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_HEALTH COMMITTE.E

The usual weekly meeting 'Of this. Committee was held
yesterday, Mr: Alderman Langsdale-, in the chair. Present—
Messrs. Glad;tone, Fleming, HodSOn,..Godfrey,-Jolint'
son, Nicholson, M. -Ni.coliClayton, Stewart, Beckwith,- Big-
ham. From the .minutes of. the Shb-Committee of Heath,
it appeared they had met the kib-dorninittee of the Ve4ry,
and the-West Derby Guardians. L Arrangements had ben
made for the Health committee taking all preventive Mea-
sures, and the Vestry-and West Derby Union, the reniedial
measures, the three Conimittees acting jointly. It als44-1
peared that Captain Sehomberg, of thesSilas Greenmani-had
seen the Committee, with a 'vie* of seeking its aidiiir Pre-
serving the healtli:*.of the passengers on board the ship,
amongst whom cholera had broken out, th ree
_persona having.
ied on board. It further appeared, that all patties who.
were unwell on board the-Silas"Greertinan,•were removed on.
shore, and taken charge•of by the' parish authorities?' whilst
the crew and remaining passengers stopped on board' in the.
river.—Mr. OrdiDSTONE asked if the three passengers who,
had died on board the vessel were Germans.?—Mr.-HobsoN.
Two of them were Germans, and one a- them an -English-
man. The first person who died was the cook, who lived in
Liverpool, consequently it did-not commence amongst the
Germans.—Mr: GLADSTONE Who took it first ?—Mr. Hon-
soN : The cook. , He Went on board drunk. —Mr. JOHNSON:
He was an IrishMan.—Mr. HoDsoN : Yes, but he was
brought up in Liverpool.—Mr.' GLADszoNesaid it Would be'
satisfactory to the members of the -Committee, to ki*v they
heeatiametlediehwistehleyyinhtaicdcepatrrinagn-gtelide.tewnitdh erfor n 6
the
bla
Docks to-day, they had given 4 per cent. for £6o,3oo,moneys-a At t 4 - perthe •
nk.
an
as much as 44 per cent. for £BO,OOO. Mr. HODSON under- ,
stood the bank had again raised the rate of .tliscount.
Mr. GLADSTONE: TO-day? Mr. HODSON : Yes;• .Mr.
GLADSTONEI: I have not heard that a return ordered for Mr.
Ald. Parker, of the different slaughter-houses in the town,
and quantities of cattle slaughtered in each. Mr. GODFREY
moved that the return be sent to Mr. Ald.'Parkee,s, -house.
Mr. Moss : Are you sure Mr. Parker can read them Fl (Oh,
oh, and hear.) Mr. Moss meant, if he could reef ~tligni
with advantage to'the InteFeSti of their Connaittee, let them,
by all means, be sent to his house. Mr. BECKWITH moved
that the returns be laid ou the table ; and Mr. Godfrey
withdrawing his motion, Mr. Beckwith's was agreed to.
A deputation was then introduced to the Committee to
represent the existence of a nuisance in Richmond-row,
Breck-road. A member of the deputation said, they came to
lay before the Committee a complaint, relative to a nuisance
in Richmond-terrace, Breck-road. There was an old
quarry, three-fourths of the way down, into' which, all the
houses were drained. The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee
was quite aware of this, but he did not think it was worth
the while of the deputation to enter into it. He, (the
Chairman) and the Borough Engineer had been there, and
they had taken all the steps they could. A MEMBER of
the DEPUTATION : The nuisance is so great, we cannot
submit to it (any longer. Mr. BECKWITH :
what is your remedy ? Mr. NEWLANDS.—So these gentle-
men were as well aware as the committee that they could
have no relief until they got a sewerage outlet, which it
would take a year yet to complete. The tenders and plans
were now before the committee, and until the outlet
sewer was completed, there was no redress, except to leave
the houses. He had been told by Mr. Edwards, that before
each house had a cess-pool, and some person subsequently
made a drain leading into this quarry, and they made a nui-
sance for themselves and for the neighbourhood. A MEm-
nER of the DEPUTATION : I for one am making no nuisance
at all. lam the greatest sufferer.-7-Mr. BECKWITH: The
only thing we can say is, that we have no means of making
a drain, and until we get an outlet somewhere, we cannot re-
lieve you.—Mr. M‘GowAN said
_proceedings were pending
before the magistrates, to compel the owner of the property
to take steps for the removal of the nuisance. A MEMBER
of the DEPUTATION : Then I conceive there is no more to be
said. You say there is no relief.—The CHAIRMAN : You
are informed that proceedings are pending before the magis-
trates to compel the owner of the quarry to take some steps,
but he appears to be away from Liverpool at. this time. A
MEMBER of the DEPUTATION : I can only say that unless you,
gentlemen, can do something, if you do not give us re-
lief, something will happen which we cannot be responsible
for.—Mr. BECKWITH : Yon are threatening the committee
now.—Mr. Moss said he was informed that houses in the lo-
cality were let much below their value in consequence of the
nuisance, which one of the deputation replied was not the
case. Another of the deputation , stated that any person
passing along the road by the houses would find a most
offensive smell coming up through the gratings.—Mr. NEIN--
LANDS : A remedy could be adopted to prevent the foul air
from getting into the street, but it is much better that it
should escape into the open street, than pervade the rooms
of the houses.—Mr. Stewart said if he understood the gentle-
man right, it was stated that a certain quantity of offensive
matter was collected in the whole quarry. Now, if he was
right in his opinion, he conceived that that was an offence,
which no parties had a right to commit. It was a private
wrong altogether. After some further conversation the de-
putation withdrew. The Medical Officer of Health re-
ported that the deaths from all causes registered in the bo-
rough, during the week ending Saturday, the 24th, amount
to 171—a decrease of 11, compared to the previous week,
and of 48 compared to the average for the corresponding
week of former years. 33 deaths were occasioned by zimo-
tic diseases. Of this number 25 were from diarrhoea, (21
being chidren under two years of age)—five fewer than the
previous week, and one less than in the same week
in former years. Two Germans, an old man and a child,
who had been attacked with cholera and removed to the
workhouse, died on the 21st and 23d. Since then thrceother
fatal cases have occurred on board an emigrant ship lying
at anchor in the river : the first was the ship's cook, the
others, German emigrants. An Irishman living in No. 5
Court, Lace-street, died of the same disease on Tuesday, the
27th inst. Five deaths were recorded from scarlatina, 1 from
hooping-cough, 1 from confirmed smallpox, 1 from measles,
2 from croup, and 1 from typhus fever. From consumption and
diseases of the lungs 41 persons died. From convulsions,
15 children. Notwithstanding the above very favourable
returns, Dr. Cameron deemed it his duty to state, for the
information of the Health Committee, that the present low
rate of mortality, or small amount of sickness, cannot be
considered as affording any assurance against a possible
early outbreak of cholera in an epidemic form. Dr. Ca-
meron, acting for the medical officer of health, had inspected
the premises of Mr. Lever, of Wilbraham-place, Wilbra-
ham-street, from whence it was reported that noxious
effluvia were given off, to the injury of the health and bu-
siness of some parties, living in Scotland-road. The offen-

