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

CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

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at afternoon
despatch
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fb members
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The
chairman,
Deputy de Jersey, presided, and among the commissioners
present were Alderman Hale, Deputies I.7lnwin, Pewtrese,
Cork, Read, Lott, Jones, Elliott, Rathbonef Lorkin, and
Annis ; Messrs. G. Walter, C. Young, Stillwell, Houghton.
Israel, J. AVaterlow, J. E. Sanders, &c.
In the course of the sitting two persons, owners of pro-
perty in the poorer parts of 'the City, were summoned for
not having carried out certain necessary sanatory wo:lts at
houses belonging to them, in accordance with notices which
had been served upon them by Mr. Parsons, the sanatory
inspector. This officer reported to-day that it was necessary
the works should be carried out, and therefore the Court
ordered that the works should be completed within seven
days; and
Seas further decided that, if at the expiration
of that time the works were not done, the contractor to the
Commission
should be called in to carry out the order, and
that the defendants should be charged with the attendant
expenses.

DISEASED MEAT. •
proceedingsof u is
namedmmson
Mr. Baylis, solicitor to the Commission, reported that he
had
rent
(and who had refused to give to the inspector the name of
the consignor), for having in his custody the carcass of a
f the
sheep unfit for human food. The defendant admitted that
Commission iT hos.in
a nade taken
salesman gpai
the meat was in a very bad state, and urged that it was
brought up without his knowledge. Sir R. W. Carden, the
alderman before whom the 811Minons washeard, 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. Nir. Carden, at the Mansion-
house, and procured the condemnadon of the hind quarters
of a cow as unfit for human food, which had been seized by
the inspector at the shop of a butchor 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 fn respect of it.
Another report was brought up respecting the condemna-
tion of two sides of a calf which had been seizaki by the in-
spector as being unfit for human food. The west 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 0-
ports were referred back to the solicitor.
SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY.
Dr. LETHEBY presented the following report on the sena.
tory condition of the City :
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for e n
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"Gentlemen,—The inspector's returns which are before
you relate to 224 houses that have been visited during the
submitlanalsfoood .
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consisted
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tedof placeshreeeqpirt duly in-
spected,
swpeeekcted, a,nd I
and
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7f6o6rvassan.
of
ftomry im-
provement.
unfit
p furthermcalves, 2
proceedings, but not yet complied with.
" The markets and siaugh ter-houses have been
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-
tinued fever, 2; scarlet fever, 3; small-pox, 1; whooping-
cough, 1; and diarrhea, 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 LETHERY."
"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,-1 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 the
results have been as follows:-
6' ILLUMINATING POWER IN SPERM CANDLES OP
STANDARD QUALITY.

Maximum. Minimum. Average,

Great Central Company 16.05 .. 12.14 .. 14.16

Chartered Company.... 14.65 .; 1019 13.03
City of London Company 16.26 .. &50 .. 13.78
"From this it will be seen that the illuminating power of
the gas of each company has been generally good. On ono
or two occasions the power of the City Company's gas wan
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, howeverasert
so satisfactory, for in a large majority of cases the amount
of sulphur present in the gas of each of the companies wail
largely in excess of the quantity authorised by Parliament.
This will be evident from the following table :
" AMOUNT OF SULPHUR PRESENT IN 100 CUBIC FEE'rl3l3
GAS.

Maximum. Minimum. Average,
Great Central Company 28.2 .. 12.9 .. 18.8
Chartered Company 28.9 .. 16.9 .. 23.1.
City of London Company 30.9 .. 171 .. 23.4
"In 26 examinations of the Great Central gas 13 were
above the Parliamentary proportion ; in 29 of the Chartered,
25 were above it; and in 27 of the City Company 23 were
above it.
" The average pressure of the gas has in each case been
good, for it has always exceeded one inch of water.
"I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
(Signed) "AY. LETIIEBYG
" Guildhall, Sept. 15, 1863."
Mr. C. YOUNG aske
isd thein
junirieoduiscatin health?
?if the presenco
of sulphur in coal gas
Dr. LETIIEBY, in reply, said that unless the proportion,
became so large as to be positively offensive and hurtful be
the breathing, he did not know that it was seriously injuri-
ous to health, but the products of the combustion of sulphur
are so destructive to textile fabrics, that Parliament hall
decided that the amount of sulphur should not,. exceed 20
grains in 100 cubic feet of gas supplied to the City. (Hear.)
Dr. LETIIM said ho had received a letter from Mr. Gray,
the chairman of tho City Gas Company, respecting the sup-.
ply of gas to the public lamps by that company. That
gentleman expressed regret that the supply had not been in,
accordance with the provision of the act of Parliament, in,
so far as related to the proportion of sulphur present in the
gas, and stated that this had arisen in consequence of the
coal which had been employed in the manufacture of the
gas not being of such a good quality as anticipated. llet
added that a fresh supply of coal had been obtained, and
expressed a hope that the quality of the gas would now be
f ;and to be satisfactory. lie (1)r. Letheby) found by ex.
animations he had made during tho last week, that the gas
supplied by
the City Company had been of much better
quality, for out of the six testings made he found that in,
heir of them the supply had been strictly in accordance with
the act of Parliament. (Hear, hear.)
After transacting some further business, the meeting mu%
adjourned.

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