Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

N MITTIERN TIMES.-

IIEALTH COMMIT lEE.

The weekly meeting of this Committee Was held at hslf-
past two o'clock, yesterday, at the Town Hall. Mr. Alder-
man Dover in the chair.
Other members present—Meters. Shell, Beckwith.,
H'dson, Robertson Gladstone, Godfrey, Johnson, Anth4lay
Haydoek, and Stitt.
. .

The Minu'es of the fait meeting were ;lad and
confirmed.

HE4LTH OF THE TOWN,

The Medical Officer, of Health rep")rted that in 'the week
ending on Saturday lest, 254 deities were reetecered in the
borough, being 19 morn than in the previous week, and 28
more than the corrected average of the erne, week of tha
preceding nine years. In the parish, 188 deaths ware
registered ; in the Out-townships, 66. Although the
general mortality wits high, the mortality from Zintotic
diseases was lower than in any week of the preceding
three months. The dealers were 79, of which no less
than 30 were from scarlatina, 15 from hooping cough, 13
from diarrhcea. (the mortality having now fallen to the
average) 10 front typhus, 3 from syphilis,..2 from small
plx, 1 from cholera-; diseases of the lungs with consump-
tion canted b 9 death., against 62 in the previous week.
The excess of mortality last week,.as compared with the
week preceding was confieed to the mid.die periods of life.
The deaths below five years of age and ab we seventy
havin locien the s me in each week, viz., 129 below five
year of age in the former, and 14 ab:dre 70 years of age, in
the latter period. The temperature, as in each of the
thirteen preceedirg weeks, was above the average, the mean
being 57 8-10 degrees, nearly 63 degrees higher than that
of the s sme week of the eleven years preceding. Rain fell
on Burden but the amount did •not exceed 2-100ths of
an inch.

In answer to Mr. Janwsow,
Dr. Duncan said that scarlatina was almo3t epidemic -at
present, bat that the case of 'cholera reported was one of
Hogliah cholera.

The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and In-
spector of Nuisances, reported various particulars of the
operations in their several 'departments during the week,
from which it appeared that 124 nuisances complained of
by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to
remedy them ; 913 houses in the unhealthier• districts,
containing 3,43) apartments, and 463 cellars had been put
under extmioation with the view of improving their
sanitary condition.

The Bnrveyor report/ d that 614 persons had been called
upon to repair their cellar grating 4, &?.., and that the order,
on the whole, was being willingly complied with. The
same order will be carried out in egard to all dwellings
and ether housesin the town.

Mr. Wei ra, Treasurer, submitted a return of the salaries
of the officers of the department, and the proportions paid
by the several committees. The total salaries amount to
£1,678, and of this the Health Committee pay 573 1 2s 6 1,
the Water Committee, £534 7s 61, an-1 the Watch Com-
mittee, Zilt) lOs The return was' made in, consequence
of the complaint of Mr Jeffery, at the 'est monthly Council,
of the manner in which tbe salaries of the departments
sere set out in the c3rporate accounts .
On the motion of Mr. E'onsov, seconded by M'. BIECK-
WITH, thanks were voted to the Chairman and Deputy-
Chairman, for the manner in which they conducted the
business of the committee during the past sear.
This concluded the general business.