The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-11 00:00:00

Manchester 1527 and 2385 ; Leeds 996 and 1557 ; Chester
279 and 394; Wrexham 207 and 336.
The disastrous effect of the immigration of the Irish
poor is dwelt upon. The evil increased in the winter
quarter ; .and the deaths of Liverpool were 3068, or 1134
more than in the winter quarter of 1846. Ihe report
states, " Notwithstanding the depressing aspect of this
overflow-of pauperism. from a third part of the Unit.ed
Kingdom, left for centuries without an efficient poor-law,
the authorities of the, English towns, which the visitation
has reached, appear to have made every provision in their
power for' the relief of the unfortunate people. For
thousands of the Irish peasantry they have found food ;
for thousands,. graves ; and many of their officers and
townsmen have fallen in the courageous discharge of the
duties thrown upon them,—in one sense by a natural ea-
lamity,—in another by a national crime." In London,
during the quarter, 15,289 deaths were registered, a
greater number than in any previous winter quarter since
the weekly table commenced. The health of the city,
like than of the rest of the country, has been below the
average. "It is evident," says the report, " that the
health of towns in England is at present stationary, not
to say retrograding." The report 'remarks at great
length on the Health. of Towns' Bill, which will probably
bo discussed in Parliament this session, and the writer
sees no reason why London shall be excluded from its
oi.Trations,

From•the deaths registered in the quarters ending March
31st, of the last and present year, we take—
Population in 1841. Deaths, 1846. Deaths, 1947.
London 1,948,211 12,518 15,289
Bristol
Birmingham.... 138,187 867 1,187
Liverpool 223,054 1,934 3,068
Breston ... 77,189 566 813.
Manchester.... 192,408 1,527 2,185
Sheffield ...... 85,076 611 623
Leeds, &c...... 168,667 996 1,557
York 47,779 336 372
We now come to the registrar's notes respecting their
several districts, selecting only such particulars as may
interest our reader. The deaths in towns were nearly all
above the average.
Birmingham—Deaths considerably more than, in the
same quarter last year.
Liverpool—St. Martin's district, deaths 520 above the
`average. _

Great Howard-street, a great excess in mortality, solely
attributable to the influx of many thousands of Irish
paupers, bringing with them malignant fever.
Vale-street, deaths, 580, being an increase of 183 above
the preceding quarter, owing principally to= the above
cause.

St. Thomas, deaths, 362, considerably above the aye-.
rage.

7111ount-pleasant, 508, including the Workhouse, being
154 more than last year. Same cause attributed.
Islington, 294, increase on corresponding quarter 1846,
of 37.
St. George, 176, which is above the corresponding
quarter of last year.
West Derby, 172, a decrease of G 7.
7baleth-park. 396; a decrease of 12. i compared with
the last quarter.
The general diseases have been typhus, diarrhea, dysen-
tery, bronchitis, pneumonia, fever, phthisis, measles and
small pox, and bowel disease.
With regard to the weather during the quarter, the
mean temperature at Greenwich was 37 4, which is 6 3
below that of the corresponding quarter of 1846. In some
localities the thermometer varied much on certain days.
In February and March there was great dryness through-
out many of the districts, and particularly when the tem-
perature was very low. Vegetation during the quarter
was subjected to frequent low temperatures, and upon the
whole the weather was more severe and painful to the
senses than in either of the corresponding quarters of the
three previous years. The winter of 1846-7 may be con..
sidered to have commenced on November 27, 1816, and
to have continued fully to the end of March.

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