The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-07-04 00:00:00

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COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this Board was held on
Monday but, when Mr. W. Platt presided There
were also present Messrs. Edwards, Collis, James,
Jones, Palfrey, Gillam, Woolley, Perkins, Turney,
Parkes, Nti alker, Cadwallader, Griffin, Billingham,
and Penny.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last monthly
m3etiog and of the special meeting.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Your Committee report that the treasurer's
balan..es on the several accounts at this data are as
f ilos, Viz: HiAtlvrAy Acuount £312 Oi Si; Ira
,-provernent " Account £521 Os 2d; Urban Sanitary
Account £7l 15s 31. Your Committee having ax,
amined the C.llowing accounts and finding them
correct r(commord that they he paid: Highway
Account .E 202 7.7, sd; Improvement Account £487
8a 31; Urban Sanitary Account £74 15s 3d.
The report was adopted.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.

Number of births registered in the township from
I,lty 18th to June 22nd, 1835, 34, viz ,14 males and ;
30 femab-s. The number of deaths registere.l dur-
ing the same period was is, viz., 7 mates mid 11
females. Birth-rate 418; death-rate 22.1. The !
deatinrate is higher than Ls,-, month, and also the
corresponding month last yew., which WAS 141,
I have again tested the wells of property in South
Street; in one case the water is improved, in the
other it is still impure. The officer therefore im-
presses upon the Cemmissioners the urgent necessity
of having the notice enforced in the one case where
the water is still impure. As to the wells iu En-
ville Street a correspondence has now for some time
been going on between your inspector and the
owner of the property, but ne satisfactory result
has been arrived at. The Officer therefne presses
your Committee to have the notice in this case, as
ie the one relating to the property in South Street,
carried into tffect. Your Committee therefore
recommend that in regard to the two properties
referred to, failing compliance with the notices
already given, proceediugs be at once taken to
compel a supply of wholes...me water for the use of
the tenants thereof The joureal of the Medicid
Officer of Healtn was laid before your Committee.
Fr in this it app axed tat the water belonging to
houses in Cecil S reet and Enville &lea is impure,
Notice has been eiven for .113 wells to be closed and
the tap water laid on, The Officer reters also to a
nuisance arising in Enville Street and the Hemp-
lands from the keeping of pigs; he has ordered the
pigs, sock, and wash to be removed.
Mr. Palfrey said he thought if they would let the
matter stand over again for a time, the owner cf
the property in Enville Street might be able to
make such alterations as would render the water of
the well in question pure.
Mr. Jones said i[ they were to wait until the in-
ternal drairage of the town was complete them
might have hundreds of people poisoned. The
committee felt that under the circumstaeces they
could not do less than support the recommendation
of the Medical Officer.
?dr. Edwards said it was a perfect farce to have a
medical man if they did not back him up.
Mr, Junes said there was a great deal ef corres
pondence on the matter. The report statat that
the well was reeking with vegetable m Ater.
Mr. Palfrey denied that.
Mr. Billiagham said that as Mr. Palfrey, who.
was the agent for the property, had asked for time,
he ehoul I be in favour of granting him another
month.
Mr. Turaey said it would be a pity to close a
well, and force anyone to put on the town water,
if it could be remedied.
Mr. James said a matter of this kind should have
the serious attention of the Board.
Mr. Palfrey said a proper analysis had not been
made. A gallon of water should have been seat,
instead of which only two small medicine bottles
full were gent
Mr. Platt said it was of great importance at this
time of the year that they alould bate pure drains,
pure water, and pure milk.
Eventuallv, on the motion of Mr. Colli, it was
resolved to postpone the closing of the well for a
month, on the understan dog that in the mean
time satisfactory evidence should be produced that
the wat, r was pure.