The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-22 00:00:00

ROWLEY LOCAL BOARD.

A monthly mTttincr of this Board was held on
Monday aft at, the Board Room, OD Hid.
Bas,ano Ci); and there were also present
Messis Gt.ii, (.nnop, Straws,), , l'enneA and
Titylor.—Upon th recomtnendation of the Finance
Committee, Ltee.,rims were pa,sed fr payment
amountinz in the :iggi'-gate to £F2 14s 3d.
The Medical Officer ot ilesit (Mr. J. G. Beasley)
for the upper district reported that 22 deaths had
taken place during the mouth, being a death-rte
102 per 1,090 per annum, the lowest yet reported
Oaly one deaih wa.., due to zymotic disease, that be-
lug a case of typhoid fever at Iteddal Hill. The
mortality among children still kept proportionately
high, twLlve of the deaths registered being chinren
under five years of age. The generad health of he
parish was most favourable, notwithstanding the
depressing influences of the weather, the bad state
of trade, and the widespread povetty of the neigh-
bourhood.

Mr. F. S Goulder, the assistant medical officer,
repor:ed that in the lower &strict the death-rate
had declined during the past four weeks, during
which period there had been 12 deaths, being a
death-rate of 10 1 per 1,000 per annum, the d-athi
in the preceding five weeks being 22 in number.
M. S. Cave, a well-known rat-payer, appeared
before the Board and sta,ed Vaal he found that the
Great Western Railway Company's pAssenger
stat'on at Cradley Heath, the premises of a Mr
White, on the corner of King Street, a warehouse
belonging to ,Mr. Hampton, and premises belong-
to Mr. Gideon Bellincrtiam, were not 'included in a
new rate which the Board had given ii. lieuof their
intention of levying to defray the expense of light.
in the Cradley 'Lath district for one season.
The Chairman promised Mr. Cave ;hat the matter
should receive the attention of the Boar,i, and in • •
formed hiot t .at Mr. Bellinghatn's prendses were
beyond the area included in the rate, and that if
any iftor, wreels tnat were now inclu ed in the
rated area had been included in it, the rate, instead
of being Ili in the pound, would have been is
After Mr Cave had withdr.o,vn the B ard de:idea
that th, tief!at Western Railway C mpany'kt station
an M!.. Wh,te's premises should be iveluded it
the assessment, and the rate of lid in the pound
was pas-ed.
Mr. S'aipway. engineer to the Birmingham and
Dudi,l new tramway scheme, \vaited upon the
! Board, and asked its consent to the applin.tiol for
the provisional order for ,he proi‘lsed new tram-
way, which it is intended shall tr.,verse the roads
under the control of the B ad for about a mile and
a half between Oldbury an.l Tipton,
The B ,ard unanimousl) agreed to give its consent
to the provisional order being ..pplied for t',at
scheme and also for the Biz ming arn and District
Tratnway scheme, reserving to itielf all ri&-tite and
privileges for the protection of the roads —The
epestion of taking the necessary steps in the
arrat!gement and appointment of the Board's officers
so as to have the new or let' of accounts corep!ied
wi-h by tne 25th of March next was then con.6idered
The Chairman t-ail if the Board allowed tle two
offices of surveyor and inspector of nuisances to
remain separate as at present, they wouldhave to
pay a surveyor certainly not less than £l2O a year,
which would make £240 per year for the two. He
did not, however, for one moment see the necessity
of having two officers—(hear, hear)—and he ,ug-
ges:el they should pay one good man £4O per
year to undeitake the umtbined duties of surveyor
and nuisance iuspeetor.—lt %gas understood that
the que-tion e,hould be finally settled at, the next
meeting of the Board, and candidates advertiseei fer
on the t rms su4ges!ed by the chairman.