The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-24 00:00:00

Q. 0., M.P., Col. Cochrane, T. D. Thomas, and E.
Webb, Esqrs., a number of persons were summoned
for non-payment of poor sates. Mr. Dallow proved
the cases and orders for paymentwere made.
BOARD or GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly mret
ing of this Board was held ye.tArday, Mr. Philip
Pargeter in the chair. Admitted into the house
during the week 9, discharged 3, dead 2, born 1,
remaining in the house 501, against 561 in the
corresponding week last year. Ont•door relief .
Kingswinford district .R4B 19s 3d, Stourbridp £39
10s 2d, Halesowen .X 33 13s 7d, n on -residen t paupers
£1 18s 3d, total £124 Is 3d, against £ll2 12s 31d
last year.—A special meeting was held regarding
the Staffordshire and Worc?stershire boundary
question. The suggested division of the Union
was further advosated, and great except on Nva ,
taken to Lady Dudley's efforts in favour of thy
transfer of Kingswinford tn Worcest,rshire in sup-
port of the proposed retention of Dudley in that
county. The Clerk was instructed to prep.re
careful statement of facts regarding the proposed
division of the Union.

OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID FEVER Ai'

CRADLEY HEATH.

At the monthly meeting of the Rowley le•cal
Board on Monday night, Mr. W. Basilan°, 1.P., in
the chair, the Assietant Medical Officer (Dr de
Denne) reported that fifteen persons had been
attacked with typhoid fever in the Cradley Heath
district, four of wipe; had died. The outbreak
was to be traced to the use of contaminated well
water, filthy and uncovered ashpits, and a generel
want of cleanliness amongst a number of the
people,
In reply to the Chairman, Dr. de Denne said he
had already taken steps to request the owners of
the property in which the disease had broken out to
provide the tenants with wholesome water, bat up
to that time not one had complied with hi a reqn,st.
He had done all he possibly could to prevent the
further spread of the disease.
Dr. Beasley reported that during the past month
there had been fifty deaths, the death-rate being
21.8 p-r thousond, Seven deaths had been caused
by zymotic diseays, four of which, as stated by
Dr. de Denne, had been caused by typhoid fever.
His attention had been called to nineteen infectious
cases, seventeen of which were typhoid fever. Un-
fortunvely, he did not know of the existence of
infectious cases. until a death was reported to the
Registrar.
The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the
reports, said the death-rate was the heaviest that
had been recorded at that IBoard for some time.
The alarming outbreak of typhoid fever should
receive their most serious attention, for e ep,n ts
presented by the medical officers were the mo,t
serious that had come under their notice for years.
They mnst ed.e that owners of property provided
wholesome water for their tenants, because the
frequent use of contaminated well water was sure to
cause disease.
In the course of a discussion which followed, the
Chairman suggested that brakes should be put in
the drains between the main sewer and the houses.

Dr. Beasley recommended that notices be served
upon the owners of twenty-four houses to supply
their tenants with wholesome water.
On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by
Mr • Priest, it was :decided that notices he isued
torthwith.