The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04 00:00:00

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of the Council was held on
Wednesday; Councillor Goodwin presiding, in the
absence of the lalay-or.
The Medical ()inter report al that there had been
45 Mitts and 35 deaths in the past month. Ttle
death-rate was 175 per 1,000, the same as in the
corresdouding month last year. In consequence of
a number of cases of measles, in which the children
attended Lea St eet School, he had closed the
infant sahool there for a short time. There were
two pauper CaSCS of scarlet fever in the infectious
hospita , and he had two pauper cases reported to
him. The position of the Guardians in regard to
pauper cases of iefectious disease was again the
subject of discussion, regret being expresaal that
they had not come to an arrangement with the
Guardians on the subject.
Mr.Allarvey said there was a majority of the
cases from conatry parishes, who refused to agree
to bear a portion of the expense of sending pauper
infections cases to the borough hospital. It was
said that the Guardians could treat auch casea at
the workhouse at 9s a we-k, and they would not
agree to a payment of 15s per week for cases sent
to the borough toe itac taottah he beloved title)
oases cot the borough 24s or 253 a week. Mr.
James moved that the town e:erk write :tad inform
the Guardians that there were four pauper eases of
infections diseas- at the borough hospital and ask
whether they wore prepared to receive them at the
workhouse. Mr. Bytheway t eeouded the m ttioa,
and said thought in a mater af this kind the two
bodies should work harraoniously together. The
-alution was carried.
roma. :.y to question by the Casianan. the
In arb at (sir. Corbet) said there had been
Medical 011ie,. waif- mashes in the last week,
no increaae i a the •av were he thought Lea
and if they went on as d next Mon .ay.
Street School cool I be re-apinsaa eoinmittee re
The draiaage an Wat?rworica 'e eon.
ported that the works canneettd with, aes
structicn of the new reservoir were now comples-
and the engineer reported that they had Is&n car-
ried out by the contractor id a satisfactory manner
In consequaate 4,f the great demand for water in
the totan, the engineer had not been able to make
a tidal test of the reservoir The committee ha I
ordered the fixture of twenty-five extra hydrants tim
the towu They reoommenled the neespemaa as a
tender of ..t315 from Mr. J. Jones for the ere,ction
of a house for the ergineer at the ea wage station.
Mr. Cole enquired as to an item of £lOO 153 7d,
for a month's wages at the sewage farm. It was
stated that there had been extra work done lately
at the farm, and that the above sum was much
more than the ordinary monthly -stages would
average. The Chairmen said he took it that the
accounts were duly investigated by the committee
before they were passed, and the wages book was
open to the inspection of the members. It had
been necessary to put the farm into thorough work-
ing order since the Corporation had taken it over.
In going over it lately he was surprised to see it so
much improved, and it would soon be in a proper
state, and would not be any nuisance.

On the reading of the Improvement report, Aide-
man Anderson called attention again to the intended
recreation ground in the Horse Fair. and the desir-
ability of its soon being available. The Town
Clerk said he had drawn the conveyance of the
land, but there had been some difficulties delaying
it. Mr. Bytheway said he should like to see three
or four recreation grounds in different parts of the
borough. There was a dearth of places for children
to play, and they were in great danger when play-
ing about the streets.

A committee was appointed to prepare an esti-
mate for the next rate.

lIALESOWEN.

LICENSING MEETING —The annual Brewster Ses-
sions for the parish af Halesowen were held on
Tuesday, at the Public Office, the justices present
being F. D. Lea Smith, E. Gem, U. Howard, H. I'.
Hickman, and J. Garratt. Messrs. Hodgetta ad
Cooper, brewers, applied for an off license to sell
wines and spirits and bottled ale. There was no
opposition, and the magistrates granted the appli-
cation. Mr. Superintendent _Hardman reported
that during the year ei.tht licensed victuallers and
beeratuse keepers had been proceeded against, five
of whom were convicted and three dismissed. As
compared with the previous year there was a de-
crease of two in the number proceeded against, !and
an increase of one convicted. The rnagietrates said
they were very glad to know that there bad been a
decrease in the number of drunken cases during the
past year. The licensed victuallers ;who had been
convicted of viol din; the Licensing Act were then
called before the Bench and cautioned, after which
their licenses were renewed.
BRUTAL ASSAULT.—At the Police Cilia on Tues-
day, James Westwood, collier, was charged with
wounclitiz James Grosvenor, watchmaker, On Mon-
day night, ptiioner, without provocation, knocked
prosecutor down in his lions° by striking him on
the bond with a poker,. prpen being sentenced to
Iwo ment6l hard Labour, prisoner said he would
murder the prosecutor upon being liberated, for
Which i,ho magistrates sentensad him to an addi•
tional *ix months in the event of his b:ing unable
to find substantial euretles to keep the peaoa.
it ?run TO WRECK A TRAIN. -..At the same
Court, two boys named Royston and Hackett, both
eight year; old, were ordered to be birched for en-
dangering the lives of pa,s3ngers on the Halesowen
and Rutkry Railway by placing stones on the
metals. ::,hortly before the arrival of a train the
prisi,ners placed several large stones on the metals.
_Royston remarked he should like to see the effect
nf a train being thrown off the line. A policeman
fortunately removed the stones before the trill
arrived, .