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

CITY COURT OF ,S'ETVERS.

The Commissioners of Sewers for the City of
London held their weekly court yesterday at their
offices in the Guildhall ; Deputy Christie presided.
SA...sZITAILY CONDITION OF THE 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 act .x)unt
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 hurnim
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 Tears,
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
deaths from affections of the zymet lc class, namely,
from diarrhcoa, of which 4 were among infants;
3 from scarlet fever; 2 from measles; 2 from boon-
-6mB gcough ; and 1 from continued fever. Of the
births that were registered, 37 were boys, and
31 girls.

A memorial was
ipresentedi
of Cheapside,
ODSTR IICTIONS IN TIIE e7cry..
complaining of the nuisance that was
holutseaspipneaCrhseatphasitdethaini!l original
created by the ho
the attention of the court atowtrhe
to be Lawrence-lane, and calling
Lerected in front of certain
subjeetb.
buildinc, had been
pulled down, and new houses wereerected
upon the site, but from some cause or
works had stopped, and the public and the inhabi-
tants suffered great inconvenience from the
obstruc-
tion to the public created by the hoarding nthis
crowd( d thoroughfare. At the last court it was
proposed that a communication should be sent to
the party interested in the property, to the effect
that if the necessary works were not at once carried
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 know
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.
Mr. 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 arrano•ed •
that the original order of the court should nott) 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 sbottly afterwards adjourned.