The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-05-21 00:00:00

ROWLEY REGIS LOCAL BOARD.

.nsual nr,nthly meeting of th 9 above Board
wa,,, held on Monday It, in ti“-i Blard Room, at
Old Hitt. Mr. W. Batisano pro ided, and there
were also prosmt Messrs. Plant, reen., Bark-J.,
Bennett, Connop, Guest, Newell, Roburtson, and

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S -REPORT.

Tie report was as follows
The survey or's Woks were examined and pa,sed
and it appeared that the wages spent during the
past month amounted to £ll3 14s lid, and that
he had a balance of .43 4s id in his hands. He
also reported that the amount required to defray
the current month's expenses on the sane account
for wages was .4150.

The- different accounts were examined and
passed, and cheques recommended for the same,

INSPECTOR'S REPORT.

From this report it appeared th,t the wages
spent on the night-soil hcLount during the past
:aonth amounted to £l7 6s 8(1., and that he had. a
balance of .29 4s 7d in his hands, lie also r, ported
that he required to defray the current month's ex-
penses for wages on the same account, the sum of
£24. He further reported that the cash collected
for asbpits amounted to .24 14s 6d, and that during
the past month 63 ashpits. attached to 68 closets,
had been emptied at a cost of 7s 9-id Per ash Pit•
The accounts were examined and passed, and
cheques recommended for the same.
MEDICAL OFFICERS' REPORT.

Mr. J. G. Beasley (medial oiler for the upper
district) reported that there had le.ee 41 deaths
registmed (Wring the past month, being an in-
-crease of 12 on the previous month, and a decrease
of 1 on the corresponding month ef last year.
This gives an annual average of 19.6 per thousand.
on the last c,nsus returns... Forty deaths were re-
corded from zymotic disease, viz., 2 from wh iop-
leg ‘. ough, 9 fro:n - typhoid. fever. The diseases
which contribute most to the death-list ire their
order of frequency of occurrence are, debility from
birth 7, marcatiqms and convulsions 5 each, broii-
challis 4,
.pneumonia 3, other, r:-,aPicate4 diseas, s
3, old aee 1, end accidentl death le As rosy, be
expecied Iron the variable inarcastentts we have.
experienced during the latter part of Apill aid
beginning .1 May, diseases of the respiratoryeorgans
occnpeinge. the largest portion of the list, are
principiay amongst adults. Infant mortality is
still high, 27 out • of the 41 deaths being nude: •
five' ,ears, and 20 Out if this. 27' being under one
year, With hithe exception of an epideinie of 'Wheoti-
ineecough mid a few isolated' case.S.,
~Of typhoid
fever, the parish is in a fairly healthy coeilition,
and iie was pitas d to say thet new cases of whoop-
cou:h are becoming less frequent. The. result .
of Os inspectioredui ing the past month, is to ad-
vise Mr. adetrper to apely for orders , against ..the,
the following, persons, to cause them to abate .the
undermentioned -nuisaitees :—Wm. Williams. (to
pro ide proper drainage to land at Springfield
Lane),- Eed ones (to remove manure heap from yard
at the 'back of eouee At No. 90,' Springfield Laney,
1.). Burris (to limew,sh house No. 99, pringfied
Lane), awl the Kidderminster and St)urbri.'ge
Banking Comparly (to lime wash. two. buses situeted
in the Waterloo Colliery Ground, Tividale, now
occupied by Bowen and Humphi ies ; also to , pro-
vide proper closete to the same -houses.
Mr. Gouider (medical officer for the lower dis-
t.ict) said he was glad to be able to say that the
number of deaths had not increased. It was pr--
iely same as in his lastereport, viz., 16.
:this gives an average of 4 per week, and a mean
annual rate of 13.8 per thousand. The m irtallty
among children is high, 10 of the 16 deaths occur-
ing ueder 5 years of age. Of seven that died under
'one-year, 4 took place from mareasmui, which is
certified as cata, ah which, he concluded, meant
catarah of the respiratory organs; 1 from debilii y
a ter birth, and one from convulsions. Those
between 1 and 5 were from marcasinus, convulsions
and whooping cough. Altogether there were 5
certified from marcasmus, 2 from convulsions, 1
from cirrhosis of the liver. 1 from paralysis, one
from inburculosis, 1 from acute pneumonia in a
man aged 69. and 1 from enteric fever, which took
place at 52, Pear Tree Stre,t, in a man 34 years of
it.p. There were other cases now in the street, in
the adjoining houses to where this deali occured.
He was not able to trace a distinct cause to these
cases, but he knew that fever had I:een prevalent
in the street for the last few months. In some of
the houses there is good tap water, aud iii others
the drinking water is obtained from wells, whilst
in some cases it is brought from a distance. He
adv:sed, as soon es practicab'e, that those houses
sheuld be supplied with god tap water. There
did not seem to be any important defect in the
drainage of these bous:-s. He should make a corn.
plate inspection of this street in the course of the
month. IL had inspected the following nuisances
and had advised the inspector to apply for the
foilowaig orders ;—Benj thin Billingham, Granger's
Lane. to build praptr ashpit ;S. Darby, Cokeland
Plate, to remedy defective, drainage; and NV.
Westwood, Corugreaves Road, to erect proper
ashpit. He begged to report to the Board that the
stagnant water which had been drained there by
the Great Western Railway Company at Spiun,r's
End, remained in the same condition.