The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-20 00:00:00

ROWL SY REGIS.

SAD OCCURRENDE.--11r. Edwin Hover (South
Staffordshire Coroner),held an inquest on Saturday
List, respecting the death of Edwin Albert Cooper,
aged ei4ht yeard and eight months, who had been
found drowned in the Birmingham Canal. On Wed-
nesday afternoon the deceased, who was said to be
a Very intelligent boy, was seen playing on the
towing path of the Birmingham Canal, near thtl
Mines Drainage Commissioners' Works in Water—
fall Lane. He was Eubsequently missing, and late
at night the canal was earched, with the result
that his lifeless body was found entangled in a
quantity of roping, attached ta which was a large
brick, which prevented him from rising to the sur-
face of the water. It is supposed that when throw-
int, the ropes and brick into the water the weight of
the brick pulled him in after it. The jury retu-ned
a ver,iict of " Found drowned.'

A MUCH-NEED2II hIPBOVEMENT.—The gas lamps
which have been erected by the Local Board in the
imam roads of the parish were liguted for the first
time on Saturday last.
THE Warcz.—rhe annual wake carnival was cele-
brated on Monday and Tuesday, and notwithstand-
ing the :,eiious depression in trade caused by the
colliers' etrike a large variety of amusements were
providei at Blackheath, 0:d Hill, and Cradley
Heath, all of which were wal patronised. At Hhden.
hill fetes were held in the picturesque grounds be-
longing to Mr. Haden Best, the proceeds being de-
voted to an improvement fund at Holy Trinity
Church Schools, A variety of sports were-pro-
vide& and each evening thi.re was a- very fine dis-
play of fireworks, and the grounds were illuminated
with coloured lamps. At tiorsty Hill a bazaar was
held in the Primitive Methodist Schools for the
pt rp se of liquidating a debt. The police state
there was very little drunkennes,, caused by the
wake,

ROWLEY LOCAL BOARD.
Mr. Walter Bossano, J.P., presided on Monday
eveni.ig at the umithly meeting of the BoarJ.

The -Finance Couimittee .I:uported that the
Sucteyor's expenses during tho past month
mounted to .aBO.

The Melical Officer for No. 1 District (Mr.
Be _bley)'r Tom(' dii.t during the past mcnth tnere
had been. 37 deaths, the death rato being 17.17 per
1,000. Tilo offiyer r...Lrred at length to ths in.
adeg,uste spp,y of whalsorno water in the Rowley
district, anti asiied that orders might be
ing upon ownets of property to supply their tenants
with wholesome water. The Waterworks Com-
pany had in their agreement insorted the followin4
clause, to which many people objectl :.—"I a ar,e
to take the water for tame years, wh,:46:er the awe
be occupied or unoccupied.' Poopb., he B.ticl, ob-
j clod to pay fur water for unocc.ipied houses.
Mr. De Donne, Medical Officer for the Cradley
Heath and, Old Hill district', report,4l that during
rthateepreitog monthti.perthere
lh,otb. et
Toe
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di ei
rhi
cs
t, h e
pleas 3a to report, was in a heah hy state. He urged
upon the Beard the necessity Of improving. ihe.
sanitary conditions of Tibbett's:ila.,-t as jr, was
now in a very unhealthy state.
The reports were aloptA.

TYPHOID FEVER AT 'KIDDERMINSTER.

OPENING OF A SOUP Kt rcaEN.

At the Kidderminster Guardians' meetia.c,on
Tuesday—.slr. J. Brinton, M.P., presiding—a letter
was read from Mr. S. Stretton, medical officer of
the workhouse, stating that on the 10 inst. the ic-
fectious cab at the workhouse was applied for, for
the conveyance to Chaddesley of a servant girl re-
ported to be Ui with fever, anfi although the
Guardians had sanctioned the use of the cab when
applied for, he thought it right to inform the girl's
master of the din.ger he was likely to create by in-
troducing the fever into Chaddesley; which was at
present unaffected, and also of the danger to the
pilient by removing her such a distance- in Itc.ive
fever. He also gave notice to the medical ob9.3er of
health, asserting this case to be oue well fitted for
reception in the town hospital, especially as the
master of the girl was willing to pay the expenses.
In his opinion all such cases should be at once ad-
mitted into the infectious hospital. ' •
The Chairman said that he, was of opinion that
the corporate authority should Make some arrange-
ment With the town cabmen to'have one cab kept
available for conveying persons Hutnir,iir, from
epidemic asease. That was a thing which Lhey
could only suggest, and there might be a dent, o
charge, or soultthing of the kind, to': a-all reserved
for such cases.

Alderman W. Green: They don't wAit, to pay at
all, let alone pay doable. _ _

• The Chairm..).• ii he could Lot help thinking
that the ichectiu. osnital had beon put up to meet
such cases as th • a referred to.
Alderman W. ..4.euen said he was not in Kidder-
minster when the hospital was provided, but he
understood it was for infectious eme-3. Mr. Corbet
(the medical officer of health) had advised that all
typhoid cases should le kept at home, and when
before the committee said ho thought it well the
public should know that there was no danger of in-'
fection beyond what was stated in the bills' which
had been issued, and which had appeared in the.
papers. The committee acted on that opinion in
issuing the bills, and there had also been ct letter in
the Post from Mr. Spolforth on the subject. They
should have the borough hospital crammed if they
admitted all cases of the kind •just referred to.
Instead of one hospital, they should want another
very large one, and he 'did • not know if anyone
wanted to increase the rates of the borough to that
extent.

The Chairman said he was too much interested
to desire to increase the rates, bat, he was much
more interested in the cause a humanity an!
justice.
Alderman W. Green: S am I.
The Chairman: This person, certified as a non.
pauper, and in of fever, was removed then ?
The Clerk: I believe she was nut removed, though
the cab wae applied for. lam informed by the re..