The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-16 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.

It appears from the return issued by authority
of the Registrar-General, that in the week that ended on
Saturday, October 12, 4,035 births and 2,849 deaths were
registered in London and in twelve other large towns of
the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was
24 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality
last week was 21 per 1,000 in London, 23 in Edinburgh,
and 23 in Dublin ; 19 in Bristol, 28 in Birmingham, :31 in
Liverpool, 34 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 24 in Sheffield,
24 in Leeds, 35 in Hull, 33 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, end
24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 23 per 1,0110
during the week ending the sth instant, when the mean
temperature was 3.8 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the
same week in London, where the rata was 20. The 2,432
deaths returned last week in the ten large English towns,
i including London, showed an increase of 170 upon thaw of
the previous week. This increase was shared by all the
ten towns except Leeds and Bristol. The deaths from
diarrhea have in the past five weeks steadily decreased
from 577 to 188 last week, which is little above the average
for the second week of October. The death rote from
this cause was highest last week in Bi/ mingbain,
in which town scarlatina was also prevalent.
The mortality from various tymotic diseases was high
last week in Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In London the births of 1,023 boys and 1,00.; girls, in all
2,028 children, were registered in the week. In the cor-
responding weeks of ten years 1857.66 the average num-
ber, corrected for increase of population, is 2,014. The
deaths registered in London iluring the week were 1,233.
It was the forty-first week of the year; and the ave-
rage number of deaths for that week is, with a correction
for Increase of population, 1,267. The deaths in the pre-
sent return are less by 34 than the estimated number.
The mortality from diarrhea and cholera continues to de-
cline ; last week the deaths of 53 children and 6 adults
from diarrhea, and the deaths of 2 children and 2 adults
from cholera or choleraic diarrhea. were registered. In
the two previous weeks the deaths from than h.,a were
108 and 78, and from cholera 15 and 5. Three fatal cases
of diarrhea were registered last week in the \Vest, sin
the North, 5 in the Central, 17 in the East, and 29 in the
South districts, In the corresponding week of last year
the deaths from diarilitea were 47, and from cholera 21/7.
Thirteen deaths from small-pox, 18 from measles, 38 from
scarlatina, 31 from whooping-cough, and 36 from typhus
were recorded last week. Phthists proved fatal to 163 per-
sons, 90 deaths occurred from bronchitis, and 55 from
pneumonia.

ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—
On Monday morning the express train which leaves Edin-
burgh at 9.45 a.m., and is due at Carlisle at 12.45, bad
reached the neighbourhood of Fountainhall Station, about
fifteen miles north of Galashiela, when one of the axles of
the engine broke close to the wheeL The axle seems to
have been smpported in some way after the breakage, as it
did not fall down ; but one of the wheels immediately left
the line, and ran in that state for about half a mile, when
the driver succeeded in pulling up the taniu before further
mischief took place. A messenger was immediately sent
back to telegraph for a fresh engine, which made its ap-
pearance in due course, when the train proceeded on its
Journey, the mishap having caused a delay a two hours.
CRYSTAL PALACE. OHS SHILLING BAY.—
TUESDAY, OM 15.—Admissions on payment, 1,217 ;
(MOD ►y season tickets, 1,088 ; total visitors, 2,395.