The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEE%

In the week that ended on Saturday (Nov. 14)
the total number of deaths registered in London wee 1,181,
which approximates very timely to the number in the pre-
vious week. In the ten years 1847-58 the average number
of deaths le the weeks
iti,ng with lut week was
1,068 ; and ta the parse , which has received an
increase, the sane nate mortality would produce 1,175
deaths. The diffwenes, thud" between the actual a®-
bar of deaths and the number as estimated is inconsiderabths
Bat the returns show that there has been a decided In-
man oldest,' in the last two weeks, for the weekly am s-
lur in October was only about • thousand. Old meow
to ham suffered from the weather that has lately pre-
Sir whereas in the hat week of October the number
of reams who died between the ogee of 80 and 80 years was
152, last week It was 207; sad though of those who bad
attained the age of 80 rims and unmade there were
in the lamer period only 32 deaths, the number last week
was 60. ammo of the respiratory organs (exclusive of
'land hooramoougli) which in August were fatal in
10 ce 801 oases *is*, sad In the last week of October in 190
cams, rase Met week to 291. Of the number last mentioned,
162 deaths were referred to bronchitis, 108 to pneumonia or
inthensolica of the lamp, 19 to asthma. At this time when
intsessa Is common only six resat are returned under this
spedde designation in the medical certificates Fhthisis
attests to some extant the presence of the same atmospheric
inflows. the deaths under this headhavlng risen from about
130 to 161. litre were only 19 death' last week from diar-
rheas; and it is satisfactory to Ind that no deaths from cho-
kes were reported. Scerlatia• is prevalent In the wag dis-
Ickes, mad In that pert of London it was fetal in 22 tease;
the anonber retuned in all the metropolitan districts is 56.
Uplins (including ander this heed common fever) carried off
IrmLnonisians are returned as truing died In the
with"; the eldest of these had arrived at the grad ace of 99
Bnw ; he had been formerly a
North farmer, and bs died at 3,
, Clerkeswell.
Lest week the births of 90 bland 830 girls, in all 1,737
children, were registered in ln the ten correspond-
'sigma's( the rem 1847-68 the average number was 1,446.

SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL.—Last night a mos
determined set of oaf-destruction took place in one of the
cello of the Bow-street station, by a man named James
Hagen, who it appears was taken into custody by • police
constable on the suss day, in the Strand, for being drunk,
and carelessly driving • horse and cart down the street lead-
ing to the Ailelphi arches. The eleCOLfei, when discovered
in the oil, was sonesded by a leathern belt, which he pre-
'jaunty had rend his wain. He wee immediately cut down
and conveyed to King's College Hospital, but life wee
cn-
tl~.et. Kr. Bedford, the censer, will hold an Inquest on the
body on Thursday.
SUDDEN DEATH OP A CLEROTMAN AT NEW
Count's, OXFOILD.—An inquisition was yostefday (Tues-
day) efteention taken before Valentine Cox, Rai., University
=err, and a jory of matrhanted wenn, to inquire into
the sudden death of the Rev. Charles Alcoa, M.A., formerly
Fellow of New College, vicar of Adderbury with Burford,
et John's Curacy, and Milton Hamlet, but who has for
mine time pest been rending at Wilburn, Sumer, who was
discovered dead in • water-closet in the college. The de-
mean was on • non vnit to New College. end had attended
the " Gaudy " on Thursday last. On Friday miming he
natal. He had told his sweat he
2:llelasam
leave Oxford by the 10.30 train, and return to New
Collage on Tunny. Nothing more was seen or heard of
him. It was noticed aim* then that the door of on of the
water-chaste he thecae's had renined fsatened,but, se this
had occurred taws. It 'meant opened till yesterday morning,
when the body of Mr. Mooch was found inside. The jury
returned • verdict "That the demand died suddenly, and
from snare' cares."
THE RUN TOR GOLD AT LIMERICK.—There was a
great run en the Provincial and National Banks at Limerick
on Monday, but It was well and promptly net by both, and
before two o'clock the peak had almost subsided, confidence
Irving apparently restored. The amply. of gold an view at
each bank wan immense. Dta to the amount of 4,00 W.
were drawn out of ening, bank. In soma instances
re-
lodgma wen made by parties in the Provincial Bank.