The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-12 00:00:00

City Sewers Commission.

The usual weekly meeting of the City Commis-
sioners of Sewers was held at the Guildhall on Tues-
day ; Mr. Deputy De Jersey in the chair. Mr.
Daw, the principal clerk, read a report from the
General Purposes Committee, in which thay stated
that they had had under their consideration a
memorial of the inhabitants of Tlosier-lane on the
nuisance caused by the slaughterhouse therein, and
that a statement was prepared by the Medical
Officer of Health in connexion with that slaughter..
house, with a view to a memorial being passed
thereupon by the Commissioners to the Secretary
of State for the Home Department praying for the
removal of the same ; but as the question had been
thereby raised whether all the slaughterhouses
in the city should not in like manner be removed,
the committee considered it right to ask the appro-
val of .the Commissioner to such a measure before
memorializing her Majesty's Government on the
subject. Appended to this report was a copy of a
memorial to Sir G. Grey praying for the removal
of the slaughterhouses of the city. Mr. Israel
said this was a weighty matter, which would
require far more consideration than could be given
to it at present when the Court was thinly at-
tended. To adopt a memorial praying the Govern-
ment to remove all the slaughterhouses from
the city was a subject which called for
calm and serious deliberation. Mr. Deputy Farrer
agreed with Mr. Israel that the question opened up
many grave considerations, and said that it had ,
come upon the Court most unexpectedly, there being
no mention of it on the paper. The cowkeepers had
rights, and were those rights to be taken away from
them behind their backs ? Mr. Cox said there were
many cowkeepers among his constituents in Fins-
bury who would doubtless oppose the removal of
their cowsheds. Still, cowsheds in large cities such
as London were great nuisances, and the time was
come when their removal must be dealt with by the
Legislature. Upon the motion of Mr. Gover, the
further consideration of the memorial to the Govern-
ment on this subject was postponed until the meet-
ing of the Commissioners on Tuesday next. Dr.
Letheby reported that the returns of the inspectors
related to 241 houses which had been inspected
during the week, and he submitted a list of 62 of
these places for sanitary improvement. He also sub-
mitted a list of places requiring further proceedings
to be taken, on account of orders already issued and
not yet compliedwith. In a case of a serious nuisance
arising from the accumulation of seil in the kitchen
of premises situated at No. 29, Primrose-street,
Bishopsgate, and for the neglect of removing it away,
in accordance with the orders of the Court, the
owner was summoned before the magistrates on the
4th inst., and he (Dr. Letheby) recommended, in
consequence of the urgency of the case, that the
necessary work be done by the Commissioners, and
charged upon the owner. Dr. Letheby also re-
ported that the markets and slaughterhouses had
been duly inspected during the week, and that the
officers had condemned 4,9921 b. of meat as unfit
for human food. It consisted of eight sheep, one
calf, two pigs, 49 quarters of beef, and eight joints
of meat. Most of it was in a diseased condition.
Dr. Letheby next reported that in the course of the
past week there had been 68 births and 37 deaths
registered in the city. The average number of
deaths in the corresponding period of the last ten
years was 52, so that the mortality during the week
had been less than usual. Fifteen of these deaths
were among children of less than five years of age,
and 9 among persons of 60 years and upwards.
The chief causes of death were as follow :—Phthisis,
6 ; mesenteric disease, 5 ; pneumonia, 1 ; bron-
chitis, 4 ; continued fever, 3 ; scarlet fever, 1;
diarrhcea, 1 ; croup, 2 ; and measles, 3 ; making
altogether 'll deaths from tubercular disease, 11
from inflammatory affection of the lungs, and 11
from diseases of a zymotic character. The indica-
tions, therefore, as thus furnished of the state of
the public health were satisfactory. The recom-
mendations carried out in Dr. Letheby's reports
were oriered to be carried out, and the meeting
adjourned.

The Cattle Disease-

HEREFORD.

The Hereford Town Council yesterday evening
resolved to exclude all horned stock from the great
October fair.