The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-17 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The weekly meeting of this committee was held yes-
tettlay at the Town Hall, Mr. Alderman Dover presiding.
There were also present Messrs. Sheil, Vernon, Beck-
with, Crosthwaite, Haydock, Job, Barton, Ridley, and
Stitt.

Dr. Cameron, acting for the medical officer of health,
reported, that the number of deaths registered in the
week ending Saturday, the 11th instant, amounted to
194, being 80 less than the corrected average for the
same week of the last ten years. Zymotic diseases caused
56 deaths, of which diarrhoea caused 30 deaths, typhus, 5,
scarlet 7, simple 2, measles 12. Diseases of the lungs and
consumption caused 39 deaths, diseases of the chest 5,
of diseases of the brain 10, convulsions 10, dropsy 2,
diseases of the liver 2, diphtheria 1, delirium tremens 1,
and debility and old age 43.
The Borough Engineer, Building Stfrveyor, and the
Inspector of Nuisances, reported various particulars of
the operations in their several departments during the
week, from which it appeared that 185. nuisances com-
plained of by inhabitants had been inspected and means
taken to remedy them ; 1,056 houses in the unhealthiest
districts, containing 3,715 apartments, and 822 cellars,
had been put under examination, with the view of im-
proving their sanitary condition.
On the recommendation of the sub-committee, it was
resolved that the Council be asked to appoint Mr. Wm.
Swift Inspector of Smoke Nuisances at a salary of £l5O
per annum,
Mr. BECKWITU called attention to a letter which hap
appeared in the papers the previous day, signed by a Mr.
Archer, and complaining that the sewer in Coal-street
had not yet been commenced, and that a letter which
he had sent on the subject previously had never been
read. Mr. Beckwith denied both statements ; and a
letter was read from Mr. Ravenscroft, the contractor for
the work, stating that the sewer was commenced on the
30th ult.

A letter was also read from Mr. Hague, of Everton,
complaining of the unprotected state of a quarry, into
which a youth had fallen on the previous night and had
been killed.
The CHAIRMAN said that though the quarry was in a
very dangerous state. It was not in consequence of that
that the boy had been hurt, for he had first gone into the
quarry, and was playing there with other boys. The
officers were directed to represent the case to the owners
of the place, with a view of getting the fence repaired.
This was the whole of the business.

Naw PATENTS.—Benipain Purnell, of Birmingham,
improvements in hot water apparatus, applicable to the
heating of 'buildings, supplying baths and laundries,
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and other similar uses.—William Davies, of Surrey,
improvements in the manufactureure of breau, and iu
apparatus applicable for the same.—llenry Du,leau
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provement or improve
ents n manufacturing the upper
leather of boots and
ships' compasses.—James
shoes.—George Cowdery of Strood,
an improved brickniaktrig. machine. David Irons, of
and John Gillespie, of King,sbarns, improie-
meats in reaping and mowing machines.---,Ta47-14
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of Bedford, an improvementin t,11.;, .c4istruciiol,l, oi
horse-mikes. Commui, ‘4l4d: fp. ima. the British and
linign ..ra,tpt o,sces, 4, C/civtgi-siliart, oward,