The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-26 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

The Commissioners of Sewers held their weekly
meeting yesterday at Guildhall—Mr. De Jersey in
the chair.

A report was brought up from the General Pur-
poses Committee, stating that they had arranged
with the Carburetting Company that at the end of
the present contract the commission should take the
carburetting on their own account and supply them-
selves with the naphtha, paying a royalty to the
company for the use of the invention, and that they
agreed with the Great Central Gas Company to
allow them to retain the nse of the fittings to the
public lamps, upon terms to be agreed upon between
the engineers of the commission and the Great Cen-
tral Gas Company, and they recommended that ad-
vertisements be issued for the supply of 1,771
metres at once for the lamps lighted by the Centra
Gas Company. _ _

Some discussion ensued as to the propriety of de-
ferring the consideration of the report, so that in
the meanwhile it could be printed, but the report
was ultimately agreed to.
Mr. DAw, the chief clerk, read a letter addressed
to him from Mr. ;Shepard, the secretary of the Car-
buretting Company, in which he stated that he was
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catching any one in the act.
One such case was, however, discovered, and came
to their knowledge, and he enclosed, for the perusal
of the court, a declaration of a witness who saw the
contents of one of their carburetters thrown away,
and the apparatus afterwards filled with water.
There was still another grievance of which they had
to complain. When that court contracted with the
Great Central Gas Company for the supply of three
feet of gas per hour instead of five, the latter had
affixed burners having two small holes instead of
one large one, so that they were continually liable
to get choked, and so prevent a fair trial of the car-
buretting process. To meet this difficulty they had
affixed, at their own expense, 1,771 brass caps to
the burners, which attained the object in view, but
the lamplighters and lampcleaners had been in the
habit from time to time of removing the caps, under
ready had to replac large number of additional
e a
some pretence or other, and the company had al-
caps to the burners. In several instances the lamp-
lighters had admitted having removed them, and
had stated their intention of doing so.

The letter was referred to the General Purposes
Committee.

THE CITY SOLICITORSHIP.

A report was brought up from the Improvement
Committee in reference to the duties and emolu-
ments of Solicitor of the Commission, and the Court
nominated Tuesday the 9th December for the ap-
pointment.
SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY.

Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer of health, re-
ported on the state of 164 houses that had been
the week,
and he submitted a list
of 38 places
for
rgsanitary
improvements, He like-
wise inspected
se
s
markets and slaughter
th
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reported
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at
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ahwnoiudtehsat the officer had seized 3,69911). of meat as
unfit for human food. 2,5251b5. were diseased, and
the rest from animals that had died from natural
causes. It consisted of 19 sheep, 30 quarters beef.
1 calf, 1 pig, and three joints of meat.
The mortality, returns for the week were a little
above the average for the season. Last week the
number of deaths was 69whereas the number for
o,f the last seven years is
the corresponding period
61. 22, or about one-third of the deaths,were among
children of less than flee Year* of age,
and 16 were