Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

lICALTII OF TEM Tows.

Ths Medical Odicer of Health reported that in the week
ending on last Saturday, 232 del hs were registered in
the borough, being 18 less than in the prefoue we k, and
about the average of the same week of former years
corrected for increase of population, but excluding the
cholera. Fr nn zymotic diseases, the deaths were OD, of
which 26 were from scarlatina, 21 from diarrhfee, (23
children, and 1 adult), being 12 less that in the week pre.
ceding. 14 from typhus, 12 from heaping cough, 3 from
small pox, (2 uevecciatteesl), 2 from measles, and 1 from
croup. Diseases of the lungs caused 41 deaths 3 less
than in the wecediog week. A licensed victualler died
from the-effects of excessive drinking.
During the quarter ending 23. h Septemb sr. 3,423 deaths
were registered in the borough, including 189
sudden and violent deaths, and deaths in hospitals
This number is 410 more than in the cor-
responding quarter of la,t year, and 70 more
than the corrected average of the same quarter of
the preceding nine years, excluding epidemic cholera.
The deaths from zymotic diseases during the quarter were
1,239, being 115 more than the corrected average without
cholera. From diarrhcet the deaths were 618 (nearly
one-half of the entire number), the average being 463;
from hooping-cough, 190; from scarlatina, 179; fever,
107; small-pox, 43, of which 12 were after vaccination ;
dysentery, 33 ; cholera, 33 ; croup, 16 ; measles, 15 ;
syphilis, 10. The only diseases of this class more
Prevalent than usual, besides diarrhoea, were hooping-
cough and scarlatina, the latter of which still shows a
disposition to spread. From heoping-cough the dea'hs
daring the last five quarters have been, successively, 55,
65. 100. 158, 190 ; but the disea3e appears to have
reached its maximum for the present The mortality of
croup was lower than in any p-evious quarter, and that of
measles lower than is any. with the excep'ion of the
quarter immediately preceding Diseases of the lungs
(including 358 fr comumptim) caused 614 deaths,
about 30 less than the average.
The Borough Eegineee Building Surveyor. and In-
spector of Nuisances reported various particulars of the
operations in their several departments during the week,
from which it appeared that 118 nuisances complained of
by inhabitants hal been inspected, and means taken to
remedy them; and 1,156 houses, in the unhealthiest
districts containing 4 058 apartment-, and 846 cellars, had
been put under examination, with the view of improving
their sanitary condition.
In reply to the CHAIRMAN,
Dr. Duseter said that, at present, there was no appear-
ance of epidemic cholera in Liverpool. It was generally
preceded by an increase of diarrhea a; but that disease was
decreasing, instead of increasing. It would be Lis duty
to report to the committee its first appearance, and they
would then make all necessary arrangements. It had
reached Eramburgh, but Eve months generally elapsed after
its appearance in that city before it reached Liverpool.
They would not, therefore, hive it Were spring ; but he
hoped. and it was probable, that they world escape it
altogether.
This conclu 'ed ihi general business.

CORONER'S COURT.

The borongh•coroner held the following inque3ta yester-
day

On the body of Julia Maher, 5 years old, wh) died in
consequence of her clothes having caught fire in her
father's house, 45, Ford-street. The case was accidental,
and the jury found accordingly.
On the I).Kly of Amu Ilann,,h, aged 11 years, who lived
in 3 Court, Dryden-street. In this case the child went
in 'o a cellar, with lighted paper, which set fire to her
clothes, and bhe died in the Northern Hospital from the
effects of the injuries. Verdict: "Accidental death."
On the body of Phcebe Swaine, 3 years old, who lived
at 138, liendvson-street. In this case the child was left
by itself in the l'ouse, and almost as a matter of course, its
clothes caught fire,, and the injuries caused death. Verdict
accordingly,

OTS' CLOTHING MADO WITH GREAT TASTE, at LEWIS and
compANTMßaneugh-street.