The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-08 00:00:00

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN COUNCIL.

j The quarterly meeting of he ainve Council was
held on Wednesday ; the Mayor (Alderman W.
Ureen) presiding.—The l‘layor expressed regret ht
the-loss they lasd sustdined by the cLuth of Court-
cidot Greaves since the ldst meeting, and moved
tint a letter of condolence 102 sent to his family. A
number of gentlemen suppitHed the resolution, and
it was unatihnotudy cart i,d.-11r. 1) Corbet, medi-
cal officer, reported there had been 63 bir;tis and
30 deaths in thd la,t month. The death-rate w s
is per 1,000, against 16 8 in tile cerres;,onding
month last year. During the ht weather disiotecL-
ants should he freely used, and the sewers should
be const•ditly flusheit. _lie was pleased to say this
was being efficiethly carried out. Theis were two
cases of tynhoil lever in tee infectious haspital.—
In the Sanhary Comintvee's repuyt attentien was
talleu to an acc,unt • t 114 ss, for analysing milk,
and it was st::teri that nine eon samples were tested,
of witch ti--e• were found to be aduterated, and
pr,Jecvdt--gs taken. Mi.. Cornet /aid there had been
:I. general imp; ovemeat in thc milk supplied in the
town sice then. Mr tArderoy, sanitary iesp"ctor,
said he had visited twelve cases nf scatlet fever,
three of typhoid lever, no ot diphtheria, and three
of measles. The children at tne hous,F hay, been
stoppea attending school, and the ueight-oura cau-
tioned against visiting them. Mr. It 'den said he
ti,,do noticed some fruit offet, (1 for sale wr it:ii wa -
tinfi for food, and the subject was on which s.nuld
not be overlooked The luseo or qticl he had not
sen an uusouadiruit in the tna.ket, but he had
e,i; a sunill quantity in sonic shop a ihdows, anti
caused its removal, The Dr -inage and Water-
works Committee reported the sanction of the L•,eal
Board to loans of R-20,.._ 86 f, r sewerage and water
--upfly, and stated that they were n w negotiating
for the emus required. Thy reAtetted to report
that al,hough 80111, imptaivement hat be- n effected
in the sewerage farm, the management of the farm
was not yet satistachory, and they desired to he au-
thorised to take suet, tt,e,,s in t 0 matter and to it I
stitu- e sueh prec edino as they might be advi-ed•
Also to eui, ley counsel and each other protessiona,l
assi-.tance as tato) tutted necessary as nape-hen . A
teselutiuu autherisin.: th, comtnitt.e to act in tbe
matter k'as pass-o_—Some corr-si,oodet ce had
place with tile Local Go,. raiment lin-hd, who h d
asked to be sa pact with tne Goservations of The
local auttiori-y upon tne codiplain s made by the
;:-01 wiee It iral :atiit.,ry Autta..rity :tud their Medi-
cal offf --n of riealth.—Mr. Grosvenor (chairman of
ow commit,ee) said li IV ul,l be a satisafction to
the Ceuncil teat tne works they had R•oposei had
ut last teceived the sane ion of the Department, and
tha, the sanction was far such portioo 01 the ori.,inal
scheme as was suggested by them at ffie official en-
quiry. He could not help further rem irking that
the points brought forward by those parties who
thought proper to oppose the action of the C„uncii
. at the official enquiry had been ignored. They .
1 could not help putting before the inspector that
great pressure had been put upon ti.em to p*ovide
a new well ; but that there vvas n. sitting fe••ling On
tht: part of the Council that a new well was not re-
-1 quired. He thought there was no doubt that a
great deal of thedelay which had oecurred had
been caused by the exhausti%e enquiry into to
real necessities for !, nnw welt a d as to to puny
/of th- water at the "lower we!." . AL.. G-odwin said
it showed that, although so much was said about .
; itie badn- as of the water at th lower well, no hitig
4
i was the matter with it, it was a mere eentiment
; wh oh existed regarding it. It was a satisfaction to -
2 hints- if that the department had refused to sane•
i Lien anww 11, - on 1, ,i-g the lower well was
I quite sutti, i-ut e, to present time.—Expla.n tions
w. to given. , .a.c, tt,; t s we!.a to be alterwd, and .
:.,
rns lutiolas wei e p..s e .i...in etraLt to various re.
conlaietici .tioi.a I,i 1...,0 rt:purt of t . iiraitingo and '
Waterwctike Couluntwoe, ilacht 41ig the apperiat.

ment of Mr. B. Peirce, of Barrow-in-Furness, as
resident engineer and Clerk of the works daring the
sanitary work., at a salary ol• £3 10s a week. It
was stated that active negotiations were going on
will regard to therland required for the new reser-
voir and for sewerage casements.—Upon the react•
ing of the report of the Baths Committee, it wbs
Asted'that the chairman of the Baths Committee
(Alderman Coxon) had declared he would not take
the chair again owing to the way in whi.l he was
treated, and the Mayor said that he himself was
grossly insulted. He thought there *should he a
meeting ot a committPe of the whole question ol the
bdtbs.—Other members support d thq Mayor's re-
marks as to the necessity of au invvst
Alderman W. H. Green complai ted of the ing:nna-
t ons thrown out; and there was a warm discus-
sion, ending in a resolution tequesting the Mayor
to call a committee of the 'whole Council on the
subject.