The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

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HEALTH COMMITTEE.—This committee held their
usual meeting on Thursday, Ald. Bennett in the chair ;
present, also, Messrs Clarke, Fernibough, Lloyd, Beck-
with, Thomson, Johnson, Hornbv, Lanf.,,sdate. Hindle'.

Dover, sehalmer, Hodson, and Godfrey.—The medical
officer of health submitted his report. During the week
ending the 18th instant, the deaths were 211 against 2 9
in the previous week, 153 being in the parish, and 58 in
the extra parochial wards. As compared with the average
of the three preceding years, this shows an excess of 28,
partly in consequence of the prevalence of scarlatina.
One death was registered from gout, from which disease
the average mortality does not exceed four annually. Of
the 211 who died last week, 122 were below 5 years of age,
25 between 5 and 14, 44 between 15 and 60, and 20 were
more than 60 years of age. The daily horizontal motion of
the air last week was 350 miles, or 125 per cent. more than
the average.—The Secretary of State had communicated
with the mayor, and transmitted the following regulation
with regard to ;tie sexes :—Persons of opposite sexes not
to occupy the same sleeping appartment, except married

persons and parents with children under the age of four-
teen years, or children under ten years of age.—Approved,
but referred to the .clerk to make some slight modifies-
tions.—After the transaction of the financial business, and,
this being the last meeting previous to the Municipal
election, thanks were Toted to Mr. Parker and Mr. Ben-
area, chairman and deputy chairman of the board.
DOCK Column-reg.—At the usual weekly meeting, on
-Thursday, Mr. Turner;the chairman, presided ; and there
were also present, Messrs. Shand, Molyneux, Robinson,
Brocklebank, Gregson,Chaloner, Steele, Holme, Holden,
Barber, Bigham, Langsdale. Tobin, Littledale, Bold, and
Rankin.—Several additional water troughs for the accom-
modation of horses and cattle were ordered to be placed
along the docks, where they are required, by order of the
committee.—A portion of the land on the west side of the
Brunswick Graving Dock is to be rented from the Dock
Committee for a masting and sparring yard. 68 yards
have been let at 2s. per square yard.—A recommendation
of the Warehouse Committee, to the effect that William
Moneypeany, an apprentice at the Albert Dock ware-
houses, be dismissed for misconduct, was confirmed.—
Messrs. A. and G. Holme's tender for the erection of two
carpenters' sheds, at the north end of the Sandon Graving
Docks, was accepted.—A.wooden shed is to be erected on
the north pier of the Sandon Basin, for the purpose of
storing- a large cable to be provided for the use of the large
ocean steamers frequenting that dock. The cable is to be
furnished by the proprietors of the steamers.—At the
request of the chairman and secretary of the Society of
Civil Engineers, in London, plans and documents relating
to the construction of the landing-stage are to be forwarded
to the society, it being the intention of Mr. Cubitt, the
chairman, to'read a paper shortly before the members on
the suhject.--Messrs. Morton, the agents for the fire
annihilator, addressed a letter to the committee, suggesting
that a certain number of their machines should be placed
in each of the dock-houses. The matter was referred to
the Harbour Masters' Committce.—The committee de-
cided that deals, staves, and open stowage, may remain on
the quays 72 hours, all the year round ; other kinds 48
hours, between July and September; and, during: the
remainder' of the year, 72 hours.—lt was reported that
the Sub-Committee of Works, in conjunction with: the
Harbour Masters' Committee, had examined the proposed
plans of the Wapping Docks, and recommended two pair
of gates to be placed at the river entrance to the King's.
and Queen's Basins; one seventy feet in width, and the
other fifty feet, at an estimated cost of £75,000. They
recommended that the original plans of the docks in Wap-
ping be approved ; the gates to he fifty feet wide ; and
also that warehouses• be placed on the eastern side of the
new dock. The recommendations are to be discussed
next week.—A memorial, forwarded by Messrs. M'Kean,
M`Larty, and Co., praying that the agents of screw
steamers might be enabled to act as master porters, was
referred to the Master Porters' Committee.