The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

HE.ILTH OF LONDON DURING THE

IFEEK.
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The official report says—A thousand and one deaths
were ngistered in London in the week that ended on
Saturday. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years
1843-41, the average number wee 962, which, if raised *c-
ording to increase of population, becomes 1,017. The
mortality from all cairns, then fore, diffen little from the
usual amoukt at this mason.

Scarlatina was fatal lut week to 57 children, and in some
instances it appears to have been aggravated by local
Diarthea carried off 71 persons, which is nearly
the same as in the previous week; all the cases, except 20,
were amongst children. Cholera gives decided indkations
of a disposition to increme • in three previous weeks the
fatal cases were 16, t 9, 47 ; art week they rose to 66, of
which 29 occurred to males, 37 to female,. The majority
of the deaths were amongst persons of middle age; 26 oc-
curred under 15 years of age, 36 at 15 and under
CO years, 4 at tiO years and upwards. in the correspond-
ing week of 1848, soon after the epidemic of that period
made, its appearance in London, the number of deaths from
chaise was 30 ; in the 'corresponding week of 1819, when
is wis passing away, the number was 110. The 66 cues of
last week were thus divided over the metropolis .—ln the
west districts, 9 ; in the north, 5 ; in the central, 2 ; in
the east, 8 ; and on the south side of the Thames, 42.
Medical informs rats are requested to inquire specially in all
eases whether the attack of e I iolera commences by "diarrhoea,"
and state the interval of time to hours and days between
the ippearance of diarrhiei and the supervention of spasms
or rat the other characteristic symptoms of cholera.
It is admitted that diarrhoea generally precedes chokra,
and that diarrhira should never be neglected for a single
hour in a time of epidemic cholera. if it be established
that the latter disease is invariably or _almost invariably
preceded by a well-defined stage of illness, which is amen-
able to medical treatment, it wall at once allay alarm, and
e a most important addition to the resources of the me-
dical art. The following is a list of last week's deaths by
cholera :

Last Wseit the births of 727 boys and 648 girls, in all
1,371 children, were registered in London. In the tight
corrtsponding weeks of the years 1646-62 the average
number wee 1,276.

At the Royal Observatory, Oreenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week WSJ 29 al in. The mean
temperature was 48.6 digs., which is 4 dep. below the
average of the same week in 38 years. The mean difference
between the dew point temperature and air temperature
was 3.6 dep.

POBTBMOIITII, Ocronen 11.—It is definitively
decided to build a new yacht for her Majesty ; such a one
as, for speed at least, shall surpass anything afloat. It
is to be constructed of iron, and on the paddle principle, as,
al'hough, as is understood, her Majesty gives the prefer-
ence to the screw principle in other respects, the latter
would interfere somewhat with her Majesty's convenience,
to which, as in some measure influencing her Majesty, may
be added the unpleasant effects felt at the after-part of a
ship, of the vibration caused by the action of the propeller,
and which mechanical skill has not yet quite surmounted.
The new vessel is to be 300 feet in length. 37 feet beam,
and about 1,700 tons burthen. She is to have engines of
600-horse power, rind to be able to attain to a
speed of 17 knots per hour. The present yacht
Victoria and Albert, is 225 feet in length, rather better
than 30 feet beam, of 1,033 tons burthen, and 430 horse
power. The Cam, 90, screw, two-decker, is having her '
jury rigging, Sco. dismantled. This morning in sending
' down her main to sail yard it came down with a run, and
went clean through her deck. It was very fortunate that
no one was in the way or the most serious, and probably
fatal results would have occurred. Tho Encounter, 14,
screw etesm-sloop, Captain O'Callaghan, was paid wages
to-day, and is expected to sail to morrow. The Princess
Royal, 91, screw steam-ship, is to go out of dock into the
steam basin.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 11. —AYPOINTMENTS. SW-
am R. W. Clark, to Winchester; Assistant Engineers C.
Freeborn, to Horatio ; W. Brown and J. Hughes, to Bkn-
helm ; T. Bertram and F. Smith, to Hogue.

MILITARY.