The Express. — 1859-11-23 (London, England)

HIEALIH OF LONDON.  The weekly retwu of births and deaths in London Mated by the Itegistrar-General, states that a low tamponwe of the air, which commenced on the 9th natant sad sontlased during eleven days, boa canoed the deaths in Leedom to sins from 1,061, the somber returned in the per week, to 1,233, the amber shown in the metre of lest week. I. the ten ysen 1849.66 the average number of deeds is the week. ooneeponding with last week was 1,114; • bat as the deal= captained in the pretest return wawa in a population which has teenaged, they should be simpered with the average raised le proportion to the Mouse, namely, with 1,226. It will be seen from this Maematt, that the actual mortality agrees very &Italy with the neon obtased from celenlation . . _  The cold and fogs of last week attacked the respiratory orgem, and the deaths from diseases which affect them, not including *Weis, have risen from 179 to 233. In Molest four weeks the deaths from bronchitis have been 58, 90, 102, and 116. POSSIMOSIS or Inflammation of the lunge, the death' reined to which bled are chiefly those of children, bee apparently not been fatally aggravated by the weather, for the ambers assigned to it In the last three weeks were 73, 60, end 64. Phthisie or consumption rose from 132 in the previous week to 157 last week. That persona of advanced ego have lately Guttered much appears from the foot that eight nosagenartans are returned, tour of whom when they died were aged reepectrvely 94, 96, 96, end 97 yam. Two children, twins, in one family, and two chlldres, ulee twins, in maker, died, having been born prematurely; sad three children of a carpenter's labourer being triplets, died of isealtieo in Winchester-court, Penteitvilk. Seven persona committed suicide, among whom was itt aged 17 years, who killed herself with prussic acid. widows died from " barb " in the workhouse, Mile-end New Town. Five children died of measles in the eel:, district of Bt. John, Westminster. Scarlatina was fatal in 96 cases, diphtheria in 9; of the former 4 occurred in All Sonia, Mary khans, 4 In Kentish-town, 6 in Islington west. 6 in St. Gibe south. Smallpox was fatal in 29 cases, 6of which occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. All the victims of thi• disease were children under 10 years of age, except 6, who had attained the age of 20 or umsrds. Dr. Thomson, toe medical dam of bald' LmMarylebone, makes the following observation on imallarx in St. John'swood Nine cams of allpox have mane under treatment at the Portland-town Fro, Dlryaaeary, Bt. John's-wood, within as many days. I am indebted for the lute to the attention of William Orange, Beg., Readmit Medics] Officer. The first, a lenti•OODfiliali case wee a child without any visible Cicatrix, in St. John's Wood-terrace, the family haviagoxoe from Highgate a few days previously, where the . damn prevailed. Her aunt, at 8, Victoria-terrace, likewise • without say visible cicatrix, caught the disease • the eruption wee t• very full." In two children with good mars, at 27, New-street, the eruption impaired very mildly. Another awe occurred at 8, Upper William-street, with scarcely any sear; the mother stated the girl to have been vac:mated, but added, she had ao faith at all in vaccination.' Three children at 6, Henry-place, who had been protected by vaccination, had the disease very mildly. TM last cue was that of • girl at 28, Victoria-terrace, with two good seers, and who bad been playing with some of the infected children ; the empties Is moderately full.' Hitherto there he. ban no fatality in these cases." Of bricklayers 5 died in the week, of bricklayers' wives 5, of bricklayers' children 6 ; of carpenters 9 died, of aromas' wives 6, of carpenters' children 22; of masons 2 died, of masons' wives 2, of mama children 3 ; of painters 4 clad, of painters' wives 3, of platen' children 13; of plasterers 0 died, of plasterrire wives 2, of plasterers' children 2. Lest week the births of 958 buys and 902 girls, in all 1,860 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-68 the average number was 1,526  FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE or Goon