The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

Tho effect of sudden changes of temperature (says
the weekly report of the Regis:rar-Oeneral) does not im-
mediately bee me perceptible to its full extent in the
register of deaths. A period of more genial weather suc-
ceeded the low temperature that marked the month of
February, and the mortality at length appears to have
yielded slightly to its influence ; for the deaths in London,
which had continuously risen daring six weeks till they
numbered 1,436, fell in the week that ended last Saturday'
to 1,274. Row far the sadden severity that changed the'
character of the weather last week has affected human life
»males to be ecea in future returns.

The following aro the principal meteorological facts of
last week : On Sunday, 13th instant, the highest tempera-
ture was 60.6 deg., the mean was 49.8 deg., or 7.8 deg.,
above the average. The mean daily temperature was be-
low the average on the three following days • and on Thurs-
day the highest temperature was only 34.8'deg.; the mean
was 29. 2 deg., or 12.8 deg. below the average. On Friday
the meaawas 28 5 deg., or 13.3 deg. below the ge ; on
Saturday it was 10.2 deg. below the average. The lowest
temperature of the week occurred on Saturday, and was
24.2 deg., showing a range of temperaturg in the week
of 38 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 30.1 deg.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1813.52 the
average number of deaths was 1,095, which, if raised in
proportion to increase of population, gives a mortality for
last week of 1,205. The 1,274 deaths actually registered
last week therefore exceeded the estimated amount by 69.
Fatal cares arising trom symotic diseases decrees, d from
244 in the preceding week to 229 in the last, though the
mortality of hooping-cough, which is considerable, remains
at nearly the same amount. Phthisis decreased from 167
to 131 ; other diseases of the respiratory organs from 391
to 332. lathe latter class are included bronchitis, which
declined from 233 to 174, and pneumonia which was fatal
to 101 persons, or about the same number as in some pre-
vious weeks.

In City-road sub-district, at 11, Ratcliffe-row, on 16th
March, a cooper, aged 29 years, died of " disease of lungs,
kidneys, and heart." (Post mart.) Mr. Hamlin, the Re-
gistrar, observes:—" There is a grating over the sewer in
the street in front of this house, of which the inhabitants
are continually complaining. When passing the spot I have
repeatedly been °bilged to cover my mouth with my hand
to avoid the smell."
In Pentonville, at 20, White Lien-street, on 14th March,
the son of a lock-smith, aged 5 years, died of
" hooping-cough (8 weeks), scarlatina (4 weeks)."
Mr. Upjohn, deputy registrar, says: "I have twice before
referred to the great mortality in this hoass, in which five
deaths have now occurred from hoopiog-cough within a
period of five weeks. In the present case hooping-cough
wee followed by scarlatina, and the child was taken to the
Fever Hospital; but as the medical attenuate gave no hope,
of its recovery, the parents had it removed home again.
There are now two children suffering from hooping-cough
in the same house, whose recovery is considered hopeless by
the medical attendant. There does not appear to be any
local circumstance to account for so unusual a fatality."
In St. George, Bloomsbury, at 3, Russell-mews, on the
16th of March, the daughter of a servant, aged 1 year and
9 months, died of " derrhosa some months since, and sub-
sequently broncho-pneumonia." With regard to this case,
Dr. Richards writes that " it was treated homeopathically,
under which system the complaint was allowed to progress,
and he was called in just at the finale to witness a life lost,
in all probability, from want of active treatment."
In the subdistrict of St. Paul, St. George-in-the-East,
at 20, Martha-street, a child, the son of a mariner, aged 10
hours, died of " convulsions from premature birth," on the
30th of January. Mr. Chatwood, the registrar, mentions
that " the mother of this boy, who came to register the
births of twins, states that the deceased was buried at a
chapel ground as still-born, although the medical certificate
given at the time stated that he lived 10 hours."
The Mewing el: deaths occurred at the London Fever
Hospital between the 9th and 15th of March inclusive :
A girl, aged 4 pion, from the Newington Workhouse,
measles (duration unknown). In hospital 2 days. (Post
most.)
A man, aged 56 years, from Holborn Union, typhus
(duration unknown). In hospital 6 days.
A woman, aged 19 year., a servant from Wandsworth,
typhoid fever (duration unknown), incipient ulceration of
Piyar's glands. In hospital 2 days. (Post more.)
A woman, aged 24 years, from Neptune-court, St.
9
George-in-the-East, typhus (shoat 17 days). In hospital
days.
A man, aged 35 years, a labourer from Hartshorn-court,
Fore-street, pleuro-pnetimonia (9 days). In hospital 6
days.
A man, aged 22 years, a labourer from Catherine-wheel-
alley, East London, phthisis (long standing), pleuritis (10
days). In hospital 5 days.
The following additional cues are selected from the re-
turns:—On 10th March, at 3, Artillery-place, Finsbury, •1
drawing-muter, erred 51 years, died of " the Croydon fever
(3 months), ulceration of the small intestines" (post more.).
The son of a shipwright, aged 5 pore, died of "enlarged
tonsils (2 years), exciaion of tonsils (2 months ago), croup
(2 days)." A baker, aged 18 years, died of " phlebitis of
ophthalmic veins" in Ciuy's Hospital. In Herne-place,
Water-lane, Brixton, on 17th March, a gardener, aged 43
years. died of " furunculus (8 days), debilitated constitu-
tion." There were four deaths from abscess :—ln Charing
Cross Hospital, a woman, aged 61 years, "chronic abscess
(6 months), debility (3 months) ;" in St. George's Hospital,
a Chelsea pensioner, aged 47 years, " amputation of toe of
right foot, abscess in left leg, diseased heart;" in Middlesex
Hospital, a man-servant, aged 53 years, " abscess of
thumb, inflammation of arteries (poet niort.);" at 4,
Elm-terrace, Brompton, a female servant, aged 32
years, " cerebral effusion from fever occasioned by
extreme inflammation and abscess of the thumb." Two
fatal cases are ascribed to privation, and registered thus
the Workhouse, Westminster, on 18th March, a single
woman, aged .30 years, " destitution ;" at 1, Three King-
court, Aldgate, on 12th March, the wife of a cooper, aged
G 2 years, " want of proper food in sufficient quantity ;
typhus."
Last week the births of 835 boys and 812 girls, in all 1,667
children, were registered in London. The average number
in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 was 1484.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.68.. i in.; on Saturday
it was 39.034 in. The mean temperature of the week was
36.6 deg., or 5 deg. below the average of the same week in
38 years. The wind blew from the south on the first three
days, and from the north-east during the remainder of the
period.

BREAK-DOWN OP THE AusTRALIAN.—The
New S2:011 Wales and Port Poi Hip portion of th 2 mails
ditem'etrked from the *tomer Anon,lion has been de-
spatched from Plymouth is the sailiug ship Albemarle, and
the South Australian portion has been despatched iu the
sailing chip Unites, from GrAnnul