The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-26 00:00:00

ROWLEY lEGIS LOCAL BOARD.

A monthly meeting of this body was held on
Mt nday afternoon at tilt. Boardro ,ni, Old Hill; Mr.
W. Hassan() (chi.rinan) presiding. There were
also pr, seri, Me srs. Connop. Newell. Rthertson
Taylor, Williams, Palk's, Penn, Bennett, Green,
and Plant,
ljp,r.t the recommendation of the finance
Committee, ec,eounts were pa-sea for payment
amounting in the ;lg._ regate to 1:339 ss. 7d.--I lie
Medical °fa: er J. (1. Be:Ailey) reported 38
deaths as havin.; oci-uired during toe past tour
weeks, ;,g, inst 4,1 in the corresponding month of
last y. or, being a death-rate of 18.2 ptr 1,000 per
annum. I)iseasem a the resiiratory organs had
been very numerous, and %.% ere particularly fatal t.,
the aged, 14 (Leith:. under tlis head being registered
Whooping cough wa, on the increase, and has
can-ed t o datbs, eni one death f:om typho4
fever had occurred in th • heddall 1141 district The.
Assistant Medical Off:cer (Mr. F. S. Gouldcr)
reported 20 deaths as having been registtrsd in his
distict during the month (a d, crease upon the
previous month), being a death-rate of 17.3 per
1,000 pr annum. Four i.f the d, ahs hd resolted
from consumption 1 fr-m typhoid fever, and 5
Of the number wt re aose of persons over GO years
of age, whose urited ages omounteo to 405 yeats
Houses number:a 114, 115, and 116, Garrates-lane,
Old HiF, wcre rt-ported tt,, being in a ruinous and
dilapidated state, and &.nge,ous to tue occupants
and the public generally.
The reports were were adopted.
The Surveyor i.aving, repot ted to the Board that
the Birmingham Canal C nipany were raising one
of their bridges which spanned a portion of the
Board's road at Tividde, to a bat he considered an
unreasonable height. some discus.,ion followed, and
ultimately it was agreed to take council's opinion
on the matter as affe(.ting the Board grnerally.
The Clerk submitted es,imats for a new general
district, and a high%% ay rate, for the n,.xt year, and
a gas-rate for the Cradloy Heath distric for the

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next liglit,ng scason. It sliw,d taL ..62-4
would be requirt d to be rai-ed by a general
Chairmant he x oen s
explained
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triet rate. that amount it,elud,ug £5O • for the
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polaf lintit'ilf aterL'' Ittuips at £2 10a. ea( death district the
removal of the .night soil of ill- parish. To defray
; would east £62 t 03. arta o ith £lO for ineid,;ntAt
expenses, &c., would nialu a total of £92. A rate
of 7d. in the pound on the 2iss-ssment of tat
district would produce £93 10s. 6d, He thought
that was a substantia reauction from a rate of 11d.
in the pound, as at first e •timated, and if the
Boar,' couid see is way du, ing the 8, a,on after next
. to mak, a stil further reductin they would be
only too glid to do so. To meet the expenses on
the hi,•hway acc.iunt .£1,650 would be required
and a rate of 10d. in the pound would produce
£3,000.

Upon the motion of Mr. Connop, secondNl by
34r: Robert.son, it was resolved to levy a general
d,strict rate of 5d,; a hi4lway rate of 10d ; and a
gas rate for the next season, for the district named,
of 741, in the pound.