The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

lII4LTH OP LONDON.

The weekly return of births and deaths in London
lamed by authority of the Bagietrar-Osneral, states that the
morality of the Load= districts has constantly decreased is
the successive weeks of Hay. In the Stet week of the month
the deaths mestere& were 1,108; In the fourth week, the
ended last Saturday, they were 1,028. In the ten years
1849-58 the average number of deaths in the weeks corms-
poading with last week was 1,017; but, as the deaths mi-
nimal for last week averred in a Is-palatine which hae it
sassed, they can only be compared with ;the average raised
in proportion ,to that income, comely, with 1,118. The
'abbe health is therefore so her in a favourable seats, that
the deaths that o ',arrest lest week were tees by 90 Hasa the
amber that would have occurred If the average rate edmsea
talliy la estimated for the end of May had prevailed.
The deaths that were recorded last week as waned by
speedo diseases emulated to 238; the corrected amine he
ing weeks is 257. Those referred to Mmes. Ad
ageonir respiratory organs were 130; the corrected
Is 172. This latter comparison eacludes the
hoes which were 130, the average being 163. Scarlatima
was fatal in 60 oases, nearly half of which occurred me the
south side of the deer. Four of these recurred in Weeds-
worth, and 4 deaths from measles in Putney. Thatma easea
in which diphtheria is returned as the fatal disease, oteamd
as follows :—One at 8, High-street, Molting-WU; one at 20,
Hasomiestreer, Belgravia; one on 24th April at St. Osorp's
Hospita; one at 10. John-street, Tottenham-coset-reed ; one
at Locos Cottage, Shacklewell-green ; one at 13, Barking-
chureletard ; one a 1.7, Short-street•• Shorediteh ; one at 78,

~,.s-sUsy, Efit;ieditch ; one at 55., Forston-stnet, Htztei
New Toan; meat 5, relent-terrace, Nowise/ton • tee at
28, Surety-grove, St. Peter, Walwortb ; one at 11, Brad-
street, Lambeth; sad owe at 9, Wallington-street, Green-
wish. _ . _

Tins deaolts from intemperance were registered in the
se* Make 6 in which the cause of death is wend be
rhms tremens;' 6 Waists and 2 &duke died from
milli* there; v infants were murdered. Of four none-
generiame whip died, the oldest were a woman, 94 years, and
a len 116 pen el age.
Lem yea the blithe of 956 boys and 916 girls, In all 1,882
aim% we registered in London. ID the tea carrespcad-
%rim of the years 1849-68 the average nnieher was
Mille Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mesa height of
the bercaester in the week waa 29.79 in. The barometer
tell her 29.93 in. on Sunday to 29.69 in. an Saturday, then
Debi the highest and lowest points In the week. The 1118110
temperstare et the week was 68 1 deg., which Is 1.5 dog.
sews the ewer ot the lane week in 43 yeas (as deter-
mined by Mr. Obsiabil, The thennocaeler is the shade,
fell Is its lowest 40.6 deg. on Monday, and
rose to Its highest .8 deg. on Friday. The range of
tha week was therefore 33.3 deg.; the marts daily raw
wee MA deg.; the nage on Tuesday wee 31.9 Org. lie
area Mw-peint temperature was 49.6 deg., and the
Ilineaat Innen this sad the moan air temperature was
74 Av. The nerves degree of humidity of the air wee 76.
Oa the nit two digs She humidity varied from 69 to 93.
The wind wan generally la the north-east. No rata was
menenatei dli eaterday, wits the amen wee 0-13 in.