The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-14 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

The Registrar-General reports that the cold of
winter, more severe then usual, continues to produce its
natural effect in a high rate of mortality, though the num-
ber of deaths registered last week in London is rather less
than those of two previous weeks. The deaths, which in
the third week of January were 1,549, and in the two sub-
sequent weeks rose to 1,630 and 1,604, fill last week to
1,546. According to the Greenwich table of meteorology,
the mean temperature, which was about 42 deg. in the first
fortnight of the year, was in the last four weeks only
28 9 deg., 29.3 deg., 29.3 deg., and 30.9 deg. • -
The present return is for the sixth week of the year.
Taking the deaths of the same week in each of the years
1845-64, it is found that they averaged 1,101, with which,
after a correction for increase of population, the 1,546
deaths of last week may be compared. The result is that
the weather has been fatal in a week to 332 lives more than
would have been extinguished in an ordinary season. The
average temperature of the ten corresponding weeks was
412 deg., which exceeds the temperature of last week by
10 3 deg.
A comparison of the numbers who died at different ages
in the last two weeks shows that the decrease noticed above
is confined entirely to the young; for to the period extend-
ing from 20 to 60 years of age the number suffered no
change, while of persons in still more advanced life the
deaths increased from 374 to 417. In this last number are
95 deaths of men and women on whose heads had gathered
fours ore winters, or more.
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Diseases of the organs of respiration were fatal in 424
casts, whilst the corrected average for corresponding weeks
is only 245. Bronchitis is specificed as the mortal diens°
in 235 out of the 424 cues, and is at present fatal to con-
siderably more than twice its usual amount; pneumonia
numbers 126, the average being 97. 158 person. died of
consumption, a malady which is not caused, and shows lets
liability to be accelerated, by extreme cold. 90 children
died of hooping-cough ; 13 persons of influenza.
Last week the births of 931 boys and 898 girl., in all
1,832 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1845-64 the average num-
ber was 1,641.
At the Royal Obeervatory Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.511 in. The reading
on Wednesday and Friday rose to 20.77 in. and 29.79 in.
The mean temperature of the week was 30.9 deg., which is
7.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years.
The mean daily temperature was below the average on
every day of the week, and the extent of depression was
10.4 deg. on Friday, and al much as 16.4 deg. on Saturday.
The highest temperature of the week occurred on Monday,
and was 40.4 deg. ; the lowest was 17.4 deg., and occurred
on Saturday, oa which day the highest was 33 deg. The
mean dew-pant temperature was 29.7 deg., and the differ-
ence between this and the mean air temperature was 1 2
deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames was
35.1 deg. The wind blew generally from the north-east;
and the amount of rain was 0.73 in.

LONDON ORPHAN AbYlXm.—Vesterday the fortieth
anniversary leatival, in aid of the above charity, was held
at the London Tavern, the Duke of Wallington presiding,
supported by the Eal of Verulam, Lord It. Grosvenor,
Mr. Sheriff C'osley, and several of the most influential
members of the Stcck Ezohange. The chairman, in re-
commending the institution to the benevolent notice of the
company, mentioned the important fact that at the present
moment 415 children were receiving protection and benefit
from it. In addition to this, the dircetlis bad munificently
given siz prf sentatiana to the army in the Crimes, to be
distributed equally among the orphans left in the various
chums of that army. Trio health of the children was I
most satisfactory, only taro having died during the re-
cent epidemic. Ilia Grace cooclutkd his observations by
terribly appealing to the benevolence a the company on
behalf Of tho London Orphan Asylum. The list of sub-
scriptions was then read by the treasurer, including 50
gulneu from the chairman, 101. each from Lord IL
Grosvenor, Earl of Verulam, Mr. Sheriff Crosley, sad the
stewards, amounting in the whole to 1,5.00!. In the course,
of the evening the children of tho schoJl were introduced,
and their clean, healthy, and respertable appearance was
the subject of general notice and commendation.