The Express. — 1868-12-23 (London, England)

LONDON.—It appears from the return ironed by authority of the Registrar-General, that in the week Hutt ended on Saturday, Pith December, 4,660 births and 3.330 deaths were registered in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 27 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortalilast week was 29 per 1,000 in London, 34 in Edinburgh, and 22 in Dawns ;23 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, • in Livmpool, 33 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 24 in Sheffield, 33 in Bradford, 33 in Leeds, 24 in Hull, 29 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 30 per 1,000 daring the week ending the 12th inst., and in Berlin 35. per 1,000 during the seven days ending the I,th last. Active 11101/11MI have at last been taken to secure a more general adoption of vaccination in Sheffield ; they are, however, too recent to have yet consides ably affected the mortality from smallpox in that town; during the fortnight ending last Saturday.l7 more fatal eases of this disease were then reisirded, raising the total deaths from this cause since Ist July to 201. Scarlatina, and fever, principally of the typhus and typhoid type, are still fatally prevalent in Manchester, and typhoid fever in Leeds. The typhus epidemic in Liverpool lies declined in the two paid weeks. In Hull several fatal unvaccinated cases of small-pox were reported last week. In London the births of 1.093 boy, and 1,113 girls, in all 2,206 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1838-67 the average, number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,066. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,553. It was the fifty-lint week of the year; end the average number of deaths for that week is. with a correction fur iuc,caseof population, 1,447. The deaths in the present return exceed by It the estimated amount, and are more by 72 than the number recanted in the preceding week. The deathi from meiotic direness were 332, the corrected average number ben 354. nye deaths from small-pox, 33 from intaglio., IWAI'M marlstine, 17 from diphtheria, 30 hoot whiioping-cono, 61 from typhus, and 11 from diarrh. ea were registered. The son of a varnish maker, aged 7 mouths, died on 16th December, at 1, Albion-road, Stoke Newington, of "choleraic diarrhea." Four deaths from scarlatina were recorded in the sub-district of Fulham, 3 to the sub-district of Chelsea South, 4 in the subdistrict of Chelsea North-west, 4 in the subdistrict of BelFve 4in the sub-district of StAndrew Eastern olliorn), 5 the sub-district of Horton New Tows, 3in e Churth sub-district of Bethnal-gross. 6 in the subdistrict of llde-end obi Town Eat= the sub-district of Bow, 4 in the web-dirtfief and 3 in the sub-district of St. Paul, Deptford. 166 deaths occurred from phthisis, 100 from bronchitis, and 117 from pneumonia. The corrected lIVIIIISEasabor of i deaths from phthisis s 171, from bronchitis and from reseunionia 103. Diseases of the brain serums proved fatal to 194 persons„ and 70 pesos@ system Soar diessace of the organs of circulation. • willow ratter, 61 year*, diod on 10Ik Nov., Torville-buildiserusion -road soli-distrist of Beessal=, bora " in °ovation of chest and at hese of want and privation." Pest-mortma. The doethseaorrachildren and one adult from of 6 Mikan and 2 adults from burns or milk id gran gemming, of 11 children from milsesikskof 7 peroar who committed suicide, of 2 ddldresi who were aindercd, and of ix persons who were killed by homes or carriages in the strestsiaziapersacesre registered. One death Raoas gamed lly Am. sod Iteaqa.e.le ;seared by per . sr twee ectimrat.== be.. IN sway lows, iiileausk.