The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-21 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SE WERS.

The Commissioners of Sewers for the City of
London held a meeting yesterdry at their offices in
the Guildhall, pursuant to adjournment. Mr.
Deputy CHRISTIE took the chair.
Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer of health, re-
6. absence
w er
0
re-
ported that the registration returns for the fort-
night were highly satisfactory, for there were but
91 deaths against 143 births. The average number
five years is 124, so that the mortality
of deaths for the corresponding period of the last
about 27 per cent. below the average proportion.
Nearly half of the deaths (43) were among children
of less than five years of age, and only 18 among
has been
old persons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes
of death were as follows :
that
11, nine of which were of infants, bronchitis 10, in
—Phthisis 8 , pneu 0 on i a
all 29 deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs. From the zymotic class of maladies there
diseases, and a favourable condition
•on6e
from
Pelasy and
oleaswacfryeacererhpineigdotliefft6meistvih.deceera, deaths, namely
wmnainwmghe_dlooy
whooping-cough,
nrg.frrhoocnoieuag,mheer, asyaoslieds
The returns therefore show an
courtt he
during p ua public ltit
the
ee
fort health.
Metropolitan
fortnight
hOtf
Btt hßewoelar4redB
hobofyirtwehrusiare of
girls.
Deputy HARRISON, as the representative
to be allowed to inform
Works, begged
mbebgergedof
that
them
parishes had sent in elaims for
been put to in reference to the new
they had
e
Gas Act, and he suggested new Metropolitan
that if this court had
any such claim to make, it would be as well for
pay their share of
th once. They should have to
in question, which e expense of obtaining the act
£7,000, and the he believed was estimated at
iy ought to be paid if they were
entitled to anyth
The CIIAIRM ng.
doubt whether AN said he believed there was some
share of
th er the City would be liable to pay any
c expenses referred to. They had taken
legal
advice, and he believed there was consider-
able doubt upon the point.
_ Deputy HARRISON said he did not wish to inter-
fere with any legal question, and he merely felt it
his duty to inform the Court, as their representative
at the Board of Works, how the matter stood, and
that as a great many other parishes and Torn"
had sent in claims to the board, this Court, Oght
do the same, if any such desire existed. ire then
said that he had also to inform the Court that it was
intended to reintroduce into Parliament the bill
that was withdrawn for the local ragnagement of
the metropolis at the last session, but the clauses
having reference to the redistribution of loans would
be omitted. He said he hored the bill, as it would
now be framed, would be a lowed to pass without
expensive litigation, and he at the same time
observed that the Parliamentary expenses incurred
were really very serious, and some steps should bej
taken to reduce them.
The matters were referred, upon the motion of
Dr. Ross, to the improvement committee,
Dr. ABRAZUM moved that this Court should eon-
, fer with the Law Clerks' Committee upon the sab-
jectsung' mating the legal b• •
of amalgamating business of this
ooz:omission with that of the corporation generally,.
with a view to reduce the legal expenses, in con
formity with the motion proposed and - ...
carried by
the hon. member at the last Court of Commoni
Council,
The motion was carried an th r,_
afterwards adjoined, ‘1 %mut 5)3,0074