Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

Thelutual weekly meeting of this earneittse was held. at,half-peet
two o'clo :k, yesterday, in the Town 11011; Mr. Aid t,rman • Dover,, in
the chair. Other members presets,. —Messrs. Shell, Crelli a, .13ck-
with, Hutchison Sooring, Johnson, Anthony, Haydoalt, Aoerteen
la ladstonc; Stitt, and Godfrey.
HEALTH CF IHE TORN.
The Medical Officer of Health reported that the deaths. for the
week, ending on Saturday last, were. 297, showing an increase of 31
aver the rrevions week, and of 48 as conflared with the came week of
the preceding nine yeas, bat in the corresponding week. of 1847,
when inflaanza was prevalent,- the deaths were W. and if the:: week
be included in the calculation, the' excess of last week ever the
average is reduced to 18. Diseases of Vic lunge, with consumption,
caused 127 deaths—a number which :has bean only encenneeNled
since the spring or 1855, and which is 32 mon than the cor-
rected average. Zymoic diseases were 'fetal to 61 children
and 11 adults—in all 77 Of • these, 23 were loom scar-
latina. 16 hooplng cough. 11. typhus, 6 diarveaa. 3 small
pax (2 unvaccinit d), and 2 eyphylts. Three- children died
from measles, a numter wilich„ small though 'ilt,b.s..is greater than in
any of the preceding 39 w Sirs. A man, aged 24,died from deleriurn
tremens. The late variable and unseasonable wesatlter has been
e.pacially fatal to persons.of advance I ye 43-4kperacas having died.
between the ages of, 60 and 90, and 24 of these having been 70 years
of age and up .vards. lbe Lumber is greater than in any previous
week for nearly three year=. The dadyfmean temperature, which
was 37 8-10 degrees on Sunday, rose 15 degrees. by Thursday, and
afterwards fell si degrees. The mean of the week was 43 8.10
degrees, being ,q decrees above the average- 114,iss fell on two daps
to the extent of 21.100 the of an Inch.
The Borough Eng,neer Building Surveroz sad Inspector of
Nuisances reported various particulars of. the. operations in their
several departments during the we k, fLaznis wielch it,a.dpeared that
110 nuisances ccmplalasd of by inhabitants had be n inspected, and
mans taken to remedy them. NO. hones in the unhealthiest
di.ti let, containing 3,029. e.partmouts, and 621 cellars had bean put
wader exarnina'ian, with a view oCtinrcroving their sanitary condition.
A memorial was read from alessrs. Mann and Creithwaite, of
Parker-street, praying that that street may be Macadmised, and
urging that they Were as well eatitled to l't as the tradesmen of Sold.-
street and Church-street. ,
Mr. Hodgson moved that the 'prayer af tha mein-Lial be gran!ea,
on the gremad that after the decision of the Council in the case of
Parliament-street, tliey cored net f driy refase it. He himself thought
the sauaraset pavement best, homes° the' cheapest, but if it were
carried 0.. t at all, it s'itonald be laid down in all the streets. He
believed they would soon have a zaemorial for the alacadamlsingof
nfty or slx.ty streets in the town, and undrn the preterit circum-.
stances he would support it. There ahead be even-handed ;attics

to all.
Mr. Godfrey seconded the motion.
I I/4'. Beckwith ol,ketedi, and urget that the respor.sil ility of gran-
ting the prayer of the memrolal, shoal," be thrown on the coaucil, If
Macadam were substituted for square set pavement, their rates woutd.
to &Don doubled. (13eAr, hear.)
Mr. Crehin moved that the consideration of the r.....eraorial ,be
postponed untß they had the report of the Borough Ent lueer: on thei
expirrn.sSelltodsoitftps"oanyb:wndg:thewddit-retlwe'qmhuilosrtieoransoe.tlts::, IR:tidlealiirl.mC.r Mlle's was Ulk.l,
mous'y adopted.
This concluded the general husinera. •