The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-14 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.

ANTI COLERA RECAUONS.
Yesterday, theH cow sat TI
for the first time Moos
the holidays for the despatch of business.
The medical officer read the following report, of which
the following are the main points:
" According to the desire of the commission, I have in-
quired into certain nuisances complained of in canoe:inn
with the altered system of slaughtering in Newgate-market.
It appears that, in consequence of the suppression of
slaughtering in cellars within the City, there has been a
greater demand, especially in this locality, for other
slaughtering places, and many of those persons who own
registered slaughter-houses in Newgate•market have been
induced to share them with the diaplaced slaughterers. In
consequence of this hospitality, the amount of slaughtering
in particular premises hu increased very considerably, and
such premises have, in fact, assumed altogether the charac-
ter of public slaughter-houses, where on many days
slaughtering goes on continuously. The frequent,
or rather continuous removal of offensive material, is not
only a nuisance to the neighbours, in respect of its stink,
but likewise, I am informed, interferes with the business of
the market; and I wink' recommend that your regulation
relating to the removal of refuse matter be reconsidered,
with a view to remedying these evils.
" From such inquiry as I have been able to make on the
subject, it appears to me that three hoofs would prove
amply sufficient for the purpose of clearing away all refuse
mutters from all the slaughtering places of the locality, and
that the hours from 8 to 11 p.m. would be a convenient and
suitable time. Likewise, in case of your honourable court
approving any such regulation as I have suggested, by re-
stricting the employment of each slaughter-house to the per-
sonal uses of the registered owner of the same, it appears
to me that it would very much conduce to the health and
cleanliness of the locality, that slaughtering be allowed only
within flied houre—say from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. ; so that
during the greater part of the day the place might be in a
condition of tolerable freedom from nuisance. Of course
the details of such regulations require to be adapted very
carefully to each other, and to the necessities of the trade.
And perhaps your honourable court will refer these partr
enters to the consideration of one of your committees. I
deeply regret to apprise your honourable court, as an ample
justification of whatever strictness you may think it requi-
site to apply in sanitary regulations, that at the present
time there is great reason to apprehend a renewed visita-
tion of Asiatic cholera through the country ; and I have
already received official information of the disease prevail-
ing in as epidemic form at Neweastle•on-Tyne."
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR a a that he thought the concluding
paragraph of the report rather tended to alarm ; yet he
hoped there were no sufficient grounds to anticipate the
existence of cholera in this country—at all events, in the
City. The subject-matter of the report was one of the
greatest importance, but before the court could deal with
an evil of so great a magnitude, ample provision must be
made far slaughtering in place. In a few minutes
some members of the court, insult Included, intended
visiting the site of the new ma et, where convenient and
suitable houses would be erected for slaughtering cattle ;
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and when completed, which he hoped they would be at no
distantieried, the MITI would big as a position to take the
most efficient measures to get tido( the nuisance complained
of in the report. He thought,it of great importance, with
a view of mitigating the existing evil, that owners of nips-
trued houses who allowed non-registered owners and others
to slaughter in them should be made amenable to law, as
suggested by the medical officer.
Mr. ELLIOTT said that in his judgment the whole City
of Lon.,on ought to be grateful to Mr. Simon for hie
able impart, and moved that it be referred to the General
Purposes Committee to consider the brat means of carrying
out the excellent recommendations contained init.
The motion having b.en seconded by Mr. Deputy CIIIIIB-
- was carried unasimously.
It was unanimously decided that Oracechurch-strest
should be paved with wood under Mr. Carey's patent,
after which the court adjourned.