow from Great Quebec-
street died on 7th November, eyed 5.5 years, of " wall-poz
ennfiesnt, unmodified (16 days)." ' Inoculated in infancy at
Liverpool, two ciedtriess, one good, the other just percep.
tibia; bad five or six mats also left by the gsneral erup-
tion produced by hesealidea.
In the eshAilleerist of !List John, Maryleboue, at 5, Ben-
tinek-eourt, dieter* sees of • labourer, aged 4 and 2 years
died on the 11th sad 12th November respectively, one of
" scarlatina, hydrope, pleuritic (3 weeks)," the other of
" scarlatina, pleuritic (5 weeks)." Mr. Nelsoo, the medical
attendant, says: " Bentinek-cuart, Portland Town, where
them:, cases occurred, is a locality greatly in need of sanitary
improvements." Two other children died of scarlatina last
week in the lame sub-district.

In the sub•districtof Christ Church, Marylebone, at 14,
Edward-street, Dorset-square, the two daughters of a smith,
aged 7 years and 1 year, died on the 10th and 12th Novena.
ber, respectively of " scarlatina, anuarca," one alter 6
weeks', the other after 3 weeks' illness. Mr. Ohre men-
tions that " this is the fifth child that has died in this family
of scarlatina since the 18th October, their ages varying Rom
4 =oaths to 8 years." In the same sub-district, at 41,
Boston-place, Dorset.square, the two daughters of &painter,
aged 2 and(' years, died of scarlatina; and another child
died in Hereford-street, Liteon-erove, of the same disease.
At 1, Lower Veranda-place, Church street, Camber:lrd/,
the senor a labourer, aged 8 years, died on 23d October,
from " diarrhoea induced by eating come crude vegetable
matter" (inquest); two daughters of the same person, aged
speetively and 3 years, dled on Lth November of "sear.
latina, suppreadon of the general outward appearances by
reason of a malaria arising in the immediate vicinity."posf
snort. (inquest) ; also his son, aged 4 years, on Gth Novem-
ber, of " scarlatina (25 hours)." Mr. Searle makes the foi-
-1 lowing ocurvatlons :—" These four children belong to one
family. The drainage is most defective; the floor of the
' privy is frequently an inch thick with soil, and is within
two feet of the entrance of the house. An inefficient drain
from it runs under a part of the floor of the house to &cess-
pool a few yards in front of the dwelling. There is also in
one corner of the yard a receptacle for ashes sal other
refuse. At the time the jury visited the place there were
a dead at and one or two deed rats."

Four deaths of children from scarlatina were registered
in the week in the Waterloo sub-district (Ist put) of Lit-
beth.

Three deaths from carbuncle were registered in the week;
they are as follows :—A boy, aged 11 months, in Golden-
lane, eub-distriet of Whitecrees-street, "carbuncle (14
de's) ;" a ma., aged 60 yeses, in Stepney, paralysis (10
months), carbuncle (3 months) ;" a man, aged 43 yean, in
Haggentone West, carbuncular abscess (14 day.), cere-
bral effusion."
Last week the births of 691 bop end 769 girl, in all
1,460 children, were reghtered in London. The average
number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1846-61
was 1,365.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week tem 29.769 in. On Tuesday
the mean daily reading was 30.026 in. The mean daily
temperature was above the average of the respective days
in ten years on every day of the week except Saturday. It
with highest on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, when it was
Niles. and 68 deg., which is 10 or 12 distress above the
avenge ; it declined to 48 deg. on Wednesday and Thurs-
day, and to 46 deg. on Saturday. The mean temperature
of the week was 611 deg., or about 6 deg. above the
average. The wind was in the south-west en the first
three .lays, and peoerally in the nurtlut a.t afterwards. Ihe
amount of rein that 101 l 111 the week was 1•40