The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-21 00:00:00

THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The usual weekly meeting— of this committee was
held yesterday at the Town-hall. Mr. Alderman Dover
presided. The other .committee men present Were—
IVlessrs. Sheil, Crellin; Beckwith, Crosthwaite, Ridley,
Haydock, Nickson, Steel, arid Stitt.
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The borough engineer, building eArveyo p
for of nuisances, reported various particnlars 4 4e
operations in their several departments during the week,
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from which it appeared that 140 nuisances complained
of by inhabitants had been, inspected and means taken to
remedy them; 1,525 houses in the unhealthiest districts,
containing 4,811 apartments and 1,066 cellars, had been
put under examination with the view of improving
their sanitary condition.
Dr. Cameron, acting for the Medical Officer of Health,
reported that 172 deaths were registered in the week
ending Saturday, Sept. 16, being 29 fewer than the
corrected average of the same week for the 14 ,ten years.
Zymotie diseases occasioned 28 deaths, yiz.
diarrhcea, 15 ; simple fever, 3 ; typhus, 4 ; hooping
cough, 1; and croup, 5. The mortality from diseases
of the lungs and consumption still continues unusually
urge, 51 deaths having been ascribed to this cause
daring the past week. Diseases of the brain
visa and
apoplexy caused 14 deaths ; convulsions, 8 ; paraly 2;
diseases of the heart, 7 ; diseases of the liver, 3; dropsy,
2; cancer, 4 ; diphtheria, ; debility and wasting, 32 ;
and old age, 3

THE STREET TRAILWAYS.
The following report upon this subject, which
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been refeired to a joint sub-committee of the Health
Watch Committees, was then read.
Tour committee, in the first instance, desired the town-clerk
to constdpr and report, to them as to the legal powers of the
Council m reference to the laying of tramways, and were
advised by him that the Council are the surveyors of highways
within the borough,h and have the control ant regulation of
the pavement of all
P-41te streets and thoroughfares. That
the description of pavement to be used in the several streets
is in the discretion of the Coimeil, subject to the obliga-
tion to preserve such pavement in proper and efficient
condition. That the Council, in the exercise of such
discretion, has laid down stone tramways in various Pia
of the borough. for the purpose of facilitating the tra c
Where the gradients are steep. That if the Council can lay
they would also be justified in using iron
rah fsor theetlialreivpairspose,. subject, however, to the obligation
--ttaebdiag W either description of roadway, that the free use
preserved t.c, the public in the usual and
61g11'1,4e,afrer traversing every part thereof with
of the
an ordinary Y
..description.. In order to avoid any
be Jawed as to j.ke legal powers of sur-
qaestiOn whiculi..„Tv 8 to lay. down iron tramways on such high-
veyors of highway
ermittmg the same to be done; the Council
ways, or to their P
A clause for this purpose. and also for
make
pa
regulations for the use of such rail-
directed the TAXI ..e lerk to endeavour to obtain legislative
sanction thereto.
fer4ag powers to
pa
r
P .3 introduced into Parliament by the
HighWayS Will, which was re
ways, was accordingly ed for insertion in the General
ion, but unfortunately that bill
Government in the last Fe°3
was not proceeded With.
+,d the borough engineer to report
Your committee then direa— •
• eenng grounds, of nAking tram-
as to the expediency, on engm
es -.,-
rie' gave great eonsidera-
wys in the public thoroughfar :
fioh t, the whole subject d and sent to members of
borpte tfport; .;chich has been princedireet their best attention.
the Connect, and to which we beg to
and snomitted a very able and ela-
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are of opinion that' iron tramways,,
rrQlPprr i description, would
Upon fully cthisicrering t 4, whole subjec.t, your committee
and available for use bY 'velliC es Cl 'e
f• „se; ao,d, having
conduce to the public benefit 'and' conveln.e.
. h bormigh eng;:neer
arrived at this cOnclusion, they directedk... a ,:,, for rise ill this
to prepare a Model of a traarWaY I).e' 7t7h ' del will be 'laid
borough. Hs accArdinglY did so, VW PP" Lltbe Council.
before the Watch abd Health Committees awt -7-b_Qoinmittte
Mr. Train and Mesq-s. Busby attended PP' 54, ' iiropOsed
and submitted models of the railways and
by them respectively, and gave explanationesalllrelsaiieve thereto.
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Your sub-conimittee are of opinion that if the Council
.pprove of the principle of laying iron tramWSr such
ways should be laid down by the Council
as
P individual or
fem 9r Pabkie pavement, and not by any private ested
companr, and st. la
--0,...i)e constructed in the manner Buggery
. by the borough engineer, CO as to be available
f 0 b° car-
' dee,eripticin of traftle,=ftiut to be erosse I and f
re-crossedthteramss--
Y but
dagea not using the rails, withnut'daniage or inconvenience ;
it world be necessary,' in order to give full effect 0 the sys-
tem, that power should be
üblic fief of Papal.
Obtains bti
ment for regulating the traffic on such trard,kaYg•
'p
dy
IyAtiout
such regulations serious inconveniences would result .0,,t4,„e
management of traffic in crowded thoroughfares. We."4",71;
mend, therefore, that measures be taken for proo4ring '—
_introduction of such a public bill in the next seasiou of Parr
liinicerit•
After a brief conversation, in the course of which the
great import?ince of thg
,I]3ject was referred to, the
report was received, but ``t
‘ ...I'scosion upon it was
delayed until the next meeting of the 'eommigeP•
The other business was of a routine character.
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The report of the wide of White, the opponent 01
Chambers in the rowing inito4:47hieh: was last night
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