sive odours complained of were found to proceed from a small
yard in which is a shed ; here there are three large boilers for the
purpose of preparing cow-heels, sheeps-feet, &e., and boil-
mg down meat for potted beef. The fat remaining after
these various processes are completed is melted down, pre-
vious to the disposal to the tallow chandlers. The bones
are sent away twice a week. All the meat found on the
premises, on two different occasions, was carefully examined,
and ascertained to be good and fresh. Under these circum-
states the vapours given off cannot be considered so
injurious to the health of persons living in the neigh-
_

premises require attention : at one corner of the yard, the
partition wall between this and the yard of one of the com-
plainants, (Bellis) allows the surface water to oose through

into the latter, The other is of greater importance : owing
to the sewer in Wilbraham-street having become stopped up,
most of the refuse water from Lever's premises flows into
an adjoining field, where it has already fotmed several large
pools of stagnant, putrid, water, the exhalations fi'oui which
might seriously affect the health of the occupants of the
neighbouring street. A complaint, similar to the last
mentioned was lodged against a person of the name of

Lindop, on Shaw's- row. On inspection of his premises, it
was found he carried on a business of the same character
as Lever's, but on a much smaller scale, and in no way

injurious to the health of the neighbours, A letter was
read from W. Parker, who had been in the employment of
this Committee ; but was for sante months compelled to
give up performing his duties from sickness, requesting that
his pay might be continued for the next month, as affording
him the only means which gave a chance of his recovery.
After some discussion, it was resolved to comply with his
request. The following letter was read from Mr. Rose,
relative to a discussion which took place at the last meeting
of the Committe

