The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

WAVERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH.

THE monthly meeting of this board was held last night, in
the Public Offices; the Rev. W. Badnall occupying the chair.
There were likewise present Messrs. Halhead, Hill, Bradburn,
Clark, Gore, Chaffers, and Rishton.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap-
proved of ; after which the business of the meeting chiefly
consisted of the reading of communications from inhabitants
of the township, generally complaining of some matter or
other, the neglect of which occasioned inconvenience or detri-
ment to the complainants.
Litinrnic. PIQUE-LANE.-A memorial was read from the
inhabitants of this district of the township, complaining that
although the attention of the board had several years ago
been called to the fact that no public lamps had been put up
in Pique-lane, or, as it was also called, Dryden-road, while the
Liverpool Gaslight Company's mains had been long laid down
in the lane, and craving that public lamps might be put up
before winter sets in.

In reference to this memorial, it was explained that, the
expediency of erecting lamps wherever the gas mains had
been laid down, and such lamps should be applied for, had
been long ago agreed to.
Mr. HALHELD then moved, and Mr. CHAFFERS seconded
the motion, that lamps be put up in the quarter now applied
for.

MR. PICTON'EI SEAT AT TILE BOARD.-Mr. PICTON, at this
stage of the proceedings, entered the board-room, and ex-
plained that he had come in consequence of a note he had re-
ceived from the Law-clerk of the board, intimating that from
protracted absence from the meetings be had forfeited his seat
at the board. He said he did not know exactly how the
matter stood, but that he had not abstained voluntarily from
attending, he having for some time been prevented by pressing
business. Still he did not think he had been so long absent
as to forfeit his seat.

Mr. ATHERTON, the Law-clerk, explained that the statute
declared any seat forfeited, the occupant of which had been
absent for three consecutive months. He also, by reference
to the minute-book, showed that Mr. Picton had not attended
any meeting for three and a half months.

PrrioN then made his obeisance to the chairman, and
retired.

The CHAIRMAN expressed regret that the board should be
deprived of the valuable services of Mr. Picton, who had, he
said, proved himself one of the most useful of its members.
He suggested that some expression of this feeling should be
made by the board.
Mr. RISHTON said such a course would be altogether
irregular and a bad precedent. When a gentleman was
elected to fill any office, he was of course expected to dis-
charge its duties. The matter then dropped.
On it representation from George Williams, one of the
lamp-lighters, his wages were raised from 12s. to 14s. per
week.

'SEWEILING OP SANDOWN-LANE.—An application from Miss
Poole was read, setting forth that she was subject to great
annoyance, in consequence of the contractor for the sewerage
in that lane blasting in the course of his operations, and pray-
ing that lie might be debarred from doing so.
A protracted conversational discussion arose upon this sub-
ject, in which it was stated that the complaint of Miss Poole
had been referred to Mr. Newlands, as the engineer under
whose direction and controul the contract was being carried
out. That he had issued orders to the contractor to desist
from the use of blasting; and that, under all the circum-
stances of the case, the board could not interfere.
Mr. HALHEAD moved that the Law-clerk be instructed to
acknowledge Miss Poole's communication.
This was agreed to, and after the transaction of some rou-
tine business, the board adjourned.