Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The weekly meeting of this committee was held yes-
terday, in the Council-chamber, Town-hall, the mem- .
bers present being—Mr. Shell, in the chair; and Messrs.
Gladstone, Beckwith, Holden, Crosthwaite, Barton,'
Ridley, Job, Bowring, Crellin, Stitt, Ilaydock, and
Hodson.

The medical officer reported that the deaths regis-
tered in Liverpool during the first week of 1860 were
231, being 32 less than in the previous week; and 20
less than average during the last ten years, In the
parish the deaths were 162, and in the out-townships
69. From diseases of the lungs the deaths were—last
week, 108 ; previous week, 123, the &rimer being 10
more than the average. The deaths from zymotic dis-
eases were 38, which number is considerably less than
the average-62. Typhus untied 13 deaths, measles 8,
scarlatina 7, pooping cough 6, iliarrhma 2, diphtheria-1,
quinsy 1, delirium tremens 2 ; 41 of the deceased per-
sons were aged between 60 and 93.
The Borough gngineer, Building Surveyor, and
Inspector of N uisances, reported various particulars of
,the operations in their several clepartrn.qnts during the
week, showing that 268 nuisances' complained of by
inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to
remedy them, that -1,282 houses in the most unhealthy'
districts, containing 4,127 apartments and 824 cellars,
had been subjected to examination, with a view of im-
proving their sanitary condition,
The proceedings of the sub-committee• contained a-
recommendation that Mr. James M'Donald should be
appointed to a clerkship in the office of the inspector of
nuisances, at a salary of 30s. a week.
Mr. GLArtgToxi said the appointment required some
consideration, as he thought it would bear somewhat
hardly upon one or two others who had been longer in
the service of the Corporation than Mr. M'Donald. Mr.
Ashcroft had served the Corporation faithfully for five
years without any complaint, and he and perhaps others'
might feel aggrieved if Mr. M'Donald, who had only
been in their service for twelve months, Was 'placed over
them.

At the suggestion of the Chairman it was agreed
that Mr. Ashcroft should be appointed a clerk in the
office of the Inspector of Nuisances, and that Mr.
M'Donald should occupy his place.
An application from Mr. Wm. Hastings, captain of
the Sixth Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, for the use
of the yard attached to the Public-offices, Cornwallis-
street, for drill, was granted.
Mr. BOWEING said that the Town•clerk, through the
amount of business:which had devolved upon him during
the past week, had been _linable .to call together the
Lodging-house Committee ; and in order to save time,
and that the five inspectors might at once commence
their duties, he wished that committee would authorise
the medical officer to provide the uniform.--The sug-
gestion was adopted.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he had received a letter from
Mr. Myers in reference -to the streets forming the lead-
ing thoroughfare to and from- the centre of the borough
to Waterloo, Crosby, and the neighbouring districts,
which was as follows;--

TO ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, ESQ.

Jan. .
0, 1860;•
Crosby House, Great CrOsby, near Liverpool,
My dear Sir —I have nine than once had the satis'action of
conversing with you upon the state of the approaches to
Liverpool from this side of the country, and I now trouble you,
again upon the subject, in the hope that To:: may think fit to
call the attention of the Health Committee to it. The intended
continuation of Vauxhall-road to join Lord Derby's new road
to Bootle village, and for which £l,OOO was voted by the
Corporation twelve months ago, appears to 132 entire'y left
undone, and the old road is in a mt,st datterous and disgrace-
ful state. The upper road, past Blackfield terrace, and which
I believe is meant to be carried into Scotland-road, through
Gore-street North, seems to be making a'most equally slow
progress. _ _ .

I-am aware that Lord Derby's road is far from finished, and
its completion may possibly be delayed by the accident to the
bridge over the railway; but I think .an inspection of the
whole would satisfy you that the portion under the corpora-
tion seems likely to delay the opening of the whole, and the
public will be deprived for a long time of the advantage which
such a direct and excellent communieatidn will confer upon it.
The present circuitous route from the centre of the town to
this part of the country is a great inconvenience, unless the
line of Great Howard-street is taken, which to carriages is
absolutely dangerous from the crowds of Joaded carts and
waggons. The only route, say from Church-street, is thrOugh
Elliott-street, Lime-street, Commutation-low, Islington, St.
Anne-street, Richmond-row, Fox-street, Great Homer-street,
Boundary-street, running east and west, to the northern end
of Great Howard-street.

I have troubled you with this recapitulation, as it presents
the most extraordinary mode of exit troma great town to an
important section of surrounding country to be met with in
England. There is, indeed, the alternative of Vauxhall-road,
but the narrow state of that street at the southern end, and of
Hatton-garden, renders that route as dangerous as Great
Howard-street and Oldhall-street.

I would further beg to eall attention td Victoria-road. It is
macadarnised in the centre, but on ne old foundation, which
is bad, alad the sides are paved with boulders shelving to the
channels, and therefore almost useless for any but large footed
cart horses. From the softness of the foundation the metal
wears away directly, and requires constant renewal, which
must be enormously expensive, and since the opening of the
Canada Dock the traffic has become very great. I hope you
will excuse my haring troubled you at,such length, and I trust
you will see fit' to mention the subject of this note to the
Health Committee on an early occasion,—Believe me,
mE
my dear
sir, yours faithfully, JOHN
The Bonotrell ZNGINEER said that the part of the
road for-which the Corporation had paid, was finished,
but in consequence of the
_arrangement which Lord
Derby's agent in London, for the transfer of the land,
having been only verbal., the agent here was not aware
of it, and stopped the work The matter was arranged
the day before yesterday, ,and the road would be con-
tinued through the private land. The present tortuous
road was no doubt dangerous, but it was row being
repaired, as it would have to be used for about a year.
The road made by the Corporation would soon join
Sandhill-lane, but it might be years before Lord Derby
continued it to join his intened Blackfield-terrace-road.
The engineer was requested to report more fully at
the next meeting, and the proceedings then terminated.

;MINERAL STATISTICS.—We find from some figures
now before us, that the total value of metals, metal-
liferous minerals and coals produced in 1858 was
£31,266,932. The compilation, which is the work of
the keepers of mining records in the Museum of Prac-
tical Geology, contains returns from all our metalliferous
mines, iron furnaces, and collieries. It appears that
in 1858, 10,688 tons of tin' ore were obtained,
valued at £671,057 ; 226,852 tons of copper ore,
worth £1,336,538 ; 95,855 tons of lead ore, worth
£1,370,726; 100,263 tons of pyrites, worth £77,1125;
11,556 tons of zinc ore, worth £36,199 ; 555 tons of
arsenic, worth £B6O ; 4 tons of nickel, worth £lBB ;
uranium, worth £2l; gossan, worth £1,221; 1,400
tons of manganese, worth £2,800 ; 8,046,959 tons of
iron ore, worth £2,570,701; 65,008,649 tons of coal,
worth £16,252,162; the total value being £22.81%599 ;
raised, when the ore was converted .into marketWe
metal, to £31,20,932.