The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

THE PARIS FETES.

The arrangements for reaching Paris arc as fol-
lows:—The South-Eastern Railway Company have sold to
the city of Paris 250 passes, which M. ballandrouze is
charged to distribute among the invited guests. All other
guests, not receiving this pass, who desire to go by this
route, will have to leave London-bridge on Friday at 9 a.m.,
and will be charged the ordinary fares. The Brighten
Railway offirs a free page to and from Paris to the officers
of the Exhibition; and to all other guests a ticket to Paris
and back at the reduced chat ge of It., which ticket will lie
given at the hooking-office on production of the cards of
invitation. Those who do not mind the longer passage by
Dieppe will avail themselves of this route, and will leave, if
un Thursday, at 2.1 p.m., and if on Friday, at 2 p.m. If a
sufficient number signify their intention to avail themselves
of this liberality of the Brighton Railway, endeavours are
to be made to provide a special train on the arrival of the
steam-packet at Dieppe; otherwise visitors by this route will
have to sleep there, and will arrive at Paris by 2 p.m. on the
day following their departure.

The Lord Mayor will leave town on Friday morn-
ing for Paris, on a visit to the PMIt of the Seine. His
lordship will reside during the approaching Ptes at the
Hotel de Ville, where apartments have been prepared for
him and his suite.

HEALTH OF LONDON DtItLNG THE WEEK.
The official report says:—The deaths in the me-
tropolitan districts, which in either of the two previous
weeks hardly exceeded 870, again show on increase ; fur in
the week ending last Saturday they rase to 9-48. In the
same week of 1819 cholera was rapidly spreading, and
swelled the amount to 1931 ; but setting aside that year,
and taking the corresponding weeks of other years in the
series 1811-30, it appears that the lowest number was 749 in
1813, and the highest 1,201 in 1848, and within the weeks
subject to comparison the amount did not in general exceed
900.

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Of the 9.16 deaths of last week, 282 arc attributed to dis-
eases of the zymotic or epidemic order, showing • sudden
and remarkable increase on the 224 and 209 cases of the
same description registered respectively in the two previous
weeks. On the other hand, persons who died from diseases
of the respiratory organs (exclusive of hooping-cough and
consumption), in the previous week were 112, in the last
week only 84 ; but within the same period plithisis has risen
from 110 to 141.

Among epidemics which have become more fatal may be
mentioned st•arlatina, which numbered 6 in the preceding
return, and IS in the present; typhus which has risen
from 39 to 50, and diarrhwa, almost exclusively confined to
children not older than one year, whose progess is marked
by the numbers of four successive weeks; viz. 23, 53, 61,
and in last week 83.

In sub-district of Sydeuham, in Jew's-walk, a gentleman
died after suffering 21 hours from diarrhwa. The medical
attendant states that" IN ithiu one hundred yards of the re-
sidence of deceased, and on his own property, there is, and
has been fur a considerable period, upwards of 20 square
yards of surface overflowed with sewage, emptying itself
into a ditch of about 30 yards long, which has no outlet,
and is constantly stirred up with rains and exposed to
the rays of the sun, emitting at all times the most pesti-
lential effluvia. The immediate neighbourhood is thickly
populated, and the health of the inhabitants much en-
dangered. Choleretic and gastro-typhoid cases are con-
stantly occurring. The evil is rcferrible to the adjacent
property; it flocs not come under local jurisdiction, and
the deceased had no redress." . _

Two cases of diarrhea, one of which has been fatal, arc
reported, In Payne-street, Islington ; and here also the
drainage is bad, a circumstance to which the medical man
attributes the origin of the disease.
The following are the particulars of twelve cases of
cholera registered during the week —ln Kensington, at 5,
Queen's-ro.ul, on 15th July, the son of a cab proprietor,
aged 3 months, died of "cholera infantum (3 days)." In
k ulhsm district, at Parsons-green, on 2ith July, the son of
• gardener, aged 5 weeks, died of " English cholera." The
cottage (says Mr. Kuight the registrar) is small and badly
ventilated. In Persons-green-lane the daughter of an Irish
labourer, aged 9 months, died of " English cholera (4 days)."
" The cottages arc small and over-crowded. The medical
attendant mentions that English cholera is very prevalent in
Parsons-green-lane, and likely to prove fatal in several
cases; he attributes it to over-crowding of the houses, and
the dirty habits of the cottages." Iu Gray's-inn-lane sub-
district, at 8. North-place, on 21st July, the daughter of an
'artificial dower maker, aged 16 months, " diarrhea (2
months), English cholera (3 days)." Mr. 'Worrell describes
the dwelling as "confined and unwholesome." In St.
Clement Dance, at 10, Craven-buildings, on 17th July, a
waiter, aged 62 years, " cholera (4 days)." At 88, Ilolborn,
on 19th July, the daughter of a confectioner, aged 11
months, "diarrhea (21 days), cholera infantum (48 hours)."
At Saffron-hill, 16, Charles-street, on July 19, the son of an
optician, 16 months. " diarrhea (3 days), English cholera."
In Clerkeawell. at 11, Lamb-court, on July 15, the daughter
of a labourer, aged 1 year, " cholera (40 hours)." In llox-
ton New Town, at 7, Craven-street, on July 20, the daugh-
ter of a gasfitter, aged 9 months, " cholera (3 days)." In
sub-district of Hackney road, at 8, Vincent-street, on July
17, the son of • labourer, aged 10 weeks, " English cholera
(1 week)." Mr. Murray states that " the street is close,
crowded, and undrained." Ile adds, that "up to Saturday
the 26th the child had not been buried, and lay during the
hot weather in a close room, containing six persons who had
only a Riegle apartment for all the purposes of life. The
desompesition of the body rendered the place very offensive,
and cannot be otherwise than injurious to health. Old
Nichol-street, where a child died of diarrhea, and Mead-
street, a continuation of Vincent-street, where another
died of scarlatina maligna, are also described as close and
undraiaed strec.s. In St. George-in-the-East, at 24, James-
street, on 22nd July, the son of a cabinetmaker, aged 8
months, " English cholera (3 days)." In Kennington, at
3a, Henry-street, Vassal-road, on 21st July, the daughter
of • commercial traveller, aged 4 months, " diarrhma ; cho-
lera infanta= (6 days)." ' This is a new house ; there is
no drainage, and the water, which stagnates in the garden,
is at times very offensive."
la the above list the disorder is designated in nearly all
the eases " English cholera," or " cholera infantum," and,
with 11110 exception, the patients were still at that early age
in which so many at this time of the year fall under
"diarrhea," • shorter term, and applied to a milder form
of the same congdelist. The duration of the disease, as stated
la met of the vs ewes is also characteristic of the ordinary
hem of ehaiesas bff during the sews= visitations of the
epidemic INN haM of the cases terminate in less than 24
bean.

week the births of 709 boys and 674 girls, in all
1,783 children, were registered. The average o. corre-
sponding weeks in six years (1545-50) was 1,200.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean read-
ing of the barometer in the week was 29.599 in. The mean
dailemperature fell from 63 deg. on Sunday to 66 deg.
on Thursday; and the mean of the week was 60 deg. ;
which is rather below the average of the same week in ten
yew'. The mean of Thursday was 7 deg. below the average
of that day. The wind blew generally from the west and
north-west.