The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-04 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WAHL

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(From Or geld lirport.)

Th. deaths in. Landon registered in the week that
masa lest Saturday, aa•sutd to 1,666. Coroners' mess.
that have ben soreaselatiag foe some time, aid are sow
' registered at the sad of the quarter to unusual slumber,
have partly eoatributed to Redact the meas. The wow-
tality hes been vaned principally by the severity of the
weather.

la the tau unieposslieg weeks of the pus 184342 the
tune number of deaths was 1,160, which, if raised in
properties to increase of population, becomes 1,276. There
is so eases It the lumber actually returned above the
raladated amount of 380.

The deaths arising from diseases of the respiratory organ
rose last week to 347, while the corrected average foe ow-
respoadiag weeks is 269; to bronchitis 171 are ettribeted,
to passessals 118, to bosptag•eoagb 65. Tea daubs from
'holm were registered in t►e week, of which the following
Sr. the particulars:
West Districts. Population, 376,427. Deaths from oho.
lore, wee.

Norsk Districts. Population, 490,896. Deaths from cho-
lera, nose.

Control Districts. Population, 393.268. Deaths from
cholera, 2.

Clorksawell, Pentonville.—At 1, Claremont-plan, ea
21st Danaher, the widow of a corn merchant, aged 6t
yens, "cholera (30 hours), collapse (10 hours)." Mr.
Morass, the medical man, ways :—" On Monday morons
she had spumonis pals and skkmo, which left her at
soon, bet the bowels were constipated, and to obtain relief
she took oz. of castor oil without effect, and the same
eight a bine pill, the mint morning a black draught.
Tuesday, at 6 p.m., the bowels bog= to operate, and eon
tinned to do so initially until 2 p.m. On Wedissoday, on
which day I Ant saw her at 9 a.m., and found her pulse-
leu at the wrist, buds and face livid, bowels acting invo-
luntarily; no vanities se cramps. !Me died at 9 p.m. is
spite of vigorous atinnatias and counter-irritant treat-
meat. The house in whisk ►he has lived for a year is
large, miry, weltdraned, and stands on high round. Her
spirits were depressed from altered circumstances, and abs
took but little animal food."
City of

2, Old Fish-street-hiU,
28th December, the wife of • ar'•n, aged 49 years,
" choler• (16 hours)."

East Districts. fopulatiost,". 486,622. Dcaths from cho-
lera, 7.

Whitechapel, Bpitaltields.—At 18, Wentwortl-street,
on 27th December, a tailor, aged 60 yean, " malignant
cholera (21 hours)."

Whitechapel, Wbitethspel North.—At 122, Wentwort2.-
"treat, on 28th December, a publican, aged 45 year',
" cholera (15 boors)."
Whimehapel, aldgete.—At 2, Sun-court, didgate, on
23rd December, a bricklayer'a labourer, aged 40 years,
" cholera;; diarrhoea (3 days)."
Stepney, Shaawell.—At 8, Clammed-square, on 27th
December, the wife of a labourer, aged 60 years, " diarrhtes
(one day), cholera (18 hours)."
Stepney, Linteltmese.—At 40,

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November, a bricklayer, apd 54 years, " natural death,
sudden, from cholera."
In the same sub-district, akltegeat's Canal-bask), on 28th
November, the mate of a ship, aged 83 years, ° found dead,
cholera (12 hours),"
Poplar, Bow.—Al Old Ford-lane, on 7th October, the
daughter of a labourer, aged 13 years, cholera." Inquest.
South Districta. Population, 618,633. Deaths from
cholera, I.

"Greenwich, Greenwich Eut.--Att the Union Workhouse,
on 31st Getabor, a labourer, aged 28 years, " cholera (18
hours)." Inquest

Two centenarians paid the debt or nature, and were re-
gistered in the week: Oa the 28th of December, at 17
Sherborno-street, Blandford-square, the widow of a servant,
died at the ege [as stated.] of 100 years ; and on the 23rd
of December, at 45, Loadon-street, Ratcliffe, the widow of
a mariner died, reported to have arrived at the extreme age
of 106. Mr. Wells, the registrar, writes as follows: "This
person, although at so great an age, was able to walk about
and come down stairs aka' until two days before her
death ; she had never suffered from any disease, and
had any medical attesdant or taken any medicine, and re-
tained all Mr faculties to the last, with the exception of her
sight. She was a native of Scotland, but had lived in Lon-
don-street for the last 7 years. Her youngest child now
alive is 72, and has children who have also families."
At 10, James-street, Ratcliffe, on 28th December, the
son of a labourer, aged 2 years, died of " searlatiaa (3
weeks), gamma (14 days), convulsions." Mr. Wells states
that " this is the fourth child that has died of the same
disease in the same house within three weeks."

At 86, Brunswick-street, Hagyntone, on 25th Duns-
her, an engine-driver, aged 40 yeah, was " poisoned by the
fumes of lead, over exertion producing typhoid fever (7
days)."

At 2, Mergaret-street, Stamford Hill, on 23rd December,
the wife of a baker, aged 28 years, died of " childbirth (20
days), peritonitis (8 days), diarrhma (12 days)." The
medical attendant, Mr. Kenny, states that "this woman's
death was unsed more by the stench of the house where
she was confined (Abney-gardens, West Haskaey) than by
the peritonitis resulting from her confinement. A most in-
tolerable stench rises from a drain or cesspool under the
door, into which run the sweepings of a butcher's slaughter-
house. The house is unfit for human habitation. The de-
mand was only removed a few minutes to Stamford Rill
when she 'spired."
Last week the births of 791 boys and 775 girls, in all
1,688 children, were registered in London. In the eight
corresponding weeks of the years 1846-62 the average num-
ber was 1,299.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29236 in. The mesa
temperature of the week was 29 deg., which is 8.4 deg.
below the average of the same week in 38 years. On Thum
day the air was added ; sad en that day the highest tan-
peratare was only 31.6 deg., the lowest 18 deg., and the
mean 24.1 deg., which is 18.2 deg. below the average. On
Monday the mesa was 10.1 deg. below the average, and on
lye other days It was from 4 deg. to 8 deg. below it. The
mean dew-point temperature was 24'7 deg.