The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

DISEASED MEAT.

A. J. BAYLIS, Esq., solicitor to the Commission, stated
that he had made inquiries into the circumstances under
which a quantity of diseased meat was sent from Arbroath,
in Scotland, to Newgatc-mlrket. The meat in question was
part of a cow which had died after several days' illness and
physicking, from fever. It was taken from the farm and
dressed, by a person named in the report, for human food.
A portion of the meat was sold in Arbroath, and the person
who had dressed the meat and sold it had been summoned
under the Nuisances Removal Act, and was there fiacd £5
and costs, Tho remainder wa, sent to London, and upon its
arrival at Nowgate- market was seTz2d by the inspector.
The solicitor added, that from the inquiries he had made ho
had ascertained that the person implicated had for some
time past been dealing extensively in diseased meat, both in
that town and in sending it up to London, and that he had
in fact been making a trade of it.
It was decided to instruct the solicitor to take the neces •
sary steps for prosecuting the guilty party.
THE SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY.
Dr. LETHERY reported that 304 houses had been inspected
during the past week, and he submitted a list of 124 places
for sanatory improvement. He also submitted a list of
places requiring further proceedings on account of orders
already issued but not yet complied with.
All the bakehouses in the City had been inspected during
the week, and with five exceptions they were found in a
clean and proper condition. In those five instances the
orders of the Court wore required for the cleansing of the
bakehouses.

The medical officer submitted a list of the courts and
alleys which require flushing during the summer months.
The markets and slaughter-houses have been duly in-
spected, and the officers have condemned 1,835 lbs of meat
as unfit for human food. Nearly the whole of it was in a
diseased condition.

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The mortality returns for the week are below the average
for the season. Last week the number of deaths was but
45, the average number for the corresponding week of the
as follow :—Phthisis 10, tabes and scrofula 5, pneumonia
noln
bronchitisyears4b,eincgonstli.nued fever 1, scarlet fever and
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The chief causes of death were
cough 1, and measles 7,
making together 15 deaths
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nhbgtercular diseases, 4 from inflammatory affections of
the
and 10 from diseases of a zymotic character.
Among the last group of these measles is the only oae which
has manifested any extraordinary prevalence.
Dr. LETHEBY further reported that the illuminating
power of the gas supplied to the City during the week had
but the amount of sulphur had in the case of
h a
in each case been above the requirements of the act of
Company been above the quantity
necessary orders_were given in accordance with the
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recommendation of the medical ofacer, and after transacting
some other business the Commissioners adjourned.

Railway and Pu bite Companies in
Parliament,

haon,aand Mr Bouch were _ __—
The traffic case having been concluded, the engi-
neering features of the proposed East s It:ordnadyonyißr
Baialzwastiygeatrtee
now under consideration in Lord S
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ex-
amined at considerable length by Mr Phinn,
Mr Burke, and
Mr Round. Mr Rollins, of the firm of Minton and Co.,
new
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porcelain and pottery manufactures, gave evidence in favour
of the proposed Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Rail-
way. The promoters of the Worcester and Dean Forest hav-
ing finished their case, the bill of the Gloucester and Led-
bury Railway was taken. It propose,
with a capital of
£200,000 in shares, and £66,000 loan, to construct an aggre-
gate length of railways of 19 miles from about two miles east
of the Gloucester station of the Midland Railway to Marse-
more, and thence to a junction with the Great Western and
Worcester and Hereford at Ledbur Y 9 with branches to the
Forest of Dean and Monmouth Railways, to lay down ad-
ditional lines for the narrow gauge on the Gloucester and
Dean Forrest, and to maks working and traffic arrangements
with neighbouring railways. Tho proposed new line will
cross the eastern branch of the Severn about a mile above
Gloucester by a bridge of two arches, and the western branch
by a bridge of three branches. Witnesses were examined by
Mr Crippa in favour of the project. The promoters of the
Lancashire Railways are still engaged in a contest upon
clauses. The bills for the projected North Durham Railways
are withdrawn. The following bills being unopposed were
passed through committee :—Peterborough, Wisbech, and
Sutton Railway, for extensions to contract these places with
the Great Eastern Railway to raise addditional sums of
£105,000 by shares, of which £BO,OOO is in respect of a de-
ficiency in the estimate of expense under the act of 1863,
and £25,000 in respect of the estimates for the new works,
and £35,000 by loan, as well as to attach at 6 per cent. pre-
ference dividend to shares in the authorised and proposed
capitals to an amount not exceeding £130,000. The line
will cross the river Nene by a bridge at Wisbech, with
tramways along its western shore. The Blyth and Tyne
Railway Bills, which empower the company to take addi-
tional powers to purchase lands on which various parts of
their railways have been constructed, and to raise £lOO,OOO,
to make branches from Mcrpeth to the mouth of the river
Blyth, and to subscribe £lOO,OOO towards the £400,000 pro-
posed to be raised for constructing docks, piers, and break-
waters at the mouth of the river Blyth; also to raise foe
other purposes £230,000. The bill to empower the Great