The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-23 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OP LORDON.

It appears from the returns issued by authority
of the Registrar-General, that in the week that ended on
Satarday, October 19, 4,387 births and 2,9,11 deaths were
registered in London and in twelve other large towns of
the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was
25 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality
lad week was 23 per 1,000 in London, 21 in Edinburgh,
and 19 in Dublin ; 26 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 31 in
Liverpool, 31 in Manchester, 30 in Salford, 27 in Sheffield,
ZS in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 29 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 22 per 1,000
during the week ending the 12th instant, when the mean
temperature was 0.4 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the
same week in London, where the rate was 21. The 2,510
deaths registered last week in the ten large Engin& towns,
including London, showed • furtherincreme of 18 upon the
numbers returned in recent weeks, the whole of which
occurred in London. The unusually low temperature
of the first fortnight in October has caused a general in-
crease in the fatality of inflammatory diseases of the or-
gans of respiration. The mortality from diarrhea is
no longer excessive, but scarlatina is fatally prevalent in
Liverpool, Birmingham, and in some parts of Manchester.
In London the births of 1,082 boys and 1,089 girls, in all
2,171 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 2,024. The
deaths registered in London during the week were 1,332.
It was the forty-second week of the year; and the ave-
rage number of deaths for that week is, with a correction
foe increase of population, 1,280. The deaths in the pre-
sent return exceed by 52 the estimated number. The
number of deaths increased' from 1,233 registered in
the week which ended 12th October to 1,332 last week.
The deaths from diseases of the brain and nervous system,
the respiratory organs, and the heart exhibit an increase.
Zymotio diseases were not so fatal as in the
preceding week, and the mortality from diarrhoea
is rapidly declining, 37 cases were registered last week ;
the numbers in the four previous weeks were 114, 108, 78,
59. The son of a bricklayer, aged 6 months, died on 12th
October, at 14, New-lane, St. John Southwark, of " in-
fantile cholera, 4 days." The daughter of a labourer,
aged 3 years, died on 12th October, at 3, Gaywood-court,
London-road, Southwark, of " choleraic diarrhea." A
charwoman, aged 76 years, died on 12th October, at the
East London Union Workhouse, Howerton, of "exhaus-
tion from want." The daughter of a packer, aged 21
months, died on 16th October, at Guy's Hospital, having
been " accidentally poisoned by drinking carbolic acid."
Post mort. (Inquest.) The deaths of three persons who
were killed by horses or carriages in the streets were
registered.

SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY.—From the
report of Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, sub-
mitted to a meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers,
held at the Guildhall yesterday, it appeared that in the
week ending 19th October, 3,235 lbs. of meat had been
condemned in the markets and slaughter-houses as unfit
for human food. It consisted of 12 sheep, 33 pigs, 26
quarters of beef, and 8 joints of meat, and 2,389 lbs. of it
were diseased, 736 lbs. putrid, and 110 11:e. from animals
that had died from accident or disease. On the 10th
inst. Inspector Wyldo seized in Newgste.street eight
quarters of beef in a very diseased condition. These were
condemned at the Guildhall Police-court, and the circum-
stances appeared to require further investigation, with a
view to legal proceedings. During the week there were 44
births and 38 deaths registered in the City. The mortality
returns were below the average (50) for the corresponding
period of the last ten years, and the numbers stated were
In the annual proportion of 20 births and 17.2 deaths per
1,000 of the population, indicating a satisfactory state of
the public health.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.—During the past thirty-
three years 4,554 persona have been sentenced to death in
England, 668 of these sentences having been passed for
murder, and 3,886 for other crimes. The maximum num-
ber of sentences for murder occurred in 1856, when 31
persons were so sentenced, and the minimum occurred in
1833, and is represented by nine cases only. But in this
latter year a maximum amounting to 922 obtained of
persona sentenced to death for other crimes, one having
Leen so sentenced during 1862, which is the last recorded
sentence of capital punishment passed for other crimes
than that of murder. The smallest total number of persons
sentenced to death since 1833 occurred in 1863. In this
year 20 persons were sentenced to capital punishment,
which was, however, carried out in seven instances only.
But the total number of sentences of death bears no
regular proportion to the total annual number of exe-
cutions, for in 1833, 931 persons were sentenced, and but
33 executed ; 1833, 480 were sentenced, and 34 exe-
cuted ; in 1644, 57 were sentenced, and 16 executed ; and
in 18.54 only five persons were executed out of a total of 49
sentenced to death.

MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool borough
coroner held en inquest upon the body of an old man named
Thomas Elliaon, a tailor. From the evidence it appears
that on the previous night his son, John Ellison, also a
tailor, and a sailor named John Murphy, together with
other persons, were at the house of a neighbour, sonic of
them being the worse for drink. A quarrel took place, and
the deceased proceeded to his own house, at the door of
which he was heard to make use of threatening language
towards his son. About two o'clock tho next morning
the old man was found dead in the street, and it was dis-
covered that he had been injured about the head. Mason
WAS seen ill-treating him some time previously, and
Murphy was standing by. On the discovery being made
the police were communicated with. and Ellison and
Murphy were apprehended. In the room where they were
found there was a large hammer, tothe heavy end of which
some grey hairs adhered, and it was also covered with
blood. A post-mortem examination proved that the cause
of death was extravasation of blood at the base of the
brain, the result of blows upon the top of the skull.
The last act connected with the late intended
prize fight was performed yesterday morning. Mace and
Baldwin drew their stakes from the holder. The arrange-
ment that Mace and Baldwin would receive their money
yesterday at ten o'clock at Beira Life office did not appear
to suit Baldwin, who on Saturday rushed up the stairs at
Bells Life, broke open the door of the room—which had
been locked by Messrs. Westhall and IYooditock on hearing
of the approach of the ruffian and another prizefighter—and
demanded that the former should give him an order to
receive his 200/. at once. Asthis was not complied with,
he seized Mr. Westhall by the collar, and using some of
his most choice expletives, swore he would knock his
brains out with the stick be held over him if he did not
comply with his request. After a skirmish, however, the
ruffian was got out of the office without any serious mis-
chief being done. Baldwin has on several occasions com-
mitted gross assaults on different persons, for which he has
had to pay the penalty.
FENIANIFISI IN THE detachment of
the Royal Horse Artillery, comprising 141 rank and file,
arrived from Leicester at Nottingham at midday on
Tuesday, en route for the North. Usually two days are
taken for the march of troops from Leicester to Notting-
ham, but on this occasion it was completed in one day.
The men are billeted in the town, and their guns (six
nine-pounders will} three spare waggons) have been placed
in the new cattle market. It is said that the destinations
of the men and guns are Leeds and Bradford.