The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-09 00:00:00

CITI COMMISSION 0? SEWERS.

Yesterday the court met for the first time shim
the holidays for the despatch of public business.
Mr. Deputy Custer= occupied the chair.
SANITARYIpTATE OF THE CITY.
. .

Dr. LTTH risv, the medical officer of health, reed the fol-
lowing report

"To the Hon. the Commissioner, of Sewers of the City
of London.

"Gentlemen.—The impector's returns which are before
you relate to 651 homes that have been inspected during the
lag sin weeks, and I beg to submit • list of 81 places that
require your orders for their sanitary improvement in various
particulars. The mortality tables fortho erns period indi•
oat* an average condilon of the public health, and
show that It has not been disturbed by any
unusual epidemic The total number of death, in
the City of London during the lag nix weeks
has been 322, of which 154 were among children of lots
than five year. of age, and 52 among old persona of 80 and
upwards. The principal causes of death were the usual
summer complaints. Diarrhoea has been fatal In 50 cams, of
which 45 were among the infant population. The mortality
from this disease oleo very rapidly up to the lag week of
July, when it reached one-fourth of the total death rate.
Since that time It has gradually declined, and the influences
of the heavy thunderstorms In checking the of the
disease have IN= may remarkable. Among t other agues
of death there were 30 from hydrocephalus and the con-
Tetanus of Jamey, 29 from mesenteric disenees,
26 from pirtkisia, 13 from hooping-cough, 12 from
pneumonia, 13 from ty phua, 9 from measles, 6 from
Mombitia, 4 from scarlet fever, 3 from ,mall-pox, and 1 from
cholera. Theme numbers are not in excess of Mope which
were registered during the corresponding period of last year,
and they are much below the comparative death rates for all
London. Taking the whole of the metropolis, the deaths
from cholera during the last five weeks have been as I to 56
of the total mortality, whertas in the city, they have been
but se 1 to 322, and again, while the deaths from diarrhoea
and dysenteryhave been throughout London se Ito 4.73, in
the City they have been but as 1 to 6.31. It
must not be supping, however, that all parts of
the City have been relieved to a like extent from
the pressure of dimes'. In the eastern division of it
the proportion of deaths from diarrhoea has been a' I to
3 9 of the total deaths, whereas in the western districts It has
been but ae I to 6, and In the mistral division it has been only
a Ito 9.7. These facts are confirmed by the report. of the
medial officers to the City mimes, from which I find that
550 memo( diarrhoea, 96 of fever, and 21 of cholera, have oc-
curred among the City poor during the last six weeks. Much
of this sickness has been occasioned by the unusual heat of
the mason, the mean temperature of which has not only been
at all times above the average, but it has frequently ranged
In the course of twenty-four hours from upwards of 100 deg.
Fahrenheit in the sun to lie. than 60 deg. at night, and even
in the shade the range haa sometimes been se much., 30 deg.
Since the last meeting of the commission a complaint bas
been made to me by some of the inhahitants of Whit/Irian of
a very eerioua annoyanos from the offensive effluvium
emitted at certain times from the osier tanks belonging to
Mr. Walden, who is a rod merchant and bask simat
No. 1, Grand Junction-street, Whitetriars. I have visiaker, ted
the premises end find that there is ground for eon/plaint.
Mr. Walden has eve large tanks, in which he steeps the
willow rods, mall mean toga of the bark hennas putrid.
This occoakine a very awe smell, especially when the foul
water is diettubsd. I beg, therefore, to recommend test
orders be given fs the covering in of all the tanks, with
dam forting maws, sad that the foul water be run Mr from
W teaks into the sewer, sad the rods flushed with frogs
water bias tbs., are disturbed. This win hare the Moot of
(*min sway the putrid madam, sad will not in say deems
abet the Pads
I him tbs=smtac; roman your obedient serveat.
" WILT Levenays M.H.
" Gaildhsn,ftSept"l"
The send, afar trensioting some rotitiae hominids, ids
peraid.