TO THE HEALTH COMMITTEE

" Liverpool, Sept. 26, 1853.
" GENTLEMEN. —My duty to you, and a just regard to my
own position, has compelled me, on more than one occasion,
to take the liberty of pointing out how detrimental to the
removal of night soil from the borough are the discussions
and correspondence thereon published in the newspapers as
a part of your proceedings, and I regret that circumstances
should have arisen to render those of last week still more
lengthy and injurious in that respect, although I gratefully
acknowledge tlk9,t, to some extent, the connnittec have re-

c,)gnised TiviiiitOrtM(l. Oarnezit e' ode to carry Vat -my
contract both in As spirit and letter. .
" From what then transpired, however, I think the com-
mittee cannot be fully aware either of what I have accom-
plished, of of the difficulties I have encountered.
"First, as to the north end of the borough, the depots
for which.receive More than three-fourths of the entire quap-
tity collected, I haVe not only removd to a distance heyopd
the :proscribed liMits all the night-soil' that has been col-
lected, but also a considerable 'quantity of the stock pt!c-
viously on hand, oxcecdipg in amount any temporm:y„acen.-
mulattens at the idepots at the -south.: 'So that, ;Luce the
commencement of my presnt contract, I have, in effeft,-
greatly reduced the entire, aedumuhation of this. material:
throughout the borongh.

" To accomplish this J naturally calculate my tender upon
the increased faCilities promised at .the Thirlington-striet
depot; but instead of these facilities I have7hhd the whole of
' the -wharf (except a solitary berth for. the street sWcepin(:Js)
• 'ooeupied for a considerable time by the Vaterials required
the proposed alterations, and have -not only entOuntertd
the loss of time, but! have had to• pay 'the muncili a-heavy
rent for what I could not use, and have had to pay the
canal company a verylarge sum fcetheyrivilege of loadi4g
my night-boats at their-quay." • - -• 1_
" Here I may remark, in paSsing°, that if the ,coynmitte
cannot obtain the coUgent- of the canal company to enlatge
the basin,- hope, as speedily -as 'iloS-sible' to have all the
available quay room at the present,bas:ill.:
" Second, with reSpect4 to :the heaps
,of dry manure at
Phillip-street and elseichere,-'thj:cointaitteg'' doubtless
aware that all past experiencossliow's,-.and the eireillar 'Of the
beard of health confirms the view, that after such heaps axle
encrusted
,on the surface they Aro comparatively_ innocum4,-
-aild• that, 'although the greater. part .ard swio, it would be
gyoatlyJo'the advantage of the liublic not to disturb thcin
until the cold weather sets • -

.‘,‘l might urge that, at the Herculaneum 'dock, Mr. Lairil
was a party to my occupation of it, 'arid that he brought his
establishment to the apprehended nuisance; : but it is un-
necessary, as I believe 'not a 'single' •insfance :a. injury to
healtlihns, ever been alleged as a.c.onseque4c of, the manure
depots there or at Harrington doek. • . • .
'nut, be this as it may, there- is only one other quay ou
the river, where it is practicable.to load the night-soil as it
is brought down; viz:, that, used by-your engineer for un-
loading paving'material. To use of that,. INfr. Weightman
andTapertin Breadfoot offer no' farther 'objections, if you
permitit; but all the other quays of the frier craft dock are
'let to tenants, and
,even here,- Captain l3roadfoot informs
me, I shall be Subject to occasional unavoidable -interruption
from the uncertainty 'of a- -regular night berth for the manure
flat, owing to the blocking up of the dock by the other
river craft, and for; which,, norresponding allowance must
be made. .

" It is. to be regretted, that the depot, in Smithdown-lane,
has been objectekto 12y
_the eeililittee, It is out of. the
`borough,-but not toile extent required; yet Ido not know
where to find another so unobjectionable, or so convenient
for the adjacent farmers and other occupiers of land, and
against which I have not had a single complaint during the
four years it has been employed for this purpose.
" I have only to:add, that I have spared neither pains nor
expense, fully to carry out my contract and the views of the
committee ; but circumstances have arisen which neither I
nor any other contractor could foresee, avoid, or control. I
therefore rely with confidence on the favourable consideration
and co-operation of the committee, to set me right with the
public, and especially to relieve me from the great hindrance
I suffer in the disposal of the manure, owing to the urgent
and constant pressure imposed upon me to get rid of it on
any terms. •

