The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.

Blew= hundred and twenty-one deaths were
regitclitsetsdal9l:
population,
Theul
adtoim average er er,s32.7bskiltboattit
de...ndtthebd.477..SeNvukteordfdjefory.„,
unary ; whist is the aldose amok of the year, in the ordi-
nary course of the mamas. The deaths were 211 below the
ave
4960 of
f the deed were Andrea and you've penes; 166
were of the age 20-40; 211 et the age 40-60; 217 of Ma
age 60-80; and se few attain ripe old age in the present
imperfect omelet the public health, that 42 ally were of the
ye et 80 sad upwards.
264 persona of all ages died of ensall•per, made,, reale- ,
ties, beeping cough, typhss, and other meal° diereses.
Itoepiew weigh and typhus are epidemic.
Mr. !Fab, the registrar her the ',llamas west estmlis-
triet, remarks :—" That 10 deaths have occurred I. the
London Fever Hospital, between the 11th and 19th of
January; the whole of the asses have been from typhus. ,
The hospital is at present very lull of patients suffering from
fever."
132 persons died of consumption. ehielly of the age of *
and under 60; 26 of apoplexy, and 34 of paralysis; 191 or
Inflammation of the lugs wad air tubes. 12 woos& died of
childbirth.
Lest week the births of 817 bey* and 827 girls; in en. 7
1,644 children, were registered in London. In the t.n sot-.
responding weeks of the years 184666 the average number
was 1.494
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. the mese %Oahe- •
of the barometer in the week was 29.732 in. The reedier'
of the barometer increased from 3040 in. at the 'meanies..
of the week to 30 66 tee. by 10h. a.. , on the 13th ; de
creased to 29 82 in. by 31. pm. at the 16th; filen-seed tte
29 87 M. by 9b. a es. on the 16th; deereasol to 29 35 in. by ,
9h. pan. on the 17th; was nearly stationwry at this reedier
till after the 18th; and than farther darns, r
to 29 071 e. by the end of the week. Rain fell on the last 4
days of the week. The wiled blew chiefly from the eons A
and south-west, lath an avenge botimental movement or
about 119 miles stub day. The sky fem the l oat parts
ear
overeat, and the elseaMal state of the atmosphere • ear
paitim thressateaut the week. The men temperature , of
the air was 38-7 deg , relish is 2 7 in. above the &verso of
the same week in 38 years. The highest tempera eta
occurred as Friday and Saturday, cad were 60 der on east
day ; the lowest, whisk emornd oa Tuesday, was 24 ?
The entire range of the temperature of the week we, 26 7
deg. The Or was ender then is the previous wee' t ; the
mean daily temperature being above the average on the led
fear days. The **endow-point teuperstere was 3. r 8 deg.,
and the differense between this and the mean air I yams:
tem was 9 9 deg. The mail teamsters of the omit of
the Theses wee 374 deg.

VALUE Or BUTZ Lrn.—A few week a ago two
Into:Mated Heatnekisse fouled a siege° asleep in an hotel
at Ciadanati, and, for amusement, they took a eansphine
Maw, eel, petrieg the laid ease his whisk MS, ignited it,
and the yew felllow•s lead sad neck beeam• instantly
wrapped. is ea Wenn ►lase, which continued until the
geld wee eaeseused. The aufferlep of the victim were
heedful in the extreme. No ?easement of torture Gould
hams produced more enerseiatieg misery. Bet, strange to
say, death did set release ►im from torment until after the
lame of two weeks. No legal inmetigatioa teak place, and
the yoseg nee errauged the matter by pet irg the land-
lord of the hotel 1,200 deb. for the 10M Of his Vreanl.—.
Aduesrieme paper.