The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-22 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON.

It appears from the weekly return issued by the
Resistae-Geoeral that the deaths registered in London in
the week that ended List Saturday were 1,181. The
average number of deaths iu the weeks corresponding with
but week in the ten years 1852-61 is found, with • correc-
tion for increase of population, to be 1,159. The rate of
mortality in last week exceeded the average, but the excess
is not considerable.

There were twelve deaths in the week from small poi,
and 61 from measles. Nine of these 61 occurred in Bethnal-
green. Scarlatina was fatal in 75 cases, 4of which were in
Somerstown, 5 in Kennington. Sixty-three deaths from
typhus were recorded, 5 of these in Horton New Town,
5 in Limehouse, and 6 in the district of Poplar.
Five deaths of infanta are referred in the tables to the
bead " murder or manslaughter."
A girl, aged 1 year, died of " impeti,so (4 months), want
of proper cleanliness." A charwoman dicd at 6, Everard-
street (St. George-in-theEsst), of " typhus (6 days) ;" ald
it is stated that there are other cases of typhus in the same
house, and that the apartment in which the death occurred
was in " a wretched end squalid ccnditioo."
Five persons, who were 91 years of age and upwards died
in the week. A market woman died on the 11th of October
is St. Giles Workhouse, whose age is stated to have been
104 vears. It is added that " she retained her faculties to
the last."

Lest week the births of 944 boys and 919 girls, in all
1,863 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average nember
(corrected) was 1,811.
The waters used in the metropolis for domestic perposes,
according to the analyses of Dr. Robert Dundee Thornton,
F.R.S., approach the composition which they exhibited 14..4
month. Some of the Thames waters contain rather more
organic matter than in the previous month. For the sake
of comparison the constitution of a well at Brighton is
given, containing a large amount of organic impunty. In
the Kent Company's water the small amount of organic
matter was oxidised, and therefore Innocuous.

At the Royal ObUrvatury, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week wu 29.608 inches. The baro-
metrical readings rose to 29.93 inches on Thursday, and fell
to 29.30 inches on Saturday. The mean temperature of the
air in the week was 53.9 degs., which is 4 dep. above the
average of the same week in 43 yearn (as determined by Mr.
Glaisber). The mean daily temperature was above the
average on every day till Saturday ; and on Tuesday and
Wednesday it was respectively 9.9 dep. and 8.4 degs.
above the avenge. The highest day temperature was
71.4 deg. on Wednesday ; the lowest night temperature was
40.3 dep. on Saturda3. The range of the thermometer in
the week was themefore 30.1 deg. The mean daily range
was 118 dega. The difference between the mean dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 3.7 degs.
The mean degree of humidity of the air wax
89, complete saturation being represented by 100, which
point was almost attained ou Sunday and Saturday. The
wind blew till Saturday evening from the south-west. The
rain-fall was 1.61 inches, nearly an inch having fallen on
Saturday.