The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-03 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON.

The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon-
don, issued by authority of the Itegistru•General,statee that
the rate of mortality in London has been very uniform
during the last five weeks. In the week that ended last
Saturday the deaths registered were 1,Z36. The average
number as obtained from the returns of oorrespooding
weeks of ten yearn 1851-60, and corrected for increase of
population, is 1,380, and the result of the comparison,
namely, a reduction in the week of 344 deaths below the
average, must be viewed with satisfaction.
In 18.53 and 1860 the deaths in the last week of March
rose above 1.700, chiefly in consequence of pulmonary com-
plaints. The deaths now returned are therefore about 300
less than they were in either of those weeks, though there
has been an increase of population, which, since the first of
the periods mentioned, must be considerable.
But though the mortality from all causes is at present
low, that from wheoping•cough specially is high. The
weekly average of this disease lately has been 80 ; last week
the number rose to 104. The corrected average for corre-
sponding weeks isll9. All the deaths except 13 occurred
to children under 3 yearn of age. The complaint appears
to prevail chiefly in the neighbourhood of the Regent's-
park, so many as eight deaths from it being recorded in the
sub-district that bears the name of that locality. There
were 13 fatal cases of whooping-cough in the Greenwich and
Rotherhithe districts ; 4 in the sub-district of St. Paul Ham-
mersmith. It was List seek as fatal as the six following
symotie diseases combined ; small-pox, measles, scarlatina,
diphtheria, typhus, and diarrheas.
Thirty deaths were registered from measles, a number
which does not exceed the average ; but the fact that so
large a proportion as 11 out of the 30 was contributed by
Kentish-town demands observation. Three occurred in the
sant districts, and not one in the huge population on the
south side of the river. Measles has been prevalent in
Kentish-town for some time ; 6 and 5 deaths respectively
were registered there in the two previous weeks. Of
deaths referred to typhus, seven were caused by gastric
fever. Glanders was fatal in two awe ;in one to a veten-
nary stupors, in the wood to a bone-chopper.
lest week the births of. 1,031 boys and 943 girls, in all
1,974 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1851.1860 the average number
was 1,881.

On Monday afternoon a public meeting was held
in the Market-place, Halifax, to consider the propriety of
petitioning parluunent in favour of Mr. flaiere's liorough
Franchise Bill. There had been some misunderstanding
as to the hour of meeting, but notwithstanding this fact,
and also the exceedingly unfavourable weather, the mein-
blage numbered from LOW to 1,500 exrsona.
SHIPS' MANIFESTS AND THE BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS
REGULATION:4. —The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, at
their last meeting, agreed to the recommendation of a ape-
cis' committee to solicit the aid of the government is ob-
taining • niodification of the regulations as to the manifests
of ship, sailing from England to the Brawls.

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