The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-03-05 00:00:00

GENERAL PURPOSES COMICITTER.

The Town. Officer's report showed nuisances brans. t
forward from last report 11; reported during the
month 87, remove., old 4, new 63, remaining 31.
One-hundred-and thi ty-four privies aud 123 ash-
pits, belonging to 278 tiouses had been on; tied and
cl.ansed and their contents removed. The number
of loads was 264 The number of orders on he
books was 24, namely 27 privies and 19 asepits, o
about 6 days work The seven :egister ed lodgink
houses have been occupied during tee month a;
follows: Daily, 67; weekly. 470; d derteg the
mouth by 1885 persons. Th;:e h •ve been no com—
plaints The officer had inepecte,i and reeisiered
18 cowkeepers a el dairymen's eremises; to we, e
found in a good rondition and 16 in an uneun4tary
condition. He had given tee necesearj noti:.e for
a better system te b, carried out. The ;coulees of
10 milk rut.% eyors hedibeen inspected:and r Kistered
He found the stores and milk vessels faizly clean
He had given the _necessary iestructicus for hett..r
sanitary arrangements to be carried out. The of-
ficer hes requested that your 8.... rd ehottld give him
the requisite au, hetity to take at enye time samples
of milk offered for sale by any p-rson for analysis.
The slaughter houses are repo-ted to be ie good
sanitary condition. The officer r ported that during
,the mouth he had found a, d ,eported upon 87
nuisances, The Medical Officer's report sho d
the number of births during the month to be 43;
viz, 19 males and 24 females. During the saute
month 18 dea'hs had been registered. Birth rate
40.5, death-rate 22.1. The deathrate is lower for
the past month, the severity of tee weather having
considerably n oderaeed The correspoeding rate
last year was 38.1 Out of the 18 deaths 8 were of
persons over 60 years of age.
Oct the motion of Mr. Piatt the Board invested
the inspector of nuisances with the necessary
authority to enable him to procure samples of milk
suspected of adulteration and have the same test,d
by the Board's Medical Officer of Health, and if
deemed necessary by the latter analysed by some
qualified analyst.
:vINA NM COMMITTEE.

Your Committee report that the treasurer's bal-
ances on the several accounts at this date are as
follows :—lmprov-ment Account, balance due from
treasurer, .2146 17s 6d; Highway Account, balance
due from treasurer, .£6O 9s lid; Urban amirary
Account, balance due to treasurer, £23 8s 6d ; Loan
Account, balance du- from treasurer, £165 78 9d;
Wages Account, balance due to tiearilirer, 78 9d ;
Summary of Balances, total due from treasurer,
£lB2 its 3d. Your committee having carefully
examined the following accounts and finding them
correct, reccmmed they be paid :—lmprovement
Account, 1.15 2s ; Hignway Acc0u1d....2125 Os 6t;
Urban Sanilary Account, £l5l 194 10d. Your
commi!tee ii ye examined the vouchers of accounts
ordered to be paid at the last moat- ly meetin4 and
find them to be c o rect. Your committee recom-
mend that the clerk be instinct° Ito prepare esti-
mates for new rates to be made fol. the year ending
Mareil 25, 1888.

Mr, klaskeir proposed that the rlerk prep.re
estimates of the sums;required on the Irupruve-in•fi,t,
Highway, and District Rat?. Account respeclive y.
for the year ending 25th day ;..f Nbucit, 1838, anti
submit the same to tLe Fiance Cornmit;ee for
thei, approval.
Th. moven. • was s,.t-eol,deft by Pur;
carcien unanin ~..sly

Mr Biodiew buid tie outstanding tirrear oi the
last rat, s were very Email, and i.e or it,ld
him the tat-es had been u•ore closely c hect d titan
ever before h. had been in tiffic

