The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-07 00:00:00

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1885.

and so quick and well-timed wee they iu I ir
oderations that only about a quatt r of al hour
elaFSed fr rn rhe time the c fltenti of the bad room
were seen to be safe tiii tho discovery -(.f te
robbery.

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females. As has been rn.altioned, the skg
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commonly placel deta:hed "bre‘vtiiil7:lB:Bo:rkkilfeil
which the housewives spend many of rie
hours, often bending -Over the sink troughs.
ct with
:would therefore be more brought into c nite ,
the drain cfnutia than any other members
.of
their
households. Ile then went on to describe theloau7eli!
supp.y :—"Underneath the sewage ;poraPirig tang •
only 94 feet distant from the we,.1., is a
or well, 11 feet deep, for the reception of. se_l:4
previous to pumping. This tank is said to beeol.
tight, being constructed in brickwork and Cuu:ope
Originally the rising main from the sewage
_l)..der
(en 18-inch cast. iron i ipe containing sewage
:mooed
a pressure of over 50 feet head) aetuallY
through the interior of the water well, but
t..e Town Council so far yielded to the e irfent,
which were expressed on this singular arrauPetro
as to carry the pipes outside the well in a curt'
true,
two or three feet distant. These pipes werd foal
covered at the time of my first visit, sa "110
several of the joints, within 15 or 20 fee
tntploto
%t ell, there was a distinct oozing of sewage,
slight in amount, and the Parth around tbeleellii
w
was blackened. About 100 yards from the ontnia
a tip on which aahpit refuse (said not to e
loco
lineal matter) is thrown, and there are other s°o_d:
of possible contamination in the neighbourh_:3o
He also referred to some impurities that were awl
to have been discovered in the water stlPPlld'eenic
added :—"Against the view that the feverep! the
was caused by pollution of the water buPPl'ore.
Town Council at first relied on chemical evl both
On September 2nd samples of water frelli,,gr,
wells were forwarded to the borough analn ont
Sones, of Wolverhampton, whose report star_ in a
the analysis showed the water supply to ove
perfectly satisfactory condition." Ile said:
ever, that chemical evidence could onlY oer
proximately the total amount of organic .Mrsrt
present, and not the kind. He sums UP 015ot. ;
of his report by saying that the cause of th,eatiel,
break cannot bo with any certainty ass% all
Possibly it had not been one and the ssole 'that
cases, Fortunately, however, any doubt ei% Are
had did not affect the question ‘. What etePate
requisite for the future ?" By providing alleuees
quate and constant supply of water from
t:' 1
beyond the risk of c ntamination, by rec,llr,j
the aefects of sewers and house drains, by
lag the filthy midden privies anti generallY Pr° of
big the amelioration ot the sanitary conditle the,
their district, the Town Council will have takelos
hest steps to guard against the recurrenee2)oll:
disaster. Dr. Parsons said there seenird v'ic
been at the commencement of the Titlo
want of prompt and adequate action both "race!
part of the Town Council and the Medical
of Health. The latter did not report tbe eisV2ol..
of fever to the Authority mita Septembe; lAA
He then described the action taken by the,,,enic,
Authorities for the counteracting of the
such as extra flushing of sewers and the free
disinfectants. He recommended that the
Council should, with all speed practicable, Pr.°e
01,
au additional supply of water, free front t
pollution. The Council should also see t.",
sewage farm was se managed as to avoid ca' in
nuisance. House drains suspected of behig.,
condition dangerous to health should be exaoll"
the existing ashpits should be replaced hi°
ash-bins, properly constructed so as to be
watertight, or by moveable receptacles.
istin4 bye-laws as to the prevention of
should be be rigidly enforced. co
The report was referred to the Drainage tatg
inittee, who will report upon it at a specialoie"',.be
of the Council to be held next week. It
,iintl.,;btt
also mentioned that Messrs Pritchard and
have drawn up a report as to the alteration_cto
be necessary to make in the drainage Oa
supply of the town, and the estimated cost
is £25,000.
It was reported that Mr. West, the sanit„all„neil
spector, had left the town, but as far as the 03.inw-ti,
knew there WAS nothing wrong in his aCetw-allf
Under the circumstances it was decided to &r 953
suspend Mr. West until further instructicos
been received from the Local Government floe
upon the matter.