The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-24 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OP LONDON.

The Registrar-General in his report states that
• the deaths is Laden, which had been in the previous week
1,006, rase in the week ending Saturday, Oct. 20, to 1,116.
In the ten years 1850.69 the average number of deaths in
the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,020 ; but as
the deaths returned fur last week occurred in an increased
population, the average should be raised proportimally, sem-
' ration which will make it 1,122. It appears, therefore,
that the deaths is the present return approximate
closely to the average rate of mortality at this season of
the year.
The births last week exceeded the deaths by 884. .
The deaths by symutic diseases were 272. Girder this
bead are included 9 deaths from small-pox, 66 from
masks, 49 from scarlatina, 8 from diphtbseit, 34 from diar-
rhoea and 2 fromehoara.
A blacksmith, aged 37 years, died of " cholera (3 days)"
at 24, Acme-street, Woolwich, and the wife of a mason,
aged 43 years, died of " cholera" at 20, Wellingtatatree‘
Peatonville. Pulmouary diseases, exclusive of plithisis and
whooping-cough, were fatal in 211 eases, the corrected
average being only 167. Pneumonia was fatal in 103 cases,
of which 78 were those of children under 2 years of age, sod
$6 persons died from bronchitis. 109 persons died from
affections of the brain and nervous system, 46 from diseases
of the heart, and 46 from diseases of the digestive organs.
heron infanta died from suffocation in bed, and 2 children
from scalds. Four deaths were the oniequence of burns.
The son of a baker, aged 14 years, died at the Wastainster
Hospital from bans, the result of felling. into a baker's
oven. A hatter residing in Piccadilly committed suicide by
the inhalation of charcoal fumes. A sailor, aged 4 years,
died on board ship is the river Thames from marry. A
politer fen a viotim to the poisonous affects of
t=tita. system. A Greenwich pensioner attained the
age of 93 years, two widows died, aged respectively 9'3 and
98 years, and two *freer; each of them being 90 years
of age.
Last week the births of 909 boys and 861 girls, in all
1,800 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1850-69 the average number
was 1,576.

EXTRAORDINARY ACTION AGAINST A BANKING
COIRANY.—A somewhat remarkable ease was based at the
Promo County Court on Monday. Several magistrates and
most of the professional gentlemen and tradesmen of the
town were in attendance. Mr. Bertram, solicitor, of Bath,
appears's for the plaintiff; and T. W. Saunders, keq., of the
Western Circuit, instructed by Mr. Cruttwell, for the defen-
dants. The action was brought by Mr. W. H. Harvey, a re-
pectable carrier and shoemaker of the town, against the
Wilts end Dorset Banking Company, for the non-performance
of an swat to forward the sum of 141. 17s. Uhl. to
Messrs. O. and C. Turner, of Northampton, wholesale
bootsnakera. It appeared from the evidence of the plain-
tiff sod his wife that oat the 9th of June the plaintiff's
wife's sister, an intelligent girl of 14 years of age, went to
the Wilts and Dorset Bank, in this town, to pay the 141.
17s. 101. into the bank, to be forwarded to Mews. Turner ;
that she returned saying that she bad done so, having paid
'U. commission, and returned the change. Nothing more
was heard of the matter until two months afterwards,
' when a writ was suddenly served, and an execution
immediately issued on Mr. Harvey's goods. It was
denied es the pert of the defence that the money had
ever been paid into the husk, and several discrepancies
in
the plaindrs case were pointed out. The judge gave a judg-
moot for the defendants and full wits, commenting on the
solupicksts sendect and discrepancies on the side of the
Ilistutiff, and entirely exonerating the cashier of the tank
from any keputatino as his conduct.
CRIIITAL PALACE OWN SKIII.IIIO
Tyro" Odom 23.—Adaimises en plow* 2,m;
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