The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-12 00:00:00

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BIRMINGHAM MZETING.—(THIS DAY.)
WARWICK HUNT IMP. About three miles.
The Sultan, !Impress, Litt'e Lady, Neater Oliver,
Strand, and Erandywhie are here.
REDINOTON PLATE. About three miles.
Church The Roos, Crusade. Renault, Road-
ster, Pot Pend, An of Hearn', Jacob Oscar, Cloister,
Sprite, and Ace of Trumps are
PAID Yonnir.—Donblooo Pigeon, Hornet, Merrimac,
Sinking Fund, Suave of Trumps, Globule, Meanwood,
Agag, Manchester, Fairy Kim and Overton.
HUNTERS' PLATE. About three miles.
Most of the horses (all in she immediate neighbourhood)
are expected to run.

SUTTON HANDICAP PLATE. Two miles.
Express, Asa of Trumps, Corsica, sad Throb= Green
are hers.
Pap Fosnm—Worthless.

HUNT CUP. About three miles.
Arms, Kies Webster, Pal Pourri, °orgies, HsUnto*,
Slag Tom, sad Tanana/I Greta are hare.

THE Firm HAUNTS OF BETHNAL-GREEN
AND THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

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INQUESTS.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning Mr. John Humphreys, Middlesex
coroner, resumed, at the Black Dog Tavern, Church-street,
Bethnal-green, en inquiry opened upon view of the bodies
of George Potter an infant aged 9 mouths, and Mary
Clarke, otherwise White, aged 36 years.
The child died at No. 7, Leonard's-buildings, Friars-
mount, and the woman Clarke at No. 3, Reform-" square,"
• court on the opposite aide of the same street, or so-called
Mount. The jury found that the house No. 7, Leonard's.
bulldi ngs, was occupied by • fatally named Markt, eight indi-
viduals of which had been attacked with typhus fever. The
discoloured skins and brownish hue of thee* unfortunates
showed that their convalescence wee very recent. The jury
then crossed the black and fetid roadway of Friars-mount
to Beform-square,
and there too they found typhus
rampant, and saw gaits sufficient to account for its
orsauce. The jury, entering the square by passing under a
low archway, found themsslves In a court not larger than a
good sized room. Socasnittehousesconsisting of two rooms
each formed the sides of the square, and two closets for all
tie square in a most disgracefulondition occupied a portiou
of she centre. There was no water-butt of any kind, but
there was a wretched tap from which the water flowed in
driblets—half • gallon in half en hoar—and [tom that
source the inhabitants had to supply themselves with the _
means of cooking, and, if they were patient, of clunliaass.
In one house the dirt was very ninth the same as in the
others, but the peculiar smell was especially noticed, and e,
in answer to an inquiry a medical man proseat said "Oh
That smell! That is the fever taint." A glanoe at the yellowish
brown skies of the inhabitants in view not ottlyunfirmed a
this ezVartation, but tended to cut short the inspection on s
the part of some of the alarmed spectators. The house S
or cabin No. 2 was ocrapied by nine persons—all bad !
the fever, and the father was dud At the door of No. 3 7,
stood a boy, who took off his cap and showed with pride s,
that all his hair had been shaved off for fever. He stated 2;
that twelve persons occupied the house, and that seven of
them had typhus.
In the cue of George Potter,
Ann Potter, 2, Rose-street, deposed that she was the
wife of a thairmaker. She used to live at 7, Leonard's- Li
buildings. A month ago, while she was is the hospital g
with the fever, the deceased got a fall. Hs died at his
grandmother's in Leonard's-buildings on Sunday week.
Witness, her husband, her father, and mother-in-law, and
four children, ware all taken ill of fever in the one two- ;
roomed house. Two other members of the family had the A
fever in a neighbouring street.
Mr. litumbdd, surgeon, mid that he did not attribute the
child's death to the fall mentioned, bat to ,inflammation of °
the lunge.
In this case the jury returned a verdict of " Death from
natural mums?'
In the second case,
George Clarke, a sickly-looking ragged man, said that he
was a canswashar, and that the woman White lived with
him as his wife. They lived in ousel the tworooms of No,
3, Reform-squats, for which they paid 2s. 3d. a week rent.
The room below was occupied by a man and his wife and
three or four children. The water flowed into the Mass
front the pavement of the square. The deceased had been
ailing for some time past. On Friday week he
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found her lying on the floor, and very UL
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He pat a sack and other things over her, It
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there being no blankets or ciountarpsne, and he
went for Mr. Hancock, the parishdootor. Mr. Hancock could 8<
not come without an order. Ho went to the workhouse to et.
get one. Mr. Rolf was out, and be was told the master
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was ill, and he should wait far an hoar. He went home 1011
and found deceased dead. She used to have enough of IA
food. The witness then described the shocking state of the 7;
premises, and said that the place had been whitewashed up
within • week or ten days, but that nothing else had been let
done to it sines he lived tlcies Four or five persons had
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been taken away out of the unfinished place to the Fever
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Hospital.
After hearing other witnesses, the jury returned • a
verdict, "That the dsoriassd was found dead from the mor 82,
tel effects of disease of toe brain ; and that her said death sr,
was accelerated by overcrowdieg, want of sufficient water
ripply, defective drainage, the dirty and unhealthy °midi.
tion of the preraises,and mural neglect of sanitary amine. ,11,
meats ; and the said jurors do further my that the intimation w
made by the medical officer of the district of the condi-
tion of the premises ought to have received immediate ti
public attention, and that greater facility • should be SI
afforded to the poor in obtaining medical orders in urgent 81
cases." el