The Express. — 1868-09-30 (London, England)

THE HEALTH OP L0NT074.--It appears from the return issued by the autLority of tee RegistrarGeneral, that in the week that ended on Saturday, the 26th September. 4,600 births and 3,123 &ells were registered. in London and in 13 other large towns of the I toted Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality wax per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mirtality laid seek was 22 per 1.000 in London, and 24 ia Edinburgh ; 19 in Bristol, 20 in Birmingham, 31 in I. verpo 36 in Manchester, 42 in Salford, 23 in Sheffield. 32 in Bradford. 34 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 26 in Newcsietle-uponTyne, and 28 in Glasgow. The rate in Berlin was 38 The 1,000 daring the seven days ending the 17th inst. The excessive mortality from summer &weber I, principally infantile, which recently prevailed, has nearly dieappeared. The deaths referred to this diseam in the deign large English towns, which exceeded 900 hoth in the laid week of July and the let of August, had iledlinel to 228 in the week ending last Saturday. During the ton weeks ending laid Saturday the annual death-rate front diarrhoa in the several towns was 4 per 1,000 in London, Bristol, end Newcastle. 7 in Bradford, 8 in Liverpodl, Sheffield, end Hull, 10 in Manchester, Safford, and Leeds. and, higheet, II per 1,000 in Birmingham. Mcre than 6,000 deaths were referred to this disease in these eleven towns during the ten weeks, thus raising the ave-ego annual di ath-rate by 6 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,062 boys and 1,069 girls, in all 2.1 fl children, were registered in the week. In the ca-.. spoudiug weeks of ten yearn 1858-67 the average num'', reereeted for increase ofpepulation. is 2,044. The deaths registered in Loudon during the week were 1.327. It was the thirty-ninth week of the year and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1.255. The deaths in the present return exceed by 42 the estimated amount, and exceed by 107 the number remitted iu the preceding week. The deaths from emetic diseases were 3,1, the corrected average numb •r being 387. Twenty-five deaths from mcaslee. 101 fro n ecarlatina, 7 from diphtheria, 20 from whooping-coaA. 62 from fever, and 64 from ihaithoe were registered. Toe mortality ft OM eearlatina exhibit, a considerable increase. and it is greatly to be feared that the cause is to be f .anal in the bad sanitary Mote of the poorer district of tlei ructropolie. The 'registrar of the sub-district of Lend.) road, Southwark, reports m reterence to a fatal tee of seal lat :ea wi ich occurred at 10. Londou-ro there is DO water lead on to the water clooet, and the effluvia is vary offelueve.- Si. deaths from aarlatina were ree,rded last week in the sub-di.trict of li•• ieington Town, 4 in the eulrd.etnct of Fu.hatn. 3 in th.• rub-district of CLel,ta north-vat:4, 3 in the t of Kentish-town, 4 iu the cub-di-tract of St. tieor:te-the. artyr, Ih.lborn, 3 in the s of West LA§ (It • North. 2 in the suboinatict of Ifatehtf, 2 iii tn. stab-detrict of Lo elon-i,eul. Southwark. and -2  in the subelietriet of Sydeuliani. Two dat h. d;anboa were ngistered in the sub-lidnct tri Ilunqstvad, 2 in the sub-district of Ilacke-y. 2 in the s..tedidriet of Sj,ita:field-, 3 in tlo• t of .lerner, l'e• mentleey. 2 in the sub-district of the Kentis ad. 3 in the sub-dirtriet of Batter-ea. 3in tho drstriet of Pi ckliam, and 2 in the subslistriet of George, Cuniterwell. The deaths of two infants from •• choleraic drarrhos'• were nvonled ; arid a chili, aka .i years, .lied fnen •• Asiatic cholera." These were sporadre tare., si.ch as may occur in any country, at any period et the year ; there has been no eigia of cholera assuming the epidemic form during the present season. The son of a bannan, aged 2U mouths, died on 2,:rjh September at 2. Old Crave -haw, St. (leorge-in-the-East, of choleraic diarrhea (10 days)." The daughter of a general dealer, aged 6 month-, died ou 16th September at 11, Salamancacourt, Lambeth, of "choleric diarrhea, convulsions." The son of a master mariner, aged d years, died on 21th Ss, ptende r, at 33, Campbell-owl, Bromley, of " Asiatic cholera (13 hours)." The deaths of 2 persons from pri%etre, id 4 persons from delirium tremens, of 2 persous hum intemperance. of 9 children and 6 adults from pyphilia, of 3 children from burns or reside, of 6 pensoes (rem drowning, of b infants and 1 &dna from suffocation, of 3 prone who committed suicide, and of 4 persons who were killed by horses or carriages in the etreeta, were regidt rid. FiIATARISN