The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION,

The Commissioners of Sewers et the City of London met
in the Sewers Court-room at Guildhall yesterday, under
the presidency of Henry Da Jersey, Esq., Deputy. Among
the members of the Court present were—Deputy Farrar,
Deputy Lloyd, Deputy Unwin, Deputy Perkins, Deputy
Read, Deputy Cork, Deputy Bone, Deputy Obbard ;
Messrs George Walter, Nind, Cox, Botterill, Israel, Teulon,
Matthew, Houghton, Green, Sully, J. T. Young, and T.
Symonds.
The Principal Clerk, Mr JOSEPH DAw, read a commu-
nication he had received from Mr A. J. Baylis, Clerk to the
Guardians of the East London Union, inelosing a letter
received by the Board from Dr Fowler, one of their district
medical officers, who reported the prevalence of fever in his
district ; there being two bad eases in Thompson's-rents, and
two other cases in Rose-alley. He suggested that everybouse
and room in both the courts named should be thoroughly
white-limed, and that the refuse of the several,lrouses should
be frequently removed. He also added that it would be very
desirable that the several rooms and houses inhabited by the
poor of the parish (Bishopsgate)should be similarly treated.
Dr LETHEEY stated that the houses in both of the places
named were carefully inspected in the months of April and
May last, and that orders were then iseuad for sanatory
improvement. In the case of Thompson's-rents, the orders
were fully carried out in the month of May; but in that of
Rose-alley, as the orders were but imperfectly executed, he
visited the place on the Sth June,and made a circumstantial
inspection of all the houses. He then advised the Commis-
sion to take legal proceedings against the landlord, Mr
White, for neglecting the orders of the Court. Those pro-
ceedings were promptly followed out, and on the 20th of
June the owner of the premises was fined for each house that
had been neglected, and was charged with the costs. At
that time, however, the whole of the sanatory works were
completed to the satisfaction of the officers, and therefore, a
fortnight before the date of the district medical officer's let-
ter, every house in Rose-alley had been put into a good
sanatory condition, as far the powers of the Commission
extended. Dr Letheby added that he had referred to the
returns of sickness which are copied from Dr Fowler's medi-
cal order book, and he found that for the last four weeks
there had been but three cases of fever in Thompson's-
rents, and four in Rose-alley, and that there had been no
returns of death from either of those places in that time,
The report of the medical officer was ordered to be for-
warded to tire guardians of the East London Union.

VISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS IN THE CITY.

The Solicitor to the Commission, A. J. BAYLIS, Esq.,
reported that, in pursuance of instructions, he had caused
proceedings to be taken against a person named John Mil-
ler for sending a quantity of very diseased meat from Ar-
broath, in Scotland, to Newgate-market. The defendant
was committed for trial on Friday last to the July Sessions
of the Central Criminal Court, and that (Tuesday) morn-
ing he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by Mr Commis-
sioner Kerr to be imprisoned for 12 calendar months, to
pay a fine of £5O, and be further imprisoned until the pay-
ment of such fine.
The Solicitor reported that he had also caused an indict-
ment to be preferred at the present sessions of the Central
Criminal Court against Robert Case, of Lamas, near
Aylsham, Norfolk, for sending to a gateman in Newgate-
market four quarters of an ox which were very diseased, and
unfit for human food, The defendant was convicted that
(Tuesday) morning, and sentenced by Mr Commissioner
Kerr to be imprisoned for six calendar months,to pay a fine
of £5O, and to be further imprisoned until the fine is paid.
Mr Baylis also reported that on the 7th inst. Inspector
Neuman seized some packs of meat that were being taken
into a shop in Newgate-market. On examination, he found
that the meat formed part of an animal that appeared to
have died of disease, and had not been killed. It was in a
very bad condition, and totally unfit for human food. The
meat was shown to Mr Alderman J, C. Lawrence the same
day, who stated that its unfitness for food from disease must
be apparent to the most inexperienced person. He ordered
it to be destroyed, and instructed him (Mr Baylis) to report
the case to the Commissioners.

The Commissioners at once instructed the solicitor to make