The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-30 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON.

The weekly return issued by the Registrar-
General states that the total number of deaths registered
in London in the week that ended last Saturday Was 1,087,
and nearly the same as that of the previous week. For the
ten years 1850-59 the average number of deaths in the
weeks corresponding with last week is found after correction
for increase of population to be 1,133. The present return
is therefore so far satisfactory, that it gives a number lees
by 46 than the average retool mortalityat this season would
have produced-
Twenty-four deaths were recorded in the week as caused
b 7 small-pox, of which 7 occurred in the Small-pox Hos-
pital. From measles 51 children died ; from scarlatina 26;
and there were also 8 deaths from diphtheria. Seven of the
fatal cases of measles occurred in Islington, and 4 in Chelsea;
but the complaint seems chiefly to prevail in the south dis-
tricts, where 21 are returned, 6 of which occurred in Ber-
mondsey, 4 in Newington, 3in Rotherbitbe. Phthisis car-
ried off 171 peraons, tbe corrected average for corresponding
weeks being 157. Three persons died from purpura, 2
children from noma ; a girl, aged one year, from henia
odium. Four children were suffocated in bed. The son of a
Unman, aged 3 years, was burnt fatally by his clothes
taking fire ; the son of a carpenter, aged 2 years, also by
his clothes taking fire. Two children, one aged 2 years,
the other only 7 days, were burnt by means not stated.
The daughter of a porter, aged 2 years, was scalded by
falling int* a pan of hot water ; and a man who had been a
butcher, 62 years old, was scalded at the workhouse in
Bethnal-green by being put into a bath of boiling water
" through great negligence." A remarkable, and also a
lamentable fact contained in this return, is that, eight infants
were found murdered. A boy, aged 5 years, died by man-
slaughter ;arnan from the bite of a dog.

fa'st week the births of 842 boys .ad 839 girls, in ell
1,690 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1880-50 the average number
was 1,606. . . . . . . .

At 'the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29'850 in. ; on each of
the first three days the mean reading was above 30 in. The
highest barometrical reading was 3022 in., and occurred on
Monday ; the lowest was 29'21 in. on BsturchisiiThe mean
temperature of the air in the week was 59 ~ which is
4'B deg. above the • of the same week 43 years
(ss determined by Mr. (l • er). The mean daily tempera-
ture was shove the average throughout the week ; but this
excess was greatest on the first fourdays. The thermometer in
the shade fell to ita lowest point, 45'3 deg., on Monday; it rose
to ite highest, 76'5 deg., on Wednesday. The range of tem-
perature in the week was therefore 31'2 deg. But the
range attained on Wednesday alone was 31 deg. The mean
daily range was 241 deg. The difference between the
mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was
10'4 deg. Thatdifferenee on Tuesday was 14 deg., showing
great dryness of the air. The greatest difference on the
same day 239 deg. The degree of humidity of the air was
57 ins Tuesday, complete maturation being represented by
100. The mean humidity of the air in the week was 67.
The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was
60'2 deg. The thermometer in the sun rose to 130'8 deg. on
Wednesday. On the last five days the wind was chiefly in
the south-west. The whole amount of rain in the week
was 11`W in., nearly all of which fell on ilaturiLty. A
thunderstorm occurred on the afternoon of that day.

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT HELEIMBUROIL —On
Monday afternoon, about four o'clock, a distressing accident
occurred on the Firth, about a mile and a half from the
lielensburgh pier. The first lieutenant of her Majesty's
ship Hogue usually crosses to Helensburgli every night in
one of the gigs of that vessel. On this occasion a strong
wind was blowing from the north-west ; and a heavy sea
haviag struck the gig, it wee capsized, when the crew, oonsist-
ing of the lieutenant and five men, were precipitated into
the water. Assistance was promptly rendered by Mr. Len-
nox, harbour master, and Mr. Taylor collector, but before
their arrival two of the men bad souk. They, however,
succeeded in picking up the other four, who were taken to
the Queen's Hotel in a state of great exhaustion, but
through the skill and attention of lire Skean and Walker
they are likely to recover. (;rent praise is oleo to Messrs.
Lennox and Taylor for their energy on this occasion ; iu
fact it is entirely owing to them that any are nava
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EPPING RAlLWAY.—Yesterdity, a special meeting
of the shareholders of this company was held at their offices,
41, Moorgateetreet, in compliance with the Wharocliffe
order, to consider • bill now before parliunent, promoted
by the company for the extension of the railway from Chip.
ping Ongar to Great Dunmow ; Mr. Lawrence in the chair.
The chairman having explained the nature of the meeting,
informed the shareholders present that the bill bad so tar
progressed towards complete legislation, that it had been
read a second time in the House of Lords, and was now
about to be referred to • select committee ; but that before
it could go through that stage, it required to be endorsed
with their sanction. He had every reasonable hope that
they would succeed in carrying it. The solicitor to the
company having road the marginal explanations of the eeve•
rah clauses, the chairman moved that the bill he approved of
by the meeting, which was carried unanimously, and the
proceedings terminated.
WA VEN EY VALLNY R A LWA IVllarnclifTe
meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held yester.
day, at the offices, 3, Lincoln's-inn-gelds, for the purpose
of considering the provisions of the bill now before paella-
meat for extending the line from Ditchiugham to li.4cles.
Mr. Kitson having explained the provisions of the bill, it
was unanimously approved of.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT,—On Monday night,
about half-past eleven o'clock, • fatal accident occurred at
the Weston-super-Mare Railway station, to a man named
Watkins, belonging to Bristol. It appears that the de-
ceased, with his wife and daughter, had been spending the
day at the above place, and in the evening, whilst endea-
vouring to get into one of the carriages, he had slipped his
hold of the carriage door, the train being still in motion,
and falling upon the rails, one or two of the carriages passed
over him before he could be extricated, but when taken out
it was discovered that he was quite dead— his shoulder
having been literally severed from his body, and one of his
thighs having been broken. The poor fellow, who was •
hatter by business, and workedinghatle-green, was a middle-
aged man, and was said to have been a little the worse for
liquor at the time of the accident.
THE OUTGOING MAIL TO LISBON, MADEIRA,
AND TNT BRAZILIi The halo.Luao Company's royal
mail steamer Portugal will from Liverpool on Thurs-
day with mails and passengers for Lisbon Madeira,
and the Brazils. Letters and newspapers, which must be
addressed " per Portugal," will be received at the Liver-
pool Post-office till 3.15 p.m., and with • late foe of Id.
until 3.30 p.m.
MAIL TO TEI UNITED STATER—ThelPhiladol-
phis Steam-ship Company's steamer Vigo will sail this
morning (Wednesday) for New York with mails and pas-
miners fur the United States. Letters per Vigo will be
received at the Liverpool Poet-office till 1.15 p.m. ; with a
late feed Id, till 1.30 p.m. ; sad on the landing-stage with
Late fee of &l. until 2m.
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