The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

2111 HIEALIH OF LONDON.

The weekly retwu of births and deaths in London
Mated by the Itegistrar-General, states that a low tampon-
we of the air, which commenced on the 9th natant sad
sontlased during eleven days, boa canoed the deaths in
Leedom to sins from 1,061, the somber returned in the per
week, to 1,233, the amber shown in the metre of lest
week. I. the ten ysen 1849.66 the average number of
deeds is the week. ooneeponding with last week was
1,114; • bat as the deal= captained in the pretest return
wawa in a population which has teenaged, they should
be simpered with the average raised le proportion to the M-
ouse, namely, with 1,226. It will be seen from this Mae-
matt, that the actual mortality agrees very &Italy with the
neon obtased from celenlation
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The cold and fogs of last week attacked the respiratory
orgem, and the deaths from diseases which affect them, not
including *Weis, have risen from 179 to 233. In Molest
four weeks the deaths from bronchitis have been 58, 90, 102,
and 116. POSSIMOSIS or Inflammation of the lunge, the
death' reined to which bled are chiefly those of children,
bee apparently not been fatally aggravated by the weather,
for the ambers assigned to it In the last three weeks were
73, 60, end 64. Phthisie or consumption rose from 132 in
the previous week to 157 last week. That persona of ad-
vanced ego have lately Guttered much appears from the foot
that eight nosagenartans are returned, tour of whom when
they died were aged reepectrvely 94, 96, 96, end 97 yam.
Two children, twins, in one family, and two chlldres, ulee
twins, in maker, died, having been born prematurely; sad
three children of a carpenter's labourer being triplets, died
of isealtieo in Winchester-court, Penteitvilk.
Seven persona committed suicide, among whom was itt
aged 17 years, who killed herself with prussic acid.
widows died from " barb " in the workhouse, Mile-end New
Town. Five children died of measles in the eel:, district of
Bt. John, Westminster. Scarlatina was fatal in 96 cases,
diphtheria in 9; of the former 4 occurred in All Sonia, Mary
-
khans, 4 In Kentish-town, 6 in Islington west. 6 in St.
Gibe south. Smallpox was fatal in 29 cases, 6of which
occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. All the victims of thi•
disease were children under 10 years of age, except 6, who
had attained the age of 20 or umsrds.
Dr. Thomson, toe medical dam of bald' LmMarylebone,
makes the following observation on imallarx in St. John's-
wood Nine cams of allpox have mane under treatment
at the Portland-town Fro, Dlryaaeary, Bt. John's-wood,
within as many days. I am indebted for the lute to the
attention of William Orange, Beg., Readmit Medics] Officer.
The first, a lenti•OODfiliali case wee a child without any
visible Cicatrix, in St. John's Wood-terrace, the family
haviagoxoe from Highgate a few days previously, where the
. damn prevailed. Her aunt, at 8, Victoria-terrace, likewise
• without say visible cicatrix, caught the disease • the eruption
wee t• very full." In two children with good mars, at 27,
New-street, the eruption impaired very mildly. Another
awe occurred at 8, Upper William-street, with scarcely any
sear; the mother stated the girl to have been vac:mated,
but added, she had ao faith at all in vaccination.' Three
children at 6, Henry-place, who had been protected by
vaccination, had the disease very mildly. TM last cue was
that of • girl at 28, Victoria-terrace, with two good seers,
and who bad been playing with some of the infected
children ; the empties Is moderately full.' Hitherto there
he. ban no fatality in these cases."
Of bricklayers 5 died in the week, of bricklayers' wives 5,
of bricklayers' children 6 ; of carpenters 9 died, of aromas'
wives 6, of carpenters' children 22; of masons 2 died, of
masons' wives 2, of mama children 3 ; of painters 4 clad,
of painters' wives 3, of platen' children 13; of plasterers 0
died, of plasterrire wives 2, of plasterers' children 2.
Lest week the births of 958 buys and 902 girls, in all 1,860
children, were registered in London. In the ten correspond-
ing weeks of the years 1849-68 the average number was
1,526

FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE or Goon HOPI.
—On the 21■ t instant want embarked at llouthamplory seder
the superintendence of the Hew. W. Field, on hosed the
Man. Some. f,.r Cape Tows, 262 souk, equal to 287}
st►tute Mutts. They comprise a number of agricultural
and domestic rtrvanta, as well ea of labourers requlnd for
the pubic works now in program there. The Cape emigra-
tion at the expense of the ooloay for the year 1366, now
'mounts, exclusive of aselMod passame, to 3,733 souk.

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n Penny, the well-known Arctic verger,
errs an mendny snontlnir at Aherdent, from the whale-
& at Ctunberlaan (of Betio). He left Aberdeen fit the
end of loot Jane is the Lady Presidia, and Mann thse
early with Ulna *haw, stout ex', lane of oil, sad a flew
too of base.