The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY PROCEEDINGS

The usual fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday.
The SECRETARY, having gone through the usual rou-
tine of reading the minutes and proceedings of the previ-
ous meetings, reported the expenditure of in and out-door
poor as compared with the same time last year. For the
week ending 11th January there were 1,878 paupers in the
house, who cost ls. 101 d. per head, and £176 Is. 3d. ;
corresponding week of last year the number was 1,910 at
ls, ad. per head, and £153 3s. 114 d.
Of out. door poor, the number of cases relieved during
the last fortnight was 7,281, at an expense of £799 13s.
10(I., being 232 cases, and £27 15s. 3d. in money less
than the same period of 1844.
By the surgeon's report it appears there were on the
17th instant 51 cases in the fever ward, 10 cases of small-
pox and 5 of opthalmia.
Every exertion is being made to prepare for the exten-
sive alterations of the Workhouse, in the plans of
which some improvements have been suggested, and when
these have received the approval of the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, the advertisements for tenders will appear.
The thanks of the board were presented to Mr. Ford,
for the practical experience and attention be has devoted
in maturing the plans of the alterations of the Workkouse,
and for his valuable services as Chairman of the Building
Comm ittee

Thomas Ellerton, one of the collectors of taxes,
was suspended from his situation by the Select Vestry,
for continued negligence of his duties, and in consequence
the Poor-law Commissioners were recommended to dis-
miss him:
The Industrial School Committee have recommended
to the Select Vestry the immediate appointment of a chap-
lain to that establishment, which will he taken into con-
sideration at the next meeting.—The building was on Tues-
day delivered up by the contractors, so that everything
will now be done to remove to it as quickly as possible
the children from the Workhouse.

Mr. Michael Lea, 18, Wilton-street, was unanimously
elected a member of the Select Vestry in the room of Mr.
Samuel Rowland, disqualified from non-attendance. Two
printed circulars were read horn the Poor-law Commission-
ers ordering the duties appertaining to non-resident paupers
and the apprenticing of pauper children, hitherto done by
the overseers, to be done by the Secretary.
On the motion of Mr. Bremner, seconded by Mr.
Thornley, it was resolved that a memorial be presented by
this board to the Poor-law Commissioners urging that the
parish of Liverpool should not be joined with any other
pari,hes or unions for the purpose of auditing the ac-
counts, but that this parish should not be allowed to re-
main distinct, and that the present mode of audit be not
disturbed.

Mr. Churchwarden Houghton reported that he and his
colleague had, on Monday last, paid the usual visit to
Lancaster, to ascertain the state of the pauper lunatics,
115 in number, belonging to this parish, confined in the
asylum there. The visit perfectly satisfied them that these
poor persons received the kindest treatment and care their
unfortunate situations stood in need of. The weekly ex-
pense to this parish in maintaining them is ss. Gd. each
per week. There are also 38 patients belonging to the pa-
rish at Mr. Mutt's, Hay dock-lodge, at 7s. Gd. each per
week, and 13 at the Liverpool Asylum, Ashton-street, at
12s. each per week, altogether costing the parish nearly
£5l per week.
It was resolved. that the surplus bricks remaining on
the ground' at Knkdale, should 'be sold by auction, of
which due notice will be given.