The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of
Sewers held yesterday at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy or JXIIBII7
in the chair, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer, presented his
weekly report on the sanitary condition of the City of Loa
don, in which be stated that the number of homier inspected
during the week was 201, and be submitted a list of 13
places for sanitru7 improvement. The markets and
slaughter-houses had been duly inspected, and the officers bad
condemned 1,351 lbs. of meat as unfit for human food. Most
of it was diseased, and in one case the circumstances were
such as to demand further inquiry, with a view to legal
proceedings. The mortality returns for the week were still in
excess of the average, sho wing that the effects of the cob:tww
therat the beginning of the year bare not yet subsided. During
the mouth which has just expired there were 402 deaths
in the City, the average number for the corresponding
period of the last eight yam being but 325. At the close
of the year the weekly mortality in the City was only 52,
bat with the setting in of the cold weather in the first week
of the year, wham the thermometer fell 15 degrees below
zero, and the mean temperature was 9 degrees below
the average for the season, the mortality quickly rose to
102 in the week. There has bees no such death rate is
the City sloe* the mouth of January, boil, when in like
manner the cold weather caused • mortality of 405 in the
month. Then as now the temperature suddenly fell to
11 degrees below the weekly average, and the number of
death@ quickly rose from 50 to 95 iu the week. The chief
increase a the mortality has bees moue children and old
persons. Last week, of the 67 deaths 13 were
children of less thee five yearn of age, and
were among persons of 60 and upwards. The
chief calms of death were pneumonia and bronchitis,
among acute diseases ; and palsy and heart disease among
chronic ; zymotic diseases have been lima than usually fatal.
Dr. Letheby also reported that the illuminating power of the
pa supplied to the City during the week had in the care of
each company been above the requirements of the act of
parliament. That of the Great Central Company had been
equal to 14.23 sperm candles ; of the City Company's
15.48 ; and the Chartered, 13.78. The amount of sulphur
contained in the gas haa, however, in each clue been above
the proportion sanctioned by act of parliament. The
average quantity in the gas supplied by the Great Central,
had been 21.9 grains per 100 cubic feet of gas ; in the City,
22.3 grains ; and in the Chartered, 23.3 grains ; the highest
amount auctioned by parliament being 20 grains per 100
cubits feet of gas.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.
Mike Paa. Mar. Total, Total.
RAILWAY& open. 'engem Human. latd. lbet
Week ending Nov. 39. r. e A 4
Bombay. Barola, and (..L 134 teen 1,4 n 2,613 LIMO
Meek ending Jan la. leo4. IOC&
Buffalo and Lake Huron 161} 1,429 2,210
Week ending Jan. 24.
lehnbargh and Glaegow left 2,406; d 126
Week ending Jan. 30
Glasgow d South Western 199 —.— 6,707 7,116
Week ending Jan. 111.
Great Luxembourg
London and Blackwell
Metropolitan — 2,043 2.396
North London
Omar, and Newtown
it Laminar it Newtown 60 433 627 3,110 971

MIDLs.no RAILWAY.—The directors of this com-
pany have decided to recommend to the proprietors a divi-
dend on the ordinary stock for the halfieer ending December
31, 1863, at the rate of seven per cent. per annum.
TES GRIAT NORTH'S/IN DIVIDIND.—MT Oakley,
the secretary of this lies, informs es that the threaten have
determined to recommend to the proprietors, at the general
meeting on the 2Dth inst., to declare a dividend for the half-
year to the 31st December last, at the rate of 8/. 15s. per
cent. per annum on the original stock of the oonmany, giving
for the half-year 4/. 7s. 6d. per mat to the original stock,
3/. per cast to the B original stock, and fol. 15e. per cent to
the A original stock. Them rates will make the dividend
for the whole year 1863 as follows. viz. ilk per cent.
oa the original stock, 61. per mot on the B original stock
sad 7/. per mot. on the A original stock.
FIRS AT COTTON'S WHARF, TOOLZY-STREIT.—
Yeaterdai morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock, the inhabit-
ants of Tooley-street were thrown into a state of excite-
ment by • report that Cotton's Wharf was on fire. The
fire was confined to the underground storehouses, aodowieg
to the a:cellist manner in which the premises had been
rebuilt since the late great firs, the firemen bad their
enemy well under cootrol.
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DEATH THOM FIRE. Yesterday evening Dr.
Lankrater holden inquest at 10, Grove-end-road,'St. John's-
wood, on the body of Mn. Stokes. wife of Mr. F. Stokes,
barrister-at-law, who was burnt on the 6th alt. by her cape
or cap-strings catching lire whilst bet husband had bet the
drat/MIN-nom for a few minutes. She lingered till Sunday
last, when she died. The coroner said something should be
done to reader female apparel lees liable to flame. In 15
years 40,000 died from burns, being at the rate of 8 a day.
k maks dresses should be dipped in anti-inflammable solution,
which might be easily prepared sod sold at • small cost. A
verdict of: Accidental Death " was returned.

liEw Dot:lE 11 ORKB AT LI vskPotil..—The Mersey
docks acid harbour board will in the coming mem of par-
liament endeavour to obtain powers to raise about 830,00 W.
for the prosecution of dock works on the Liverpool side of
the Mersey. The scheme of the board wee under discussion
at themonthlytrosetingiol the Birkenhead commitaioaers yes-
terday (Tnee‘y), and it was ultimately decided to oppose
the Dock Bill, inasmuch as sugagenamits repeatedly placed
upon the board by parliament with regard to the comple-
tion of works at Birkenhead before the prosecution of mew
works at Liverpool bad not been carried oat.
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