"I remain, gentlemen, your obedt. servt.,
" WILLIAM ROSE. "
Mr. BECKETT reminded the Committee that Mr. Rose
had not in any way completed his contract. This contract
was to take the nightsoil a quarter of a mile out of the
borough, but he had not taken it a yard from the depots
which he had all along.—Mr. FRESH said the depots
alluded to were at a very long distance from any house.
They were made at great expense by Mr. Rose, Lora Derby,
and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company., for
the purpose of getting manure out of the town by railway.
He had heard that a great quantity went that way, and it
would be a great public loss to the town if it were done
away with. It did no harm to anyone.—Mr. BEcKErr
said that Mr. Rose had not complied, in any shape or way,
with the contract he had made. Up to the present time,
the matter was in no better situation, nor was it likely to be
in a better situation. Give him what time they would,
they might depend upon it that he was not in a position, in
any shape or way, to carry the stuff a quarter of a mile
beyond the borough. They had contracted with him to do
that, and given him an increased amount to do so, but up
to that hour he was increasing the quantity. There was a
heap now at Kensington which it would take three or four
years to carry away. (Oh, oh.) Yes, it was a positive fact,
according to the manner in which he had been going ';on,
it would take three or four years to dispose of it. Now he
(Mr. Beckett) would like to know whether it was Mr. Rose's
intention to take it out of the borough and comply with his
contract, or give them a reason why he would not do so.—
Mr. Nicuou, believed it would be impracticable at present
to dispose of all that nightsoil. He believed there was
some truth in the remark of Mr. Rose that it would be a
great injury to the town if :he were suddenly to begin re-
moving it. He believed it would meet the difficulties of
tne case if all the old accumulation were covered a few
inches over with smithy-ashes. In the meantime, some
measures might be taken to prevent a single load of night-
soil being deposited there afresh. But as far as regarded
the late accumulation, he believed they were wise in not
insisting upon its removal immediately. The Council could
insist upon Mr. Rose not placing any new deposit within
the distance specified in his contract. He would be for
allowing Mr. Rose every fair opportunity, but he would
insist upon it that there should be no new deposit.—Mr.
Moss : There is a variety of ways in which he could get rid
of the nuisance, if money were not the object.—Mr. GLAD-
STONE thought they might seem rather awkward if they
countenanced anything like covering up what should be
removed. The thing was both possible and practicable ;
and, although he had no doubt it would be a serious loss to
Mr. Rose, still he thought it ought to be done. If the meet-
ing would allow him, he should wish to refer to what took place
last week, when discussing the question of having the manure
coveyed away by railway. He then said that he regretted
that the Southport railway company. The council were all,
he presumed, aware that there was a sandy soil in those
northern districts, better suited to the purpose than the
south, should have made so large a charge upon the con-
veyed away by railway. He regretted that the South-
port railway company should have made such a change
upon the conveyance of manure, as to render it almost a
total prohibition. The council were all, he presumed,
aware that there was a sandy soil in those northern
districts, better suited to the purpose than the south.
In consequence of his observations being made
known through the press, Mr. Chapman, one of the direc-
tors of the company, addressed a letter to him, which he
should not troubfe the oommittee by reading, in which he
said that it was not fair to charge the directors with the
responsibility—that they were willing to convey manure for
a ton, of which the Southport company received
ls. 5d., and the Lancashire and Yorkshire, he thought, 31
Sonthport, as they were aware, was distant about ten miles.
Now here was one of those anomalies which he thought
should be looked to. That 3d. was paid for what ? The
fact was that the deposits did not pass at all through the
terminus of that railway. They went upon the Southport
line, merely crossing the other to go through. That charge
of 3d. a ton was very heavy, and he thought could not be
justified, especially as it was his opinion that railway com-
panies, in the same spirit in which they were compelled to
take the poorer class of travellers at a lower charge, might
be compelled to join in assisting a town to get rid of what
was in urious to the health of its inhabitants. His imnresn-

ceut. upOn the outlaY, it wasas much as they ought to expeCt.
(Hear, hear.) They knew that railways draw their traffic
from large towns, and, under these circumstances, they

