The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

IMPROPER CONDUCT OF PAUPERS.

Mr. WOODRUFF said he had a matter of some importance
to bring under the notice of the Board, respecting the dis-
tribution of relief at the offices in St. Anne-street. He
believed they were working under a very wrong system.
In consequence of some representations he had heard, he
was induced to go up to the offices about eight o'clock that
morning, and found upwards of a thousand people about
the doors, many of them reeling drunk. He watched
them for some time, and saw many of the people who nad
been receiving relief go direct to a public-house, and there
spend the money which they had improperly received from
the parish. In fact, they were crowding in by dozens, and
here and there two or three might be seen together, mak-
ing inquiry as to what each other had got from the reliev-
ing officer. Now, he was quite convinced from what he
bad observed that a great deal of imposition was practised ;
and he wished to know whether it was not possible to re-
lieve really deserving individuals without giving them
money at all.
Mr. AvlsoN suggested that the distribution of relief in
kind should be carried on to a larger extent.
Mr. FERGUSON said this was the result of the distribu-
tion being removed from their own immediate control, and
left in the hands of the relieving officers. It showed the
necessity for the completion of the offices at the New
Workhouse as soon as possible.
Mr. HART said there must have been gross neglect on
the part of some of the relieving officers if half of what
had been stated was true.

On the motion of Mr. FERGUSON, the subject was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.

THE IRISH IMMIGRATION.

The following is a return of the number of Irish poor
who have landed here from the 14th to the 21st instant,
inclusive :-14th, 1196; 15th, 1107 ; 16th, 993; 17th,
932; 18th, 1119; 19th, 530 ; 20th, 1710 ; 21st, 1534 ;
making a total for the last seven days of 7924, being 1910
over the previous week.

THE RELIEF—THE SICKNESS.
The numbers of casual poor relieved during the week
were reported to be as follow :—On the 14th, 8413; 15th,
10,155 ; 16th, 9348 ; 17th, 6839 ; 18th, 7634 ; 19th, 19,322.
The cost of relieving these numbers was £756 12s. 9d.,
exhibiting an increase for the out-door relief for this week
in money end kind, compared with the corresponding
week of last year of £822 7s. 7d. In the corresponding
week of last year 161 were relieved at an expense of only
£H 9s. Gd.

It was reported that there were 883 fever cases in the
Workhouse at present, and that 80 of the inmates had
died there last week. This increase of mortality was
attributed to the circumstance of a considerable number of
patients having been brought there in a dying state.
It was ordered that in future notices of the deaths, and
also of the discharges of the fever patients, should be pub-
licly posted on the outer gates of the fever sheds for the
information of their relatives and friends.

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Mr. POOLF, been said and
done respecting the prevalence of disease in the town, the
root of the matter—which was to be found in the lower
classes being allowed to congregate together in great
masses in little ill-ventilated cellar residences—had not
been touched on, He hoped the Sanatory Committee of
the Town Council would make every exertion in their
power to drive the people from those dens, and by in-
creased activity make some amends for their former inac-
tivity. He begged to move—" That in the opinion of
this committee all their efforts to stop the progress of
sickness will be fruitless, unless supported by the active
co-operation of the magistracy in the suppression of va-
grancy, and the application of the Sanatory Act."
Mr. SIIARI'E seconded the motion, which ultimately was
passed.
Mr. WILLIAM EARLE explained that the magistrates
could not put that act in force, or, if they did, it would be
productive of no beneficial- result. They could summon
the people who tenanted those wretched abodes, and fine
them, or, in default of payment, commit them to prison ;
but what good would that do ? They would immediately
return to the cellars, and take up their abode there ; and
the same process would have to be repeated again.
Mr. BENNETT moved that an application be made to
government for twelve lazarettos to be moored in the
' river, where all the fever patients could be sent, and im-
mediately upon their recovery be shipped back to Ireland.
—The resolution was not seconded.,
A resolution proposed
by Mr. Earle, praying that the
municipal authorities might be invested with power to
treat the inhabiting of such cellars as a penal offence, was
also negatived.
A letter was read from the 14rayof, stating that he had
received a communication from Lord Sandon, to the ef-
fect that the Admiralty were willing to place an. 84-gun
line of battle ship at the disposal of the parish authorities,
for the fever patients, on condition.that they sent steamers
for her to Pembroke. The offer was referred to the 1.
mace Committee.