Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

neasure from peoplE

familiar with the use of •their

and partly from
An improved and simplified

:s was substitut,

ges, but even for separate cellar tene-

no doubt

hat, in due course, you

tee will overcome all the obstacles with which they have to
contend, and that few dwellings will be found in the
bOrough with the objectionable open midden remaining.
"During the year no less than 1,717 houses .have been
erected. Allowing only six occupants for each house, which
is below the average, these dwellings will accommodate a
population of 10,302, a number greater than the whole of
many an important town in the kingdom. Of these build-
ings only 84 are court houses, but each of such courts excels
many of the old streets in all -that is desirable, and every
house in the court is constructed so as to afford thorough
ventilation, with a separate yard, separate conveniences,
and a passage in the rear for the removal of refuse, so as to
secure the cleanliness of the dwelling and the court.
" The builders find it to be -thtir interest to consult your
officers as to the best mode of constructing premises, and
frequently ask for advice as to laying out the laud.
" In numerous instances plans conforming to the letter of
the act have been postponed by the general purposes com-
mittee, with the object of getting better arrangements
made, both as to internal and external accommodation and
space. Upon these suggestions being explained to the

builders they have generally adopted them; and, to their
credit, it should be stated that they hare repeatedly given
up the site of a house of a proposed block of property in

an enlar

a for other dwelliti,xs

" The great improvements thus effected in the habitations
of the industrial classes, combined with the 'spreading of
the population over a large space of land, cannot fail to
produce a salutary effect upon the rate of sickness and

Mortality in the borough

ceedings of your committee is.
have been carried out with th

•that in most instances they

of the partic

interested; : and the n
by what has been do

aajority of them admit they are jainers

"WILLIAM RISIITON,

Surveyor of Buildin;,►s,

Dwellings and Warehouses erected, or in the course of
erection, within the Municipal Borough of Liverpool in
the year 1858 :—Under £l2 per annum rent, 114 ; from
£l2 to £25, 1,299 ; from £25 to £35, 182 ; from £35
upwards, 122. Total, 1,717. Warehouses, 5.
Buildings (not dwellings) erected, alterations made, and
dangerous buildings taken down or secured in the year
1858 :—Buildin— - stables, smithies, &c., 120 ;
&c., 44 ; alterations and

.s, such a
factories, of

such as ma

additions of extensive character, 67; of inferior character,
465; dangerous buildings taken down or secured, 313.
Comparative statement of the number of dwellings
erected within the Borough in each year since 1838
1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. 1812. 1843. 1844. 1845. 3846. • 1847
1052 997 1576 1761 2027 -

-IGO 1220

1848. 1849. 1850. 1831. 1852. 1553. 1354. 1855. 1856. 1857

3 924 829 1355 17
1838, 31,204.

Total sin

d privies and ashpits, and privies converted
sets in the year 1858 :—Reported as nuisan-

; inspections, 9,392; notices served, 694; re-
-05; converted into water closets, 203.