The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-26 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SETVEI?S.

The Commissioners of Sewers for the City of
London held their weekly eourt yesterday at their
offices in the Guildhall; Deputy Christie presided.

SANITARY CONDITION OF TIIE CITY.

Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer, reported that
he had inspected 204 houses during the week, and
he submitted a list of 46 places that required sani-
tary improvement. He also submitted a list of
places that requited further proceedings on account
of orders already issued but not complied with.
He reported that the inspector of meat and of
slaughter-houses had seized 737 pounds of meat
during the week, all of which was unfit for human
food, and had therefore been destroyed. The mor-
tality returns are not unfavourable for the season ;
68 births and 48 deaths were registered during the
week. The deaths are a little under the average
for the corresponding period of the last four years,
froma th s fromdiarr haffee
and 19 of these were among infants, and 8 among
old persons. The chief causes of death were dis-
eases of a chronic character, but there were also 13
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3 from scarlet fever; 2 from measles • 2 from 1
ing cough; and 1 from continued fever. Of the
68 births that were registered, 37 were boys, and
31 girls.

A memorial was presented byseveral inhabitants
of Cheapside, complaining ousTn ucTm sIN THE erry.
of the
in
nuisance that was
created by the hoarding erected frontne of certain
houses in Cheap side and .Lawrence-la and calling
the attention of the court to the subject.
It appears that the original building had been
pulled down, and new houses were to be erected
upon the site, but from some cause or other. the
works had stopped, and the public and the inhabi-
tants suffered great inconvenience from the obstruc-
tion to the public created by the hoarding in this
crowded thoroughfare. At the last court it was
proposed that a communication should be sent to
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out the commissioners would take the matter in.
hand, and hold them liable. •
Mr. CONNELL and one or two other influential
gentlemen, who are members of the Court of
Common Council, attended to support the me-
morial, and they urged upon the court the
absolute necessity of something being done at once
to abate the existing inconvenience. The works
appeared to have been altogether stopped for a
considerable time, and no one seemed to knoll
when they would be resumed.
A gentleman who attended on behalf of the
contractor of the works said he could assure the
court they would be at once proceeded with. He
added that he believed that workmen were at pre-
sent engaged there.
Air. CONNELL said he had been there that morn-
ing, and he could see no sign of any work going on.
After some further discussion, it was arranged
that the original order of the court should not be
carried into effect for a week, and that in the
meantime the works were to be proceeded with, and
if the commissioners were satisfied with the progress
that was made a further delay would be granted.
The court shortly afterwards adjourned.