The Express. — 1859-02-09 (London, England)

SLUTS 07 LORDON DURING THE WEBS.  The weekly return of births and deaths in London famed by authority of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday, February 6, states that the London re. tarns famish satisfactory indications of improvemeot of the public hr aith, The deaths in the metr..politan district", which were 1,429 in the emend wek of January, have shown a constant decrease daring the three subroiment weeks. In the week that ended lad Saturday they were r 3! la the len yens 1849— ISIS the weep swim ; 411nlia 1119 Awessra raw with lad Ilea ins I,IW - se fn the ;fewest eeisoa matured in a impulatitn which has inereased, they can only be compared with the average raised is proproton to that Mame, namely 1,314. The comparson shows that the deaths of last seek wee law by 71 than the mamba which would have been retutntd under the average rate of mortality Thu deaths from scarlatina fantod week Letter 100, after herby ranged above that po.nr, and for tic most part to a cmsldarableestent above it, since the end of August. The number referred to this head in the table for lea week 1. 92, which lector'. s 16 from diphtheria. The t cwhs from diphtheria °warred la the fit:lowing sub-di-phis ; 1 in Selman, 3 in Orers.ina-lase, lin Sonnora town, 3in Islington Wet, 1 in St. George Blcomehury, 1 In St. James, Cleekmwell. 1 in Kent-road, 1 in St. Peter, Welworth, lin 'Minna, 1 in Streatham, 1 to Peckham, end 1 in Woolwich dockyard. Besides these, a death seamed from measles and diphtheria" in Kentish-!own. Sic death, amorist from scarlatina in the district of Poplar, and 5 from the same disesse in the sub-district of St. Paul. Deptford. Smallpox was fatal in 11 secs. Seven Jamie end an 'dolt died from syphilis; one person from interaprance, besides 3 from delirium Imams. -Eleven women Teed from diseases incidental to childbearing. Two pereons distil from carbuncle. Thirty-four persona died from Warier scotdental or othorwhe, and amongst throe sees infanta who hail been touricml, end two mesons who bad tx mmittld suicide. The deaths of 2 person. resulted from want. A man and a woman died at the advanced age of 90 years, en I a widow at the age of 96 years. Last week toe births. of 939 boys and 933 girls, in all  1,922 children, were regintorel in Losieon. In the trit corresponding weeks of the years 1819-68 the average number was 1,848.  THIS HEALTH OF BalOttTOW.—The prosperity of our tome depen is on its reparation for salebrity. We regret, therefore to dad is the rrealtrar-generars quarterly return the following weep, The mortality in Foment of the towns bat been escresively high, and this has teen notably the awe in Brighton, Reading, Windsor. Exeter, kr., ko. The deaths, 386, .mosedel the birth., 375, in fit. Brighton; the registrar enameastes the prevailing cyanotic diseases, end thee (Amerces The iuhabban's of .tur sabdiatrlet are chitty artiness, mechmicv, tied the labouring poor. In Many of their dwellings • very insufilc lent supply of water has been available to them; owmg to the d,:fte.a of the weather in the Sent portion of the quarter, the water in the wells in Mss having been very low. There Is no effectual drainage mtsched to their de/allege, and the ceaspoel rystriu is in scram/ use." We may abut our eyes and ears to such farts; but we cannot amoral them from other people. The sten meat had already give the round of the newspaper.. We ought therefore to look three feet. ateadfairly in the flee and unite our exeetons to rem me them. We hate every facil ty gar this porpote, mad have sirendy incurred a largo expense to keep the town clean and supply it abundantly with water. We moat conant dwellioga with the syetein of drein. Fre sad enable the tchabitanta at all masons to have plenty of water. The authorities have taken the matter lute their heads, end they are bound to do this parr of their day carefully and efleauelly.—Brophluer Guardia.,