The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-06 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of
Sewers held yesterday at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy CREME
in the chair, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, re-
ported the state of 189 homes that had been inspected
during the week, and he submitted a list of 43 places that
required eanitary improvement. He likewise certified the
overeruwdiag of a house in Crown-court, Fleet-street, which
required the necessary proceedings for its registration as a
common lodgingltoune.
He also reported that the markets and slaughter•houtes
had been duly inspected during the week, and that the
officers bad seized 1,2081b5. of meat, 1 deer, 13 hares, and
2i head of game and poultry as unfit for human foal.
, 996 lhe. of the meat were diseased. and 210Ibs. were from
animals that had died from natural causes. All the game
was putrid.
Sizty-four births ware registered during the week, and 33
deaths. The number of deaths is greatly below the ave-
rages (49) for the corresponding taroks of the last siz years.
Half of the deaths were among children of lees than five
years old, and there were 7 among old persons of 60 and
upwards. The principal causes of death were as follows :
phthinis, 3 ; mesenteric disease, 4; bronchitis, 4 ; pneu.
mouis, 3 ; continued fever, 3 ; scarlet fever, whooping
cough, and croup, each 1 ; making together 7 deaths from
tubercular diseases, 7 from acute affections, and 6 from
zymotic.

HEALTH OP LOWDOW.—The weekly return issued
by authority of the Registrar -General states :—The deaths
in London to the week that ended last Saturday were 1,078 :
the last three returns have shown very slight fluctuation.
The deaths returned for last week were less by more than a
hundred than they would have been if the average rate of
mortality in the same week of ten previous years had pre-
vailed. The mortality from scarlatina continues high. The
number of fatal cases of this complaint was 94, and of
diphtheria 18 ; whilst the corrected average in correspond-
ing weeks of the two diseases combined is 83. There were
4 deaths from scarlatina in the north-west sub-district of
Chelsea, 4 in Mayfair, 7 in Somers-town and Camden-
town, 8 in Islington, and 7 in the Waterloo-road sub-dis-
tricts of Lambeth. Mr. Mears, registrar of the lirst
Waterloo-road sub-district, who recorded five deaths from
this disease, mentions • house (70, King-street) in which it
prevails, and where each room contains • family, and the
kitchen holds eight persons who " live and sleep" in it.
The mortality by smallpox and measles is low, 3 deaths
having been registered from the former, and 7 from the
latter. There were 16 from croup, 35 from whooping-
cough, 47 from typhus. Six infants died from syphilitic
disease. There were five deaths by murder or manslaughter,
3of which occurred to infante. Last week the births of
947 boys and 889 girls, in all 1,836 children, were registered
in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the peals
1861.60 the average number was 1,652.
ETON Coulson Ace:lariat —The fine weather this
year has prolonged the aquatic season at Eton College some
time beyond the usual period. The Eton watermen posted
at different sta.ions on the river to assist and protect the
boys in their sports of boating and swimming were not dis-
charged for the winter until Saturday last. Foothill, it
which Prince Arthur joined the boys a few days ego, 0 the
game in the ascendant this " ball," and few of the Etoniass
care for river pastime ; the authorities of the schools, never-
theless, deem it prudent to continue the services of the
watermen so long as the least disposition is evinced for the
pleasures of the stream. The breaking up of the raft at
Searles last week was another unmistakeable proof that
summer's glorious reign is over. Mr. ]awes, who, by his
successful efforts in many rowing contests this season, has
provcd himself worthy of the aquatic crown, has succiedel
Mr. Blake Humfrey as captain of the boats.
00-OPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL Swig-fir, HALIFAX...-.
Yesterday, the opening of the new premises in Northgate,
erected by this society,was oelebrated by a monster teamed-
ieg in the British schools, followed by a public meeting in
the Odd Fellows' Hell, presided over by P. Crossley, FAO-,
M.P. The building consists of two handsome shops, wah
large and commodious warehouses behind, erected at a Lost
of 3,5001. The society was started io 1830, and made but very
sliht progress up to November, 1859, when it numbered
221) members, with • capital of 7741., and had done ba.l*
nese to the extent of about 2,000/. during the previous six
months. But • revision of the rules, then carried out d
the suggestion of some of the directors, had the effect et
making the undertaking more popular, and, from that time
to the present, the society's operations have been attended
with a large measure of success, exceeding the most satmulte
expectations of its; original promoters. In November.
18W, the number of members had increased to Ist.o.
with a capital of 4,8641. ; and in November, l'ka•
to 2,403, with • capital of 11,531/. ; whilst the hosiers
had extended from 2,0001. for the latter six moods
in 1859, to 18,7101. for the same period in lieo, ant
to 22,9431. for the same_ period in 1861. The society Mt
two establishments at Halifax and seven country branch..
at Greetland, Northowram, Ovenden, Booth Town, lag
Cross, Siddall, end Illingworth. Yesturday, upwards of
eM
thousand of the members took tea together at two sager
down, in the British schools ,• and afterwards an adett'
meat took place to the Odd Fellows Hall, trho soy
densely crowded. The report was reed by 11r. Ssei
11°Ideti, the secreUrc; and the meeting was addressed h?
Mr. Crossley, M.P. the chairman), Mr. Hooson, of No'
pats:et:oo,7:z
cheater; Mr. Lloyd ones, of Glasgow, Ac.
and Children, Edwards-street, Portnian.muare, daring"'
eases.
week ending; Nov. 2, was 738, of which 219 were ""
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