!I BC,VEMENT COMMITTZ

Telepl on o .a; any. As tirranged, Mr. E. B.
maete-e and Mr. Celeman, manager f the CotnpatiNs
met your ceterni tee and kindly entered into an
explanation as to the extentuen of the telephonic
' mod of communication with the surroundinz towns
Mialcand Thcy ri-CAG deatrou= of
securing the morel sapport of your Board in Cee
matter. Your committee, after he3ring the state-
ments o:_; the 6efere mentioned gintlemen, resolved
hat the consideration of the matter sl oeld he de-
ferred to the next raont• ly in ti gof your corn.
mittee. Plans for new butidiegs. Your cornuei tt e
recommend that the plans sent in by the Couety
Surveyor for new buildiegs at the Police Station
should be aprrove.i ;;but inasmuch as our commit-
tee's offer of 103 per square yard for the land
required for widening that pelt of Ki 'derminver
Street adjacent to these proposed new buildings
has been refused by the County they advise that
the question of the price thereof should be referrtd
to ariaration. Your committee al“.) reeomnaend
that the plans for new buildings proposed to be
erected by Mr. John Ginam in Upper High Street
on the southerly side of the Chequers Inn be
proved;ap-
and also those sent in by Mr. Orferd in
respect of property in Market :3treet, subject to
such alterations therein as the surveyot may
approve be approved by your Board. Your Com-
mittee have requested that Birmingham Strest,
from Bedcote Mill to the site of the old turnpike
gate near Stamber Mill, be repaired as early as
poeeible. Your Committee resolved to instruct the
town °thou- to accept the offer of twelve po-anda
for the temporary occupation of the land at the
corner of high Street and Foster Strcot, from the
24th day of March to the 6th day of April next,
both days inclusive. Your committee recomtneed
that a committee, consisting of Messrs. Gillett),
Hicklin, and Perkin, be appointed by your Boanl
to investigate the flooding of Lower High Street,
and to report thereon le your Btard. Your com-
mittee having considered a lettFr from the Stour.
bridge Board of Guardians respecting the erection
and maintenance of a joint hospital for infectious
diseases for toe Urban Districts of Steurbricie ,
Brierley Bill, and Quarry Bank, and the Bo ..1
Distlic* of the Stoureekige Union, and inviting a
deputation from your Board to meet it consubatiGn
a deputation Trom th stove named Urban and
Rural Authcrities, recoieo end your Pr. aid to ap-
point a deputation of thee member thereof for !lie
object referred to. Ycur committee have receive d
a letter frcm Mr. J. P. Reeding, of Co%entry Street,
complaining
..of the nuisance and the lose he has
recently sustained from a drain extending along
the back portion of properties in Coventry Street,
and passion; underneath the property occupitd by
him. Mr. Ficldian, one of the surveyors of the
inteznal drainage, having kindly offered to give
somo information, your committee resolved to in-
Vito Mr. Fiddian to attend yottr Board's meeting for
that purpose.
The names of Messrs. Woolley, Jones, Cadwal-
lader, were added to committee appointed to inves-
tigate the flooding of Lower High Street, Mr.
Hicklin's name was struck out at his request.
With regard to the flooding of Mr. Reading's
house, it was resolved to let the matter stand over
till the appointment of the new surveyor.
Mr. Walker said they had accepted the offer of
Mr. Penny, Talbot Hotel, to let his room for lOs
per week, for the purpose of holding their meetings.
It would include gas and firing.
Mr. Newnam_tbought they should have an ftgree.
merit as it was an important matter.
Mr. Taylor (clerk), said be had it in writing from
Mr. Penny.
The solicitor said it would be better stamped; it
would cost 5s or 74 6d.

After further discussion it was decided that the
Folioitor draw up a short agreement.
Mr. Harry Mills, solicitor to the Board, reported
the exchange of contracts between the Board and
the Donors' Committee of the new Town Hall.
Mr. Turney said the architect mentioned to him
the desirability of setting back the line of building
18in. It would be no drawback to the general ap-
pearance of the building, and would widen the
street. It would not look odd to set back the
buildings but it was going out of the building line.
The old property on the other side would come
down in the course f time and it could then be
widened from that side. The builder would take
possession to-morrow (Tuesday) and it was a matter
which should not be delayed.
Mr. Putkis,said if it did not make any dillerence
in t :e outlay he saw no reason why they should
not set it back. The footpath was emir imely narrow
now, and when the new buildings were put up it
would be worse.

Mr. Robinson was cull d into the :own to state
his reason for setting back the building. He said
there was no special reason any more than widen—
ing the road. If the building was set back it would
only make a slight difference in the llarket ac-
commodation.

Mr. James begged to propose that if the Donors'
Committee think it desirable to set back the build-
ing 18 inches thy may do an.
Mr. Haskcw seconded, and the propositien was
carried.

There WU a nmic.l on the agenda calling the
attetrion ot the otic to the fact that this was tbe
last o:dirtix g on hpits, n, 'remises. Mr. Ilatt
jJ.uyttlisideted a it t dic ry epd 112 hum ita
Chairman. Willa