The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-30 00:00:00

4'ocat an I,stiart.
COANIISSIoNERS' MEErING

Mr. Platt pre;ided at the usual monthly meeting
of the above, :held in the As.embl) Room, 'Talbot
Hotel. on Monday afternoou last; t,-.ere were alno
present Mes-rs. Hughes, Junes, Griffin, Cadwal—
lader, Hicklin, Woolley, W. Jones, Na-h
Skelding, Collis, Parkes. J. E. Jones ani a. New—
nan,. _ _

The minutes of the last monthly and spec:al
mtetinga were lea I a 13.1 confirmt:d.

GENERAL PURPOSES CoEMITTEE.

Town Officer's Rop et. Nuisances brought far.
card from last ref_ t it. repo:led during the month
45, :otal SG; removed (old) 2, (new) 38, total 40,
cried :forward D. The 7 registtrsd lodging
',aisles have been occupied during the month as
follows: Daily 57, weekly 403, and during the
month by 1,613 persons. There have been no
compla:nts. Night-soil removal: 148 privies, 120
ash-pis, belongine 25 h uee3 have been emptiee
and el 2.118431 and their conente rernevecl. The
numb rof nuisances reported on dating the monk
is 45. The case of overc.rowding. I fun I seven
persons sleeping in one room, the diineneiins of
'which are 12 x 9 x 7 hewing a deficiency if 1,191
cubic feet of air Nmon4st the not.ces served for
the absteus at of nuisances are two on Isea.ts Parkes,
ot the Gr'i4 Mill, who has refused to have his 11 'uses
connected with the public sewers. Your committee
recommend that in the ciese of overcrowding pro-
ceedings be taken tor tit e abatement of ti,e nuisance
unless the notice he at once emptied with, and to
the ,:ffi_ler's satisfaction. Also in the case of Isaac
Parkes shoukl he still eeraist in neglecting the in-
structions and n tices of your offizers Your com-
mittee instructed she offie'r to carry on his work
as to the fa tisances arising from the beck smoke
i:euing from the sticks tel nging to the manu-
facturers of he town and to report thereon te your
c•-unmittee ft in time to ,tirrie.--"the M•elicai °Meer
o Ii alth's r port was laid befere your committee;
Dering the month 26 birtne have been registere4,
namely, 17 males and 9 females; 8 deaths have been
registered d.tring the same period namely, 3 males
and 5 ftmeles. The birth-rate is 31 9, and the
death-rate 9'B. On t nig the officer reports as fl.
lows : The death-rate for the past month is consider
ably lower then the preceding month No death
has ow :fled (On zymotie disease. da fu-tner
elites, lest month I noticed a nuisance ia Gig Mill
equate Nothing has beef) done tie-13r to abate the
tsuisance or to connect the premises whis tne dee,)
sewer, arid lie recommen is that eroceedings he
taken, as nothing is likely to be done unless pressure
be .eronght to bear on the owner or the agent. The
officer's journal was laid before yo commit ee.
ptemiszs have been visited in Summer Street
.n,l instructions given for the roof of the privies
and eeheits to be made water tight, the drain to be
repaired that the slops may pass into the sewer, and
the drain gates iwere ordered to be trapped. The
offieer further reperte as to an offeneive urinal at
the top of the town which he ordered to be closed.
In reference to a pare graph in your committee's
las.. rep rt respeeti, g the payment by your Board
of the expert-e ineurre Iby the Jubilee committee
in arrang ng the Market Hall for the dinner siren
to the age p or, year coincnittee ob-;erve that the
expense has bun paid by the Jubilee committee.
It was resolved that the officer take steps to en.
force the connection of drains in the Gig Mill with
the main sewer.

Mr. Pnrkis :n remarking on the nuisance, said
the system of complete drainage was faulty.
Mr. Fiddian (surveyor) said he did no. think th y
could compel peopt-in outlyin.; district i to hav,3
water-cle.ets, and if water.clodet* were a r.roperly
marrtged they became great nuis,neei. In tie ae
under c asideration there cerainly wes t ne(-d for
connection with tho sewer, and that was the only
way in w!ich th• nuisance could be abated.
Mr. James asked whether a esolution had not
loen passed that notic-es alr)uld ha serverl enforclog
the connection of all properties with the drains.
Mr. Fiddian haiti a good many no icea had been
servt'd, but 200 notice 4 still remained uns-rved, aa
the necessary information wits not in his post-ms-
sion.

Mr. James said he had noticed that for the last
several months no rPport lladbn brought forward
as to any colLeeLiou I)ein:4
The report was adopttd.

IX PRO 7E3DiNT CO3lll ITTES.

Surveyor's report; highways: During the past
month B,rnainghaiu Street, lrom Bedcote Mill to
the boaulary ..t the townstdp at Stamber Mill, has
b-ee ie.kel bed and a water chtnnell 1 A.,t down.
Thi, o.c,,ei has gremly ilzproved thi, irnportent
t! ocou.!hf ,re. The meltan4 of the rods referred
to in former reports as requ.n.e.g attenti n has been
deterred with 3 view of keeping the eu• ay at a
n i•litni.:m for the pr-oent. Cl-rtain p trttons f.,f the
fla,ging in Hig, Street are in a very ban codition;
befo.e any repairs can be, ma& a supp'y ti York
stone will be neceattary. Te atirveyor est s the
instructioes of the committee as to this w: rk. He
reports that one of the horses be,onging '0:0 the
Bari took fright on t‘e 27.1 ult. and rat) away
With Utz water cart, through Mr. Sproat's gateway
in Worcester Street, injuring the sate pillar end a
p,Atton of the boundary wall. L fortunately was
at9iost limite4 to this, the horse be,nz only sli4htly
injured. Stem roller. This haa not bun . tifi-ti
during the last reont,t, and Vh:. oi,Dortn. tity h :s been
taken to thorongh4 e-erhaul ae --: dean to ~ gi :e.
Tte work has been •tone by t e trivet' s ) the
exception of that wt•i•-•1 required the use 0 ~.e hine
tools A plan has ;. en rectived ter at ~ati ,tt to
1
No. 164, itiai St:. --t. The swers two been
regu;arly flu ..,ed ana a eo,cl e6aoition. The
diversion of the s.,wer 0". land adjoit.ing Hil. Street
lia Ixt o c3rled out- i‘cuortitni.,7 ~o tt,y instete.tions
anti th cost of be nork has been p•:tr; far by Mrs.
t Du4g:n the owner cf 1:,•-land
'jr eotoniittee
s, 1,.. na-auend that two truclrs Gi rork ctone la: prorn
i curd for ) •s repurs or ;le, foot( aV,s refe:rea t:, 1 y
; i).e 311,"T yrr. or committee recommend that
: the tend of Alod-ts. J:.:nts ansi Fi mutt- es be tte.
0 1:413,114 ix the delivery of ilievege bike% al tau,