The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-11 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of
Sewers, held yesterday at Guildhall. Hr. Deputy Omens
in the chair, Dr. Lethebv, the medical °dicer' reported
upon
the state of 222 booms that had hem inspected during
the week. He likewise ported that, • censer{u ece of
fever is the neighbourhood re
ourhood al Gleldairkila•, he hadevisited
the locality and inquired into the mums of the dimes, and
had obtained from the Merckr a circumstantial account
of the madiakin of the homes in fluammt, Smith's build-
ings, Hackle-street, Briciewatmplsee, and Bridgewater-
guidon, and be submitted a return al thei smeltery improve-
ments that were required. He she directed ahem-
tion to the mime of open pima in Dasekley-
street, which had for some years beat Is a dis-
graceful state, and was the depository of all the
tdtby refuse of the neighboarhood. He also certified to the
iodecant and unwholesome overcrowding of three houses in
Plough-court, and reported that the market and slaughter-
houses had been duly impacted during the week, end the
damn bad seined 1,3801 be of meat and 209 heed of game
sad poultry ea unfit for human food ; 988th.. of the meat
were dieeseed, 25th. putrid, and the rest was from animals
that bed died from natural causes.

Tits seesieliii;;tufor the week are on the increase.
Let week they were 64, in the preoedino week 52, and
the week Ware that only 49. Still, however, they are under
the average (68) for tee corresponding week of the Last six
years. Twenty-four of the deaths were among children
of less than Ave years of age, and twelve were
among old persons of 60 and upwards. Ten of
these were over 70, and two were 90. The thief MUMS
aides* were as fellows :—Plithisia, 9 ; mesenteric disease, 2 ;
bronchitis, 10 ; pneumonia, 3 ; fever, 4, all of children ;
infantile diorite's, 2 ; scarlet fever. 3 ; whooping amp, 4 ;
croup, 1, and measles, 1 ; making together It deaths from
tubereular dingoes, 13 from acute pulmonary, and 15 from
aymotic &seam.
Mr. Deputy READ presented a petition from the ward of
Cripplegate, praying the court to consider the subject of
the gas supply to the City, and the Metropolitan Gas Act
of 1860, and moved that it be referred to the special
committee. _ _

Dr. ABRAHAM, is smooding the motion, made a few com-
ments upon the mums pursued by the Great °withal Com-
pany, and said this emit would perhaps be surprised to
hear that that company, ea late ea but Friday, had given
notice to parliament of ► bill for the amendment of their
own act of 1851.

The motion was then spina to.
A repos, was read from the spacial committee to whom it
was referred at the last mart to consider whether a joint
case should not be prepared for the opiaioa of the Court of
Queen's Bench upon the provisions of the Costal Cies Oma-
pan{s Act of 1831 and the Mehopolie Gas Am of 1880,
stating that they had been attended by Yr. Alderman
Dade, the chairman of the isompany and he had, speed,
co behalf of the company, that a }oat wise should be pre-
pared for the opinion of the Court of Queen'. Bawl, sad
that they had instructed the whelk* to prepare the man,
with the assistance of the Itemembraawar sad the solicitors
of the said Gas Caraway.
The report was speed te.