ought to assist them. He did not speak of the Southport
line only. He thought the London and North Western,
and all the other lines which come to Liverpool, ought to be
compelled to carry out and deposit at a very low rate.
(Hear, hear.) That would be the most satisfactory, and the
easiest way of getting rid of it. Now, taking the South-
port line as ten miles, he thought 14d. a ton would be quite
sufficient, Mr. Chapman said in his letter, that it would
be very well for Mr. Rose to provide waggons, and that if
he did as they would, convey the deposit at a lower rate
but that was only putting money out of one pocket into
another; and, moreover, persons who were acquainted with
the matter, knew that providing waggons was a disagreeable
thing, as the servants of the railway company invariably
placed the waggons in a very unfavourable place, where
they had the hauling of all the other waggons, so hat the
wear and tear of them was very great. He adhered to the
opinion which he had expressed before, that the charges
of the railway company amounted to something like a
prohibition. Ile did not think that Mr. Rose's demand
for the manure was at all extraordinary. Mr, Rose was
willing to sell it for ls. a tarn, and he did not think he could
make it less. He was satisfied some arrangement might
be fittidc for taking away the offensive matter, which cer-
tainly wottabe a very great advantage to the town. Mr.
Nicol,: I will more that instructions be given to cover the
old deposit with smithy ashes, or some other material, to
the board of engineers. Mr. BEexwrrx : Ido not see why
the board of engineers should be called upon. Mr. Nicol, :
As gentlemen have memorialized us -upon the subject, and
complained bitterly of it, I think we should show some
anxiety to relieve them from the nuisance, for oven if there
tesultiug-freiii it, yet the fear operat-
ing .in the minds of the inhabitants would be in itself
injurious, and a very small expense might obviate it by
covering the deposit with ashes or some such material, which
would, I think, be a much wiser course than insisting upon
reinoving it at this particular period. The instructions
[Toni thngeneral.board of health state that no large accu-
mulation of filth should be stirred up or removed, excepting
ander' the Ilirectioits• of a medical officer. Mr. -13REN
thought. Mr, Rose should be.called upon to fulfil his con-
tract. Alter. some further discussion,- the following resolu-
tion-was ad'opied—" That the coniinittee see no reason to
'depart from their resolution of the. Ist instant; 'asopy of
which was furnished to Mr. Tto'se ; and, that the Town Clerk
and inspector of Nuisances,* dircgted to report whether or
not -Mr, Rose has complied with .his.coutract, and, if not,
in what particulars he has failed therein; and that a copy of
the resolution "be -sent' to Mr. 'Rose." Mr. GLADSTOPIT :
.With the view, if needful, of bimpelling, Mr.. Rose, to
carry.: out his contract ? The CnkiiimAN :. yes, -that ivill
strengthen the resolution. It was , agreed that'-pie
words 'should be added-. Letters • were 'T.ead freni'Teign-
month:street, Beech-road, calling attention to. the-iniperket
sate_ of ..the channelling, and from Smitlidown-lane to a
nuisance caused by large 'pool into which the. bodies: of
dead,dogS•and 'Cats were thrown. On the rtcominendation
of the sub-onimittee,• the making of a sewet in Back flied-
ford-street was postponed. ; Back Lime-street was ordered to
be paved and sewered ; Crosshall-street to be siwered. The
OnAlaStaisr observed that Richmond-terrace, a street seventy
years old, in the centre of the town, and densely popu-
lated, was without any sewer in it. -Berger-street, Clifford-'
Ind Mulbury-street were 'ordered to be flagged.
The usual „notices for .lightiher,- paving, 'Sze., were ordeted
upon the • owners of land in: Cliedley and Duncan-streets.
The .notices for constructing sewers in .Crossliall-street,
Lombart-street, CoPperas.hill,'. and - several other - strdts.
Tenders were opened for constructing sewers, and-the follaw-
ing parties accepted :—Mr. ;ages, Edge-hill, for Mile-end ;
Bewer,. for Henry-street Ducket, for •.Thiward-
street ; Sfessis; John Sand • am '.l-6nes, for Brickhtill-
street,: Mr, ; ~I.brahani. was ,declared` contractor for paving
ConwaY-street, Eyerton.- Mr.. STEWART- reported upon be-
half of the sub-committee that-clauses should be introduced
intorther neVii- bill ithstek ifelihenitioW by which owners =of
land-in the:town should be compelled to pay a certain propor-
tion towards the
.sewerage, of the street -which belonged to
them ; the sewerage in all cases to be done by the public
authorities. The recommendriflon.was adopted. The com-
mittee then adjourned, - • -
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EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL
ACADEMY.