The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-01 00:00:00

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The General Purposes Committe report adopted
The Medical Officer reported that there had been
2e6mbaiiretsilsraditleriAitr9t.he tmhoetTiethh,tivaiz.6ell males
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the same period, viz., 5 males, 7 females, rate 14.6.
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s and 15
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The death .rate continues very low, and considering
the present severe weather it is remaikable that
no death has been registered since the 13th inst.
The corresp 'rate Wit year was 12.6. The
committee recommended that, the large lamps in
High Street and Kiddertn!nster Street be turned
partially off et 12 o'clock, and also that the buners
be redueedl The recotnmendation was adopted.
It was decicteci, to fix fikir flew lamps With two
burners calculiit..d to butm 8 feet an hour, in Lower
High Street b. the following places, viz., 1 opposite
House, 1 near the Post Office, 1 the wcetaston Street.
The Board app;-oved-,,0t e'onnaittee'e recommend-
ation that Mr. H, AlriTli.allitie Town Officer, be ap-
pointed inspeeor of the toWnship of Stonrbridge
for the purpose of carrying into effect the regula-
tions made by oeder of Ceuncil under the Contagious
Diseases (Animals) Act, .1878.
Improvement Cemanittee.7-This committee re-
Commended that otattoce, .lottees be given to the
respective owners or occupiers of the premises front-
ing, or adjoinieu, or abutting Parr_Teter Street,
BAllie Street, L'ower Hill Street, Glebe Street,
Glebe Lane, and Cross Street to comply with the
provisions of the Public Health Act, 1875, section
150. The committee haVe gte,nted permission W
Mr. Broomliall to make a new shop front at the
corner of High Street and Enville Street. The
Board expressed their thanks for the generosity of
Mr. Broornhall in giving to the town a piece of land
at the extreme-collier of the footpath. The com-
mittee had instaicted the Clerk to write to Mr. J.
Hill, builder, Oldswinford, calling his attention to
the making of a connection in the Hole in the
Wall with the sewer without giving notice, and of
the illegality, of the act, and a3king him to repair
the damage caused by its being improperly made,
and o apologise to the Board. The surveyor re-
ferred to the making of a feotpath in Cemetery
Road by the side of some fencing recently „erected
by Mr. Thomas Parkes, which would be a great
improvement, besides finding employment for a few
of the unemployed during the winter months. It
was resolved to apply at the next Quarter Se • ii
ssio s
for an order for the total closing up of the George
Walk. With regard to the flooding in Lower High
Street the Main ,Drainage Board have declined to
adopt tlie plats recommended by the surveyor, and
the committee have requested Mr. Henry Newnam
and the surveyor to attend at the next meeting of
the Main Drainage Board on the subject.
Finance Committee.—The balances due from the
treasurer on the several accounts are as follows:
Improvement Account, £430 Is 11d; Highway
Account, .2219 7s lid; Urban Sanitary Account,
£527 12s (hi ; Loan Account, £B6l 18s id; Weges
Account. £l4 19s 7d; Summary of Balances, £1177
18 10d. The committee recommended the payment
of the following amounts: Improvement Account,
£395 15e Od; High way Account, £164 12s id;
Urban Sanitary Authority, £262 6s 3d; Loan Ac-
count, 1:642 13s 4d. The committee recommended
and the Board. resolved to grant an increase of .4100
for 1887 to the Clerk, with the undertaking that an
efficient clerk be engaged to assist in the work of
the Board, the selection of the candidate to be sub-
mitted to the Board for aperoval,

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The u-ual meeting of
this Board was held yesterday, Mr, flaskew in the
chair ; there were also present Meer. Stringer,
Pargeter, Rollinson, Bryce, MacMillan, Bill, Wor-
thington, Yardley, J Biliingham, Sidaway, Parkes,
Guy, Pea- on, and Brooks. The Master reporte I
that Mis ,ollinson and the Misses Stevens. Brier
ley Hill 1.1 given a large number of Christ=
cards w Ai were distributed amongst the inmatee.
The Chiistmas dinner passed off satisfactorily, an -I
the inmates desired to tender their thanks to the
Master The Master's report was as follows: Ad-
mitted, 7;
discharged, 5; born, 0; dead, 0; re-
maining in the house, 563; corresponding week
last year 584. The out door relief was Kingswin-
ford, .247 9e 6d; Stourbridge, £32 16s Oid ;
Halesowen £2O 12s 6d. Non-resident £1 195 5d ;
total, £llO 17s 54d; corresponding week last year,
£lO6 is 6d. Mr. Dawee, overseer, attended and
reported to the Board the death of Mr. Bonier, one
of the overseers of the Parish of Kingswinford, who
died that morning about 3 o'clock. The deceased
man had only been ill two or three days, and was
going on his round collecting last week. The Board
expressed their sorrow at the sad occurrence. and
said he was one of the best collectors they had had,
and wished Mr. Dawes to convey their sympathy
to Mrs, Horner.—The School Attendance Committee
reported that they had had 14 candidates for the
office of School Attendance Officer for the Oldswin-
ford district, and after some little difficulty had
selected Mr. W. 11..Willimott, of Stourbridge. A
letter was received from the Local • Government
Board with regard to the proposed erection of wool
sheds at the Workhouse to relieve overcrowding.
Notated that the Local Government Board would
have been more satisfied if the Guardians had hired
some suitable buildings apart from the Workhouse
for the purpose of aflording additional accommoda-
tion, but having regard to urgent need for addi-
tional accommodation the Board would Ilot refuse
to sanction the proposal. The sanction was given
on the distinct understanding that the wooden
buildings would be regarded as of a purely tem—
porary character. The Board consented to the work
being done by Mr, J. Guest, without in the fist
place advertising for tenders. The usual decora-
tions of the house took place for the Christmas,
the dining hall being splendidly ornamented, some
of the mottoes being beautifully executed by an
inmate of the house, who is deaf and dumb and hes
lot his right arm, The children sung c.,rols aid a
very enjoyable dby was spent, the singing of the
atioval Anthem concluding the proccedirge.—lt
was Mr. Whitney, the grocer, and lot Ar. Whitley,