The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON.
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The weekly return of the Registrar General states
that the number of deaths from all causes registered in the
week that ended on Saturday was 1,141,e xhibiting an increase
of about en hundred ou the first three we, lei of October. la
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average
number was 974, which,if rui•ed in progirtion to increase of
rpulatim, becomes 1,971. There is therefore an excess of
43 M the present return on the corrected overage, arising
chiefly from the epidemic, whose progress has been recorded
during the last twu months,and witch has now attacked many
parts of the metropolis, widely distant, between Hammer-
smith and Whitechapel.
The deaths from cholera, which were about 16 weekly in
the beginning of September, rose last week to 96. 64 males
and 42 females sunk under the disease; 32 died under 15
years of age, 49 between 15 and 60 years, and 15 at 60 years
and upwards. The 96 deaths occurred in the five metro-
politan divisions as follows: In the west districts, 16; in
the north, 3; in the antral, 1 ; in the cast, 24 ; on the
aouth side of the Thames, 52.
In the sub-district of St. Paul, Hammersmith, Kensing-
ton, the epidemic has raged with especial violence.
Last week the births of bl 7 boys, and 800 girls, in all
1,617 children, were registered in London. The average
number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1846-52
was 1,400.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.690 in. The mean
temperature was 65.5 deg., which is 7.7 deg. above the
average of the same week iu 38 years. The mean daily tem-
per-tore was from 8 deg. to 10 deg. above the average on
every day of the week except Saturday, when the excess
was only 1.6 deg. The greatest difference between the
dew-point temperature and air temperature occurred on
Wednesday, when it amounted to 11.2 deg.; the mean dif-
ference of the week was 3.9 deg. The amount of rain in
the week wrs 1.46 in., of which 1.05 in. tell on Thursday.
The wind blew from the south-west and south.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

MACCLESFIELD.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)
The liberals have returned ten of the newly-
elected members, end the tories only two.

OXFORD.

The municipal elections of this city have excited greater
interest than on almost any previous occasion, in conse-
quence of parties being an equally balanced in the council,
and owing to the fact that the of the aldermen have to re-
tire on the 9th instant, and to submit to a fresh election.
The liberal party have made a spirited effort in almost
every ward, but have only succeeded in gaining a majority
of two on the day's poll. The following it the result of the
election _ _ .

Central Ward: Messrs. Hallam and Castle (conserva-
tives), re-elected without opposition.
Eut Ward: Thompson (conservative), 278; Tarry
(conservative), 271.
West Ward : Atkins (liberal), 231 ; Faulkner (liberal).
208 ; Hodges (conservative), 144.
South Ward : Slitter (liberal), 152; Richards (liberal),
144 ; Burrows (con aaaaa tive), 62 ; Baxter (conservative),
63.
North Ward: Davis (liberal), 278; Miller (liberal),
271; W. Herbert (Conservative), 67 ; D. Herbert (Conser-
vative), Gl.
The only ward which the conservatives lost was th•
South ; in the other wards where liberals were returned
they were either re-elected, or succeeded other. who had
withdrawn.