The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

DISEASED MEAT.

Mr. Baylis, solicitor to the Commission, reported that ho
had taken proceedings on behalf of the Commission against
a meat salesman of Leadenhall-market, named Thompson
(and who had refused to give to the inspector the name of
the consignor), for having in his custody the carcass of a
sheep unfit for human food. The defendant admitted that
the meat was in a very bad state, and urged that it was
brought up without his knowledge. Sir R. W. Carden, tho
alderman before whom thesutumonswasheard, thought the
case was proved, but mitigated the penalty to 20s. and costs.
The solicitor further reported that on the 29th August
last he attended before Sir R. W. Carden, at the Mansion-
house, and procured the condemnation of the hind quarters
of a cow as unfit for human food, which had been seized by
the inspector at the shop of a butcher in Aldgate High-
street. The meat was in such a highly inflamed state that
he caused inquiries to be made into the circumstances under
which it was sent up to London, and he now recommended
that further proceedings should be taken in respect of it.
Another report was brought up respecting the condemna-
tion of two sides of a calf which had been seized by the in-
spector as being unfit for human food. The meat when
seized was in a very inflamed and diseased state, and the
whole of it had been rubbed both inside and out with fat to
hide the appearance of disease.

It was decided in these two last cases that further pro.
ceedings should be taken against the parties who had sent
the meat to the London market, and with this view the re-
ports were referred back to the solicitor.
SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY.

Dr. LETHEBY presented the following report on the sane.,
tory condition of the City :
" Gentlemen,—The inspector's returns which are before
you relate to 224 houses that have been visited during the
week, and I submit a list of 47 places for sanatory im-
provement. I also submit a list of places requiring further
proceedings, but not yet complied with.
" The markets and slaughter-houses have been duly in.'
spected, and the officers have condemned 7661b5. of meat as
unfit for human food. It consisted of 5 sheep, 4 calves, 2
pigs, and 55 joints of meat; 4341b5. Were diseased, and
2081bs. were from animals that had died from natural causes.
"The mortality returns for the week are slightly in excess
of the average for the season. 60 deaths were registered,
and of these 22 were among children of less than five years
of age, and 8 were among persons of 60 and upwards.
The chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis, 7
mesenteric disease, 5 ; pneumonia, 3 ; bronchitis, 3 ; con-
tinned fever, 2; scarlet fever, 3; small-pox, 1 ; whooping-
cough, 1; and diarrhoea, 5 ; making together 12 deaths
from tubercular diseases, 16 from inflammatory affections
of the lungs, and 11 from diseases of a zymotic character.
48 births were registered in the week, namely, 25 boys
and 23 girls.

" I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
(Signed) " HENRY LETHEBY."
" Guildhall, Sept. 15, 1863."
QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE GAS SUPPLY.

Dr. LETIIEBY presented to the Court the following report:
" To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers of the City

of London.

" Gentlemen,—l have the honour to submit the quarterly
report of the illuminating power and chemical quality of the
gas supplied to the City of London by the Great Central, the
Chartered, and the City of London Companies.
"The examinations of the gas have been made at the la.
boratory in J ewry-street in accordance with the instructions
of the act of Parliament. Altogether there have been 735
experiments on the illuminating power of the gas, and du)
results have been as follows :

" ILLUMINATING POWER IN SPERM CANDLES OF
STANDARD QUALITY.

Maximum. Minimum. Average,
Great Central Company 16.05 .. 12.14 .. 14.15
Chartered Company.... 14.65 .. 10.79 .. 13.03
City of London Company 16.26 ' 8.50 .. 13.78
"From this it will be seen that the illuminating power 4
the gas of each company has been generally good. On once
or two occasions the power of the City Company's gas was
very low, but this arose from the unavoidable access of at-.
mospheric air to the pipes during the operation of relaying
the mains of the neighbourhood.

" The chemical quality of the gas has not, however,:becu
so satisfactory, for in a large majority of cases the amount
of sulphur present in the gas of each of the companies was'
largely in excess of the quantity authorised by Parliament.
This will be evident from the following table :

" AMOUNT OF SULPHUR PRESENT IN 100 CUBIC FEET 04/
GAS.