The Express. — 1862-10-22 (London, England)

HEALTH OP LONDON.  It appears from the weekly return issued by the Resistae-Geoeral that the deaths registered in London in the week that ended List Saturday were 1,181. The average number of deaths iu the weeks corresponding with but week in the ten years 1852-61 is found, with • correction for increase of population, to be 1,159. The rate of mortality in last week exceeded the average, but the excess is not considerable.  There were twelve deaths in the week from small poi, and 61 from measles. Nine of these 61 occurred in Bethnalgreen. Scarlatina was fatal in 75 cases, 4of which were in Somerstown, 5 in Kennington. Sixty-three deaths from typhus were recorded, 5 of these in Horton New Town, 5 in Limehouse, and 6 in the district of Poplar. Five deaths of infanta are referred in the tables to the bead " murder or manslaughter." A girl, aged 1 year, died of " impeti,so (4 months), want of proper cleanliness." A charwoman dicd at 6, Everardstreet (St. George-in-theEsst), of " typhus (6 days) ;" ald it is stated that there are other cases of typhus in the same house, and that the apartment in which the death occurred was in " a wretched end squalid ccnditioo." Five persons, who were 91 years of age and upwards died in the week. A market woman died on the 11th of October is St. Giles Workhouse, whose age is stated to have been 104 vears. It is added that " she retained her faculties to the last."  Lest week the births of 944 boys and 919 girls, in all 1,863 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average nember (corrected) was 1,811. The waters used in the metropolis for domestic perposes, according to the analyses of Dr. Robert Dundee Thornton, F.R.S., approach the composition which they exhibited 14..4 month. Some of the Thames waters contain rather more organic matter than in the previous month. For the sake of comparison the constitution of a well at Brighton is given, containing a large amount of organic impunty. In the Kent Company's water the small amount of organic matter was oxidised, and therefore Innocuous.  At the Royal ObUrvatury, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week wu 29.608 inches. The barometrical readings rose to 29.93 inches on Thursday, and fell to 29.30 inches on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 53.9 degs., which is 4 dep. above the average of the same week in 43 yearn (as determined by Mr. Glaisber). The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day till Saturday ; and on Tuesday and Wednesday it was respectively 9.9 dep. and 8.4 degs. above the avenge. The highest day temperature was 71.4 deg. on Wednesday ; the lowest night temperature was 40.3 dep. on Saturda3. The range of the thermometer in the week was themefore 30.1 deg. The mean daily range was 118 dega. The difference between the mean dewpoint temperature and air temperature was 3.7 degs. The mean degree of humidity of the air wax 89, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was almost attained ou Sunday and Saturday. The wind blew till Saturday evening from the south-west. The rain-fall was 1.61 inches, nearly an inch having fallen on Saturday.