The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-24 00:00:00

ROWLEY LOCAL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held on Monday I:tst, in the Board Room, Old Hill,
Mr W. Bassano pr siding. The other members
present were Messrs. Plant, Green, Baker, Bennett
Strawson, Taylor, Ho igetts, Lowe, Penn, Robertson
and Connop.
FINANCE COMMITTEE. —This Committee reported
that the expenditure on the Highway Account
during the month had been £lll 53, 5d., that the
surveyor had a balance in hand of ,L2O 153. id.
and that he required the sum of £ll2 to defray
the current month's expense.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.-Mr. G Beadey,
medical officer of health, reported that 63 deaths
had been registered, in the upper district, during
the past four weeks, showing an annual average
per thousand of 29 25 as against 23 5 for the
corresponding period of last year. Fourteen
deaths had been due to zymotic causes viz.-9 from
whooping cough, 2 from inemles, 2 from scarlet
fever and one from diarrhcea. The epidemics
were decreasing except whooping cough which had
made considerable progress since last meeting.
There was no case of smallpox in the parish at the
present time that he was aware of. The hospital
was empty, the last two cases having been dis-
, charg,d on the previous Thutsday. He begged
to congratulate the Board on the prompt and suc-
cessful manner in which the epidemic had been
checked. -

The chairman thought the Board might con-
gratulate themselves and the ratep ,y•ers generally
on the successful treatment of the smallpox
epidemic in V:is parish. There had been a total
of 52 cases in the hospital. If they could compa.:e
that with the epidemie in Tipton, the adjoining
parish, he thought they must be struck with the
success of the isolation which they had adopted
there. Smallpox had been raging in Tipton. for
many mont'is and the number of cases must be
very large indeed. If instead of having that • hos-
pital erect, dat the rate in which it was, and th
had set about to erect leisurely a permanent hos..
pital, as far as human foresight went, they should
have had as many cases as they had had at 'Lipton
or Westbromwich. The cost had exceeded more
than they had expected, but it • was money very
well spent.—Mr. T. V. DeDenne, assiitint medical
officer, reported that in the lower district 41 deaths
had taken place during the past four weeks,
giving a death-rate of 11 par week and an annu d
rate of 38 per thousand. Two deaths had been
due to schrlet fevdr and two to whooping cough.
The death rate, compared willi the corresponding
period of last year-17.3—was sill very high.
The Medical Officer's annual t(p_r t was read.
It showed that the Rowley Regis parish contained
an area of 3,503 acres, 5,075 inhabited hou4es and
a population of 27,751. During frie past year 531
deaths had been registered, against 431 for the
previous year, showing an annual average per
thousand of 19.4. There had been 1,229 I irths
registered during the year as against 1,183 111,4
year, showing a birth-rate of 41 8 per thousand.
Seventeen deaths had been registered from enteric
fever. Scarlet fever had been p,esent throughout
the whole of the year and was still amongst them.
Sixteen deaths were due to it. Measles had also
been very attractive, having contributed 29 to the
roll of dealhs. Whooping cough had proved fatal
to ten children. Croup had claimed thi: teen
victims. The deaths from, diarrhcea had been
very few this year-14 deaths being attributed to it,
Smallpox was first obfiervel in ne month of Sep.
tember and had proved fatal in three cases. The
total number of deaths in 1830 Wai 70 ; in 1881
81; and in 1882, 89.
The clerk reported that the retiriag members '•
were Messors. tiodgetts, Newell, Parkes. Robertson
and Penn. There was also a vacant seit caused
by the resignation of Mr. Williams, of Tividale.
The clerk also reported that he estimated general
district rate for the ensuing year would be nine-
pence in the pound, the highway rate tenpence
It was decided to draw a loan of .607 for the
payment of costs incurred in the errect'oa of an
infectious 11os9ital at Tividale.

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