The Express. — 1851-10-22 (London, England)

HEALTH OF LONDON DIMINO THE WEEK.  (Erma the Rep et.) The total number of deaths mristered in the metropolitan districts in the week ending lest Saturday wm 981 Th I exhibit a mill inereme on those of the preceding weik, when the amount was ').3. .Itk:nz for compuMan Corresponding weeks of the ten years 1311.50, it appears that the average was 906; but if this average be niird in proportion to the increase of persons now living in London, It biimmes tott7, which differs not much trout Lest week's  Last seek 42. S children died under 15 yeses of age, 367 person, who had reached 15 years, but had not attained to 69, and 181 who were of 60 years and upwards. fl t ible of fatal causes shows that 229 persons, 13i of whom acre children, were carried olf by one or other the twenty-one diseases that art classed aa " epidemic." These diseases in the aggregate do not at present produce a Mortality equal to the average of corresponding, weeks; but miler particular heads, name,), typhus and iliarrheel, the numbers exceed the usual amount at this season. Typhus was fatal in 67 cases last week (the average loin,/ 63), and this disci.", appears to he on the increase. In the Church subdistrict of Bethnal green three deaths from typhus occurred on the 11th, 12th, and 13th October, at the respective ages of 14, 16, and 23 years, the first in Cureber:.......place, the second in Norta.street, and the third in Trafalgar place. Mr. !Gigot, the rejistrar, reports that the ieeuaiers in these localities complain of the had state of the drains. Se.irl dies in this return numbers 43 cases, while the Ws Wet. 41 average of corresporaling weeks is 4s. Though the mortality, as collected over the whole metropolis, is not rernarkaole, the complaint has fallen severely on particular Fifteen deaths, only one of which was that of an adult, were registered last week as caused by small pox. Two cases, in which it is staid that vaccination had been previously performed, oceurrid to a child of 7 months and a man aged 30 years. With reference to a care which proved fatal in Camden-town, and in which vaccination had been perbirmeil without effect, Mr. Moll states that two other Width. ri in the family had been successfully vaccinated and escaped the rontaition. An infant is also registered this week who died of chicken pox. Diarrhma, which numbers 42 deaths, continues to decline, though it is still rather more fatal than usual for this late priml of the year. Ilithisis, or consumption, has been rather fatal during the week, the deaths resulting from it amounting to 138. This is a greater number than in any Corresponehoit week of seven previous years. Fifteen de atlas are aserile d to disease of the liver, in four of which mace the fatal complaint is specified a." cirrhosis." Ihe four persona who died of cirrhosis were females. In Hackney, on the 14th October, the daughter of a earpenter, aged 2 yew, died from " int) immation of the int. -tiara, reused by swallowing plum and cherry 'tunes." The births of 773 boys and 670 girls, in all 1,413 children, were registered in the week. In the sae carrespoudiug meeks at the years 181540 the average number was 1313. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 21.1•729 in. On Sunday the' mean daily reading was :0111 ie. The mean temperature of the week was 32.14 deg. The mean daily temperature was shove the average of corresponding days in ten ye ors oar s seri day except Thursday and Friday. It was 601 deg. on Sundae, or nearly 10 degrees &wive the areni4e ; after which it gradually fell to 45.9 deg. on Friday. The wind was generally in the south-west. 'foe following eelectiuns ere made from the Registrars' Reports . At 23, Oray's.innelane, on the 13th of October, the .on of a tailor, aged 2 years, died of "diarrhea and ulcerated bowel* for 9 months." Mr. llolrces adds that "this is about the worst past of Gray's-ien-lane : some of the 11.11.1, are in a filthy state." In Camberwell, at 4, Wyndham-road, on the 13th of Oetober, the widow of a porter, aged 44 years, died of "disease of the heart end hypertrophy." Mr. Searle states that " this is the widow of Anthony Fawcett, who nu the 30th ult. murdered too of hi, children, and afterwards committed Suicide, being at the time in a state of insanity."  TIM New OW/Mrs AsSOCI trION.—A largo meeting of omnibus proprieton took place on Monday evening, at the Duke of Wellington, liathuret-street, Argyle•square, to coin,itl r the prelims's submitted to them, act u preliminary ineetonz last Monday, by Mr. Crawfunl, the originator of the II ungerfoord awl Camden-town lines, for .hosing hew vow., and working them by combination, at reduced farts. Mr. O'Brien iu the chair. Mr. Crawford having explained the object of the vacating, it was resolved to form a new asogaition for the purpose of working various omnibus r,nitte at reduced fares. Seri ral pruptietors proffered their assietenee with their omnibuses and stock. It was ! stated that there were in various parts of Low don from 200 to 300 omnibuses now "laid up in ordinary," each of which, when at work, employ.-0 Iron. eight to ten horses daily, and three men. By the repined plan of the suomeintion any proprietor could put an omnibus on the new route until 20 were runnine, when another route must he chueen and tilled up. The find route prOllo9ol to be opened was from Bayswater to lottenhtion-court-road, 2d. ; thence to the Bank, 241. Second route, from the Great Western to the Great Northern Railway, :hi.; and from the Yorkshire Stings to Kong'scross, 2.1. It was aloe stated that the expeuee of working one omnibus per day was 2/. Os. 9,1., supposing each omnibus, with he 10 honors, travelled 60 Mil,. doily (II journies to i and fro per diem, at two miles per journey). It they were been, d to carry 21 paeowngert, and tolitnined ono-half, or 12 ppaa otter., at 2.1. each per journey, the profit would be 19. 3.1. per them; at "two-thins full " the profit was estimated at hi. 19e. 3d. per diem; at "these-fourths 2/. 9e. 3.1.; and at " full," 3/. Me 3,11. Thus, giving on the fiat calcuation, a profit on the working of 100 omnibuses, 30,033/. per annum ; no the second, t1i,13.1/. per annum ; on the third, et,6:l-4. per annum; and on the fourth, 139,23 W. A variety of rule, fur the regulation of the associatem having bean agreed to, the meeting separated. Tlt r A IteIIDEACON or