The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-03 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, September 29, the births registered in London
and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom
were 4,574 ; the deaths registered 3,176. The annual rate
of mortality was 27 per 1,000 persons living. In London
the births of 1,057 boys and 1,089 girls, in all 2,146
children, were registered in the week. In the correspond-
ing weeks of ten years 1856-65 the average number, cor-
rected for increase of population, was 1,977. The deaths
registered in London during the week were 1,418. It was
the thirty-ninth week of the year, and the average number
of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase
lof population, 1,2.39. The deaths in the present return ex-
ceed the estimated number by 179. 177 deaths from
cholera, and 67 from diarrhoea were registered during the
week. Of these 12 deaths from cholera, and 9 from
diarrheas occurred in the West ; 36 from cholera, and 11
from diarrhten in the North ; 28 from cholera, and 17
from diarrhoea in the Central ; 55 from cholera, and 18
from diarrhoea in the East ; 46 from cholera, and 12 from
diarrhcea in the South districts. During the last
13 weeks, 4,714 persons have fallen victims to cholera, and
2,298 deaths were caused by diarrhoea. The cholera
matter is now diffused very equally all over London; and
as the waters of the upper Thames, of the Lea, and of the
wells become infected the utmost exertions of the autho-
rities will be required to ensure its decline. Each health
officer should consider that the safety not onlyof the people
of his own district, but of three millions of people depends
on his activity. It is to be regretted that these inade-
quately paid officers cannot devote the whole of their time
to the duties of their important office.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000
in London, 23 in Edinburgh, and 44 in Dublin ; 22 in
Bristol, 18 in Birmingham, 47 in Liverpool, 28 in Man-
chester, 2t in Salford, 18 in Sheffield, 29 in Leeds, 26 in
Hull, 36 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 25 in Glasgow. The
rate in Vienna was 55 per 1,000 daring the week ending
the 22nd ult., when the mean temperature was 5.3 deg.
Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London,
where the rate was 23 per 1.000.
The fatality of cholera continues to decline steadily in
Liverpool ; last week, of the 437 deaths 116 were referred
to this disease, while in the previous six weeks the num-
bers were respectively 157, 146, 225, 145, 182, and 159. In
Dublin, however, the number of fatal cases is still in-
creasing ; the 268 deaths, including 98 from cholera,
whereas in the four previous weeks they were 41, 52, 55,
and 65. Manchester even now appears to be threatened
with a visitation, unless the danger can be averted by
strenuous exertions on the part of the local authorities ;
last week, in Manchester and Salford, of the 248 deaths 14
were referred to cholera, of which several were of a severe
type. In Vienna an epidemic of cholera is raging with in-
creasing violence ; in the week ending 22nd September, of
586 deaths, 274 were cases of cholera, showing a large in-
crease upon the three previous weeks, then the numbers
were 64, 107, and 201.

TRADE AT COVENTRY.
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Considerable success has attended the scheme
for introducing a new trade into Coventry, and
the erection of the new Leigh Mills, in Hill-
street, is being proceeded with. The work is now
so far advancedi that Monday was axed foe laying
the top stone of the wall, and the arrangements fur
giving effect to the formality of doing so were on a scale
commensurate with the importance of the occasion to the
city of Coventry. now and henceforth to be no longer
absolutely dependent on the trade which gave it name
and fame as a manufacturing town. About one o'clock
there departed to rook for the Leigh Mills • proces-
sion, which included the clergy and dissenting ministers,
and none of its components looked better than the work-
people, especially the women and girls, each wearing a few
dowers in breast or button-hole. It WAS loudly cheered on
its way to Hill-street, and the cheering became louder
when Lord Leigh, the chairman of the North Warwick-
shire Worsted and Woollen Company, and Lord-Lieutenant
I of the county, entered the enclosure, and took his place on
the wall, in order to perform his own, the principal, part
in the masonic ceremonial.
This having been gone through, his lordship addressed
those present, expressing his gratification at the progress
of the undertaking, trusting that they would observe
the motto of the Worsted and Woollen Com-
pany, which they saw engraven on the stone before them,
viz., " Weave truth with trust." He then alluded to the
early days of the undertaking, and expressed his hope that
the new trade would prove a source of constant and ex-
tended employment to the artisans of Coventry. Already
200 looms had been kept at work at the Widdrincton
Mills, and bad they had apace enough 500 looms might
have been kept going ; and he trusted that in the new
mills they would be enabled to have the larger number of
500 looms at work. In conclusion, he expressed his plea-
sure at the part his Masonic brethren had taken in the
proceedings of that day.
On the conclusion of the ceremo a large number of
ladies and gentlemen partook of luncheon,at the Corn Ex-
change, a portion of the gallery being ao occupied by
ladies who wished to hear the speeches. The Mayor of
COVESTRT (Mr. James Marriott) presided.

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