The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-27 00:00:00

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(from the Iteeirreramerare Report.)
Ia the week en diog /sat Saturday, the deaths
registered is the metropolitan Metrics were 1028. Thii re-
turn shows a farts*, increase la the mortality, for sines it
began to is., the deaths deist the 111%, pre4:o.l we. ke were
ha the ant 876, sad is the mad 967. la this 10 eeerepoed•
leg weeks of the yeas 1840 9, they fiestasted between 770
tad 1197. the later mallet of lemelity sesernd fa the
twelftn week 01645 ; the avenge ef the entree 'arrested
for increase epaulettes, is 1,071 the percent rema is there-
fore only lam tial the avenge by 46. The "sly elves of
disease in which an inane Gel the average te remarkable
an those which effect respectively the err ea respintioe
and the organs of circulation. only kaftans ia weak
omplaints la the respiratory gegen ban Ma so fatal
as io last week, at this seem of the »sr,
occur in 1846 sad 11147 ; from parnmenis there ware 90
deaths (of whisk 71 wen moan children), the
aorrected average is 85 free becethitis then were
99 (of week mere Ma two:thirds wen moss adults/. the
enestrid enrage is My 47. Both these dimes show a
aossiderable laces''', when this deaths are impend with
W numbers leaned la the two previous weeks. This ea-
em both ea the weeks immediately preceding sad on the
eferrespowleg weeks of frefillf years is snMesetly exploited
by the feet that the saw temperature whisk lest week was
defy 37 via. 8 deg., shows a Free fall es wish week
i
the whole month of February sad the Ulf of
ellreild taking the earreposdiag weeks 0 1840.9, it
ammo that it was sever it low ea at preaset. meet he
1840 and 1645, sad that I. ale of Meiners it ranged from
40 deg. to 49 min 7 deg. The deaths frosa sommemgelse
Las week won 135, a number leas than the e
Aimee optdemaks, small poi, eseriatiaa, heepleg=
sad typhus. are note fatal as mod, but masks, them whisii
there wen 23 deaths, and diarrhea, bee which Shore were
20. tee *here the amen. A death from cholera is reseeded
la the following terms ; "At 83, Leiden-rood, 8R George,
Southwark, on the 16th of Much, the son of ca ironmonger,
at the op* of ten weeks, died of infantile cholera, after an
films of 23 haus." 11 deserves to be enticed that three
deaths were regbtered in ass week from sho-
ne, thane's it is not usual that mars than
double that Rueter are retuned is • year;
the following are the particulars • —At 6, Charlesenet,
Markey. rood, the see of • oonspeder, at tbeege of 8 veers,
died of ehere.. Ober en Bens of 3 weeks ;'. at} 25, York-
meet West, BMW, the see of • palate (deemed), died
at the ace of a year end tee menthe, of "chorea ;" and at
JaM1111.14“010. Limbs», the en of a glonepesker (de-
emed), died at the ego of 15 peen, of "Mesa, after en
Muss of 23 days." The three deaths caw'''ed, efts ea the
16th, end two as the 16th of March. Child:, • are »turned
almost cusp week as esublentally suffocated in bed; ammo
OWN de cis regale eel let week from this saes sr" two
which recurred la one hem. Two men and a 110=111 died
from the intemperate unt of strong drink. Two now sad
de women died hems 90 sad 100 years of age. On
kindred and elms moons died in workhouses 64 is hos-
pitals, of elms 18 wen in saes/ and eilitiry establlsh-
meats, sad 6I lanes asthma
The nese daily wadies of the harometor at the Bryal
Observatery, Greenwich, was above 30 ie. ea Sunday, Moe
day, Weidaselay, sad Teanday ; mean of the weak wee
20 971. The mean temperature (37.8 rkg. as stated above)
wee Ines that the avenge of the it.. period is sena
yew, particularly oar Sunday, Meartsy, sad Saturday, when
"was ties 7 deg. to 11 deg. less than the avenges 0 thee
Re With. miaowed list week assbarel 1,469.