The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-22 00:00:00

HEALTH O.P LONDON DURING THE razz

The weekly return of births and deaths in London
laird,
by authority of the Beginner-General, for the
week eading Saturday, Deoember 18, shows the deaths
registered in London in the week ending last Wonky to be
1,442. In the ten years 184667 the average number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding with lest week wee
1,186 ; bat es the deaths in the present return occurred In a
pcpslation:whice has htereased, they should be compand with
the swigs aft it is raised in proportion to this is rears, a
correction which will auks it 1,306. The result of COM-
prison is, that the deaths of las week exceeded by 137 the
umber which would have occurred if • rate of mortality the
ma se the avenge had prevailed, The deaths in the pre-
awing week were 1,631; and though those of last week are
atilt amserols, it is malefactor, that the return abows a con-
eased &grew in the mortality from the high point which It
Wising at the aid of Let mon&

Sixty-Zees diarriOb of Engiaod in which the mortality is
less have been selected, sad their aversge rate of mortality
in the last quarter older year has been ascertained. If the
deaths in London last week had been aooordiag to " the
healthy rate" thus obtained, they would have been 786'
sad the actual SIMI (amounting to 877) above this standard
may be the result in part of the unfavourable nature of the
weather, but it mime chiefly front acquired conditions of in-
stlttbrity that suet in town..
The deaths caused Ism week by zymotic diastase in the
aggregate were 322, the corrected average of tea correspond-
ing weeks being 299. Though scarlatina appears to oe de-
clining, it is soli by far the most fatal in this rues. The
deaths from it were 112, the average being 68. Eight &sibs
front soarlatina occurred in the Tottenham-oourt-road mb-
dhariet. Small-pax slowly Merman, and it was fetal last
week in 18 cases. From tamales 42 children sad an adult
died; of which cams 3 occurred within four days la one
house. 21, Kidd-sheet, Woolwich. Bronchitis carried of
264 persons, which is rather mots than in the previous week,
and exceeds the overage by 131. The deaths of 6 newtons-
riser, who were all widowe, ere recorded an having occurred
et the following ages : 90, 94, 96, 98, and 99 years.
Last week the births of 890 boys and 880 girls, in all
1,770 ebildrec, were registered in London, la the ten ret-
rospect/big weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number
was 1,681.

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