Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-09-04
AliscelIanrolls Artlclrs.
From the Night Side Of London
LONDON AND IT'S PEOPLE.

/ of both sexes in 1t; I,lO0,0of hlaleS' vi
whom 146,449 were under D years OF
age. and 1,255,6778 females, of whom
I147.173 were under years Of age. The
unmarried males were 670380, ditto fe-
males. 1851 the married men were
800. O98, the wives 409,731; the widow
ers were $1,000, the widows 1lO,076.-I
On the night of the census were 2S,590
husbands whose wives were not with
them, and 39,23l wives mourning their
absent lords. Last year the number OF
children born in London was 86,833 IN
the same period 56,786 persons died
The Registrar General assumes that, with
the additional births, and by the fact OF
soldiers and sailors returning from the
seat of war, and of persons engaged in
peaceful pursuits, settling in the capital,
sustenance, clothing, and house accom-
mediation must now be found in London
for about 10000 inhabitants more than it
contained at the end of 1855. Think of
thal-the population of large city alb
sorbed in London and no perceptible in
convenience occasioned by it Houses
are still to let; there are still the usual
tickets hung up in windows in quiet
neighborhoods, intimating that apart
ments furnished for the use of single
gentlemen can be had within the coun-
try still supplies the town with meat and
bread, and we hear of no starvation in
= consequence of deficient supply. Lon
don is the healthiest city in the world
. During the last ten years the annual
:; deaths have been on the average % to
lie 1000 of the population; in 1856 the pro-
portion was % to 1000; yet, in spite Of
this, half of the deaths that happen Oh
h an average in London between the ages
of 20 and 40, are from consumption anC
diseases Of the respiratory organs. Thu
e, Registrar traces this to the state of thu
e, streets. He says: =" There can be NJ
~ doubt that the dirty dust suspended il
the air that the people of London breathe
often excites diseases of the respirator,
organs. The dirt of the streets is pre-
duced and ground down by innumerabl
horses, omnibuses, and carriages, an
:, then beat up in fine dust, which fills tn
mouth, and inevitably enters the air pas
sages in large quantities. The dust
not removed every day, but, saturate
" with water in the great throughfare
sometimes ferments in damp weathe
~ and at other times ascends again unde
14 the heat of the summer sun ns atrno
pheric dust"
I'M London, says Henry Mayhem, may /
safely asserted to be the most densel
populated city in all the world contain
ing one-fourth more people than Peki
and two-thirds more than Paris-mol
than twice as many as Constantinople-
four times as many as St. Petersburg
five times as many as Vienna Or Ne
York, or Madrid-nearly seven times
many as Berln-eight times as MAJ
as Amsterdam-nine times as many
Rome-ffteen times as many as Cope
hagen-and seventeen times as many
an Stockholm.
London" says Horace Say, " c.
his atae proVince coverte de nlaiSo7aS."
covers an area of 122 square miles
extent, OR 70,029 statue acres; and CT
tains 1927, 391 houses. Annually 40
new houses are in erection for upwal
n of 10000 new corners. The continue
line of buildings stretching from H
loway to Gambler well is said to be tive
miles long. 1t is computed that if
buildings were set in a row they wo
reach across the whole of England e
France, from York to the Pyrenees
London has 10000 distinct sire
squares, circuses, crescents, terraces,
a. las, rows, buildings, places lanes, cou
door alleys, news, yards, rents. The pa
coil streets of London, according to a ret
published in 1856, number over so
and exceed 1000 miles in length
heir cost Of this paved reading was fourt
tad millions, and the repairs cost FL 800
n as per annum. London contains 1900 m
of gas pipes, with a capital of nes
100000 spent in the preparation
lrce' gas. The cost of gas lighting is ha
uh- million. 1t has 100000 lights; and
'ne 100000 cubit feet of gas are burnt ev
It he night. Last year along these streets
enormous quantity of upwards of Gig
millions of gallons of water rushed
some srDr1,, sc .,,o ;aLaL...
Using donbio ,rbo. :. - 90 :, =
hew says. If the entire people of
capital were to be drawn up in marcl
order, two and to, the length of the Q
or q army of Londoners would be no
than $40 miles and sunDosinc, The,