The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-02 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present : —Messrs. Brooks, Rollinimn,
Burr, Baker, Billingham, Darby, Fereday,
Fiddian, Griffin, Guest, Homer, Hill, and
Jeffries. The minutes of the last meeting
were read and confirmed. Admitted into the
house during the week, 21; born, 3; discharged,
14; remaining, 412. Corresponding week last
year, 424. Out-door relief Kingswinford district,
£2B 2s Oil; Stourbridge district, £2l 7s 111 d ;
Halesowen district, £2O 17s 9d ; total, £7O 7s
Bid, against £9l 2s 7d, last year.
The Clerk read the following report :

To the Board of Gurdians of the Btourbridge Union.
Your Committee appointed on the 10th instant to
"visit the lunatics of this Union who IWO DOW inmates
of the Stafford and Powick Lunatic Asylums, and enquire
into their mental and pecuniary condition," have to re-
port as fillows
That on the 11th instant they visited the Barntwood
near Lichfield, and also the County Asylum, near Lich-
field, mei also the County Aayluni, at Stafford, and in-
spected the 33 lunatics therein belonging to this Union,
viz: 15 males, and 4 females. at Burntwood Asylum ;
9 males, and 5 females, at Stiff-rd Asylum; whose
mental condition was such as would not enable either
Dr. Davis, at Burntwood, or Dr. Bower, at Stafford, to
recommend the removal at present of a single patieet to
• ULM in Workhouse, although Dr. Bower held hopes that
ins short period probably two casita—Thornas Page and
William Gibbs—might be fit subjects for removal,
In several instances, it was stated, patients had been
out on trial, but returned very shortly in a worse condi•
tion than when they left.
. .

On the 21st instailt your Committee (accompanied by
the Cut., wan), visited the Worcester Asylum at Powick,
and in.pectod the 59 lunatics chargeable therein to this
Union, viz . 31 males, and 28 females, the ease William
Hall hems: removed to Fieherton House, in Wiltshire, on
account of hl violence.

Dr. Sherlock likewne weal unable t ) recommend any
case ea tit subjects for a workhouse.

The Committee are pleued to report that they found
that in all the establishments the patients were well
treated, and their comfort in every respect well provided
for, as their appearance and etatetnents tally testified,
and trout enquiry of the medical gentlemen they were
informed that nothing ten led so much to restore the in
tellect and awned the recovery of the paitenta as regu-
larity in their meal. and a plentifuly supply thereof.
Where practicable, the men were employed on the
land, mud in sundry branches of trod-- carried on in the
buildoigs, awl the women in needlework and domestic
duties, under the supetintendenee of paid assistants.
The Committee were courteously received by the meth.
cal gentlemen at the Asylums, who offered every asi-ists
lune to your Committee, both as to the treatment of the
patients, and the managensert of the establishments.
which the Committee found admirably fitted up for the
comfort and condition of such i ases.

It wes :ansfactny to notice at each of the three Asv.
lama the exact knowledge of each patient case .hewn by
the medical superintendent, even before your C..mmittee
saw the tatienta; and further the uniform pleasure
shown I.e tie patients an the med.cal superintendent and
other o! ..•i is going, amongst them.
Your C ii4teto appal beret, a fiat of the several
cases w, la a statenieut of their pr,sent meat .1 cowl,.
time.

As to the pecuniary positi fl of the p.irties, or
Coium.ttee suggest that the stveral Relieving (Ace's be
instructed to wake enquiries as VI the ability of their
reistiv. t liOne t con r.b.r e t mulls their mui tensner,
and to future to report rpecially upon all codes taken to
the Asylum by them.
In th. case Jonathan Waggett, it is desirable that steps
be taken • )r hid removal to his place of settleu,nt.
Mr IsUinson moved that the report he adop•
ted atti uttered on the minutes, and the thanks
of the hoard be given to the Committee for
their services in the matter.

Mr. Burr seconded, and it was carried unani-
mously.

The Midland Counties Veterinary Medical
Association held their meeting at Derby on the
28th ult, the President (Mr. F. Blakeway, of
this town r, in the chair. The meeting was nu-
merously attended, and many subjects of inte-
rest to the profession brought forward, particu•
larly a paper on some of the leading operatimi,
in veterinary surgery, by Mr. Carless, of Staf-
ford, which elicited an animated dismission.

LECTIJIIE.—On Wednesday evening, Mr. H.
Newnatn delivered a very descriptive and inte-
resting lecture " Havelock ; Life and Lessons,"
in the Reading Room of the Young Men's
Christian Association. The chair was occupied
by Mr. G. Thorne.
TRANSFERS.— At the Public Office, yestertlay.
the following transfers took place ;—The Royal
Exchange, Market-street, from John Hand to
John Dutton; the Foley .trms, Beauty Bank,
from John Smith to Simeon Perrens ; the Cock
Inn, Lye, from Simeon Hayes to Saltine' Sida-
way ; the Crown Inn, Dudley-road, Lye, from
George Taylor (deceased) to Ann Taylor; the
Unicorn Inn, Waste Bank, from William Henry
JOIICA to Esther Bashford.

THE WORKSHOPS ACTS.-oWiitg to the pro
visions of the Workshop Regulation Acts, 1857
and 1871, not being generally known in this dis-
trict, we are requested to say that the above
Acts provide that no child shall be employed un-
der the age of M years. No chill under 13 shall
he employed, except between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
or for more than 64 hours on any one day. No
child under 13 shall be employed unless it at-
tends a day school for at heel 10 hours a week.
A certificate of such school attendance must be
obtained front the schoolmaster weekly. No
male person above 13 and under 18, and no fe-
male above 18, can be employed for than 10,
hours pr day, or before 5 a.m., or after 9 p.m.
The hours of work on Saturdays are as follows :
If work commences at 6 a.m., work must cease
at 2 p.m., if it commences at 7 s.m., it must
cease at 3 p.m., if it commences at 8 a.m., it
must cease at 4 p.m. At least an hour and a
half must be given for meals, between the begin -
ning :Old ending of thu day's work. In arty
stu'el • tic as,eliun of the Secretary of
•• • • be obtetife.i.•hrough the Inspectfr
1...1 • . Mr. R. ai.r. In the case of brick.
lic. r Ist Janna I.i?. no female sha 1

I.! • d under ti' ,•ge of 16, and no male
undt :um of 10 )cuts.
..111RN AtIll1471:111' it %I. S WIKTY..— We are
infante tNat it is pop .d to hold the next annual
miaow of this society at $t eirbrolk.. if the au.n of £3OO
can be promised by the inhabitants of the town and di.
triet, towards defraying toe expense. The matter will
slimily come before the Town Commissioners.
STRANGH SUPKII•TITION.—AO old lady living not an
hundred mile. from one of the principal streets in this
town, ive, lAA week foolishly tdil by a lady neighbour
that if wislied to scare away the sinall-pox epidemic,
it might Oe due by procuring an old boot or shoe, and