The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-23 00:00:00

WEST DERBY UNION.

The usual weekly meeting of the West Derby Union was
held in the workhouse, yesterday—Rev. Mr. Badnall occupied
the chair. The other members present were—Messrs Harrison,
Pickup, Cailia, Siddeley, Craig, Wilson; Medcalt, Whitty, H.
Edwards, J. Edwards, Shaw, Heyes, Lunt, Pitts, .lohns,
Wensley, Roscoe, Elias, Watkinson, Abrahams, Mawdaley,
and Davies.
The following cheques were granted for out-door relief :
Mr. Pius, £lBO ; Mr. Olney, £2B; Mr. Lythgoe, £l7.
The Govet nor, Mr. Gough, reported that the number of
paupers in the workhouse this week was 631 ; in the house
last week, 627 ; corresponding week last year, 635 ; admitted
during the week, 21 ; born, 1 ; discharged, 17; died, 1. The
number of patients in the hospital was stated to be this week,
95; last week, 94 ; corresponding period last year, 58 ;
admitted during the week, 10 ; discharged 5, ; died, 4.
A report, entered i❑ the hospital's look, by Mr. Farnall,
poor-law inspector, was read. Mr. Farnall stated that he
found the establishment generally in good order. He suggested
some alteration in the windows, and added that in many unions
the guardians allowed the sick inmates to have a .few copies of
the Illustrated lonlon News and Illustrated Times.
The report was referred to the committee.
It was stated that the arrears of rates duo in Everton aro
£597 7s 7d ; in Toxteth Park, £621 Is 2d ; in Walton, £24.
It was agreed that a letter he written to the defaulting town-
ships, urging them to pay up the arrears.
A letter was read from the medical officer, Mr. Nevins,
calling attention to the overcrowded state of the girls' sleeping
room, and also of the infants' sleeping room. The medical
officer stated that ho did not consider the girls' sleeping room
should be occupied by more than 50 to 65 girls, while at pre-
sent the number varied from 70 to 100. Ho also suggested
that a covered passage should be made from the infants' school
room to their sleeping room, to avoid the necessity of having
the infants exposed to the weather every night and morning.
The letter was referred to the visiting committee.
Tenders were accepted for the following articles, to be sup.
plied for six months :—Potatoes, Mr. J. Birch, Netherton ;
flour, Mr. Birch, Ne:herton ; meat, Mr. Madden, London road ;
leather, Mr. Thomas Samuel, Scotland road ; bread and provi-
sions for the-out door poor, Messrs. W. J. Lee, Mill street ;
Jones, Everton road ; and Cottrell, Brunswick road.
The Board then adjourned.

WAIM MEETINGS LAST NIGHT.

EVERTON AND KIRKDALE.—The contest in this Ward
seems, so far, to be thickening, as each candidates friends
are working strongly for the victory. Last night, the
friends of Mr. Stitt met at the Parrot Inn, West Derby
(Kirkdale), in order to make the usual preliminary arrange-
ments ; and the friends of Mr. Longtoa met at Hughes's.
Bank-field Tavern, Bootle, having a like object in view.
Bath meetings were respectably attended, and the usual
addresses, resorted to on such occasions were delivered.
These, in a great measure, were repetitions of what has
taken place in the same Ward at previous meetings.
To-night, Lime street Ward is evoked in favour of Mr.
Jeffery.