The Express. — 1868-02-20 (London, England)

LONDON.-It appears from the return issued by authority of the Begistrar-General that in the week that ended On Saturday, Feb. 15,4,910 births mad 2,977 deaths were registered in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 24 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality la-^t week was 22 per 1,000 hi London, 26 in Edinburgh, and 26 in Dahlia ; 26 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 31 in Liverpool, 33 in Man. chester, 22 in Salford, 22 in Shefßeld, 21 in Leeds, 21 in Hull, 22 in Newcastlo-upon-Tyne, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 daring tho week ending the Bth inst., when the moan temperature wax o'3 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 23. In London the births of 1,238 boys and 1,114 girls, in all 2,332 children, were registered in the week. In the corm spouding weeks of ten years 1853-67 the average number corrected for increase of population is' ,236. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,307. It was the seventh week of the year ; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,519. The deaths in the present return are less by 212 than the estimated number. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 260, the corrected average number being 310. Twenty-six deaths from small-pox, 19 from measles, 36 from scarlatina, 10 from diphtheerriau,, 61 from whooping-cough, 36 from fever, and 10 from dierrhma were registered. The mortality from measles was lower than in many previous weeks. Four deaths from smalL pox were recorded in the north (where the small-pox hospital is situated), 6 in the central, Gin the east, and 10 in the south districts. Seven deaths from scarlatina were registered in the west, 11 in the north, 6 in the central, 8 in the east, and 5 in the south districts. Fifteen fatal cases of whooping cough occurred in the west 15 in the north, Gin the central, 8 in the east, and 17 in the south districts. In the sub-districts of Kensington town 2 deaths from measles, 2 from scarlatina, 3 from diphtheria, and 5 from whooping-cough rere registered ; one death from diarrhoea was also recorded. The total number of deaths was W. The fatal cases of diphtheria were in the family of a coachman residing at 8, Elgin-mews. The daughter of a miller, aged 19 months, died on 12th IFebniary, at 7, Garden-row, New Town, Deptford, of " cholera infantum (24 hours), exhaustion (6 hours)." The deaths from fever were at the annual rate on 10,000 living of 3 in West London, 7 in North London, 6 in Central London, 10 in East London, and sin South London. In calculating these results, the deaths in the London Fever Hospital were referred to the districts from which the patients were brought. The annual rate of mortality was 21 per 1,000 in West London, 21 in North London, 22 in Central London, 24 in East London, and 21 in South London. Ono hundred and seventy-one deaths occurred from phtLisis, 140 from bronchitis, 58 from pneumonia, , and G 5 from diseases of the heart. The deaths of 4 children from bums or scalds, and 6 children from suffocation, of 6 persons from drowning, of 4 persons who IMO killed by horses or vehicles in the streets, and of 4 parsons who committed suicide, were registered. The wife of a sawyer, oged 05 years, was found dead on 4th February at 7, Bartlet.street, Bromley. from '' syncope, mused by want of common necessaries." ;