The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-22 00:00:00

me yeti Committse rscommended the Motley of
Wok
of the toss . sad the &IMMO if
th. vaa4g7eitted tallaietork be tarried oat wider the
It eel
omielearm of the Valetas Coeumithse with my additiomal
they might Melee requisite. the tots' sot to mood
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nis seal cif the Condi wee allied to the document to
then the tens for Mr. T. Nortioverli properly la
Faetotrot
ybe Cocoa them resolved itself into the Lard Board.
y W. friormal, Lot (Tows Clerk) stating that the action
el the Board with Mr. Oroksis woe prooseded with. Yr.
Croton Missed LlO6 of this Board, far which he had filed
..0 ter claim.
ril.:Board s decided to leave the cue entirely In the
heeds of their °ditch.
ybe report of the /hefti Yr.
er Clomunittes wee reed by
the, sad stetted that the following meoluttos wee
peepal at the committee meitiang r--" This committee Is of
that • closet must be salielestly Asshed without
ber.flaire sa aboadaat supply of water from either • taak or
the Water Co. sled thst as the Board lave the
rower to Maros closete belie eio_ supplied this enneiniimin
" mad that the Berd aould exercise each pewee In
ell fume ommetens. The report also 'Wed that by
moos of complaints that a sass., had arisen from pa
&emulation if refuse at the Harbour. they have
lestrocied 10551 if srvengemests cannot be made for Oil, its
renoal, aad teommead that IA feet of Imes be
wowed for sewer flo deux Kr. Reyaolds dwelt at
pm,e tenth upon this important sanitary arramonsat,
they Ohs committesi had recommended • course
14/.l,lthentht most calculated to promote the health of the
tenatutants. Some had objected os the grouted of mama,
coon.; bet Mr. Reynolds agreed that the reqmest
of the committee eru in the interests of true occoceny.
He referred to & statement which their medical officer had
mete to the slot that "Itaad-flashed closets were
noleasces," sad crowded very lucidly to explain bon
emollient, ld to
cournado at a Mace oast The majority
of the committee °moldered that there should be is
supply of water from some mama
Mr. BIDDLECOMai Naiad that this was the this end of
the rradir• to force the cm panes water upon the inhabit.
set& lle had hane-fluehed closets oo his promises, and
they &towered well; bat for all that he was ammo to
preeerre tie health of the town.
Mr. H. N. Cox felt that as the Board had mently
eiroiod that hand•tioshed closets were sufildent many
bed adopted that system, sad he regarded • fresh system
as an locreased cost to the ratepayers.
The Ciminero (Mayor) explained to Mr. Oat that the
Beard had previously decide! that a closet with a ometaat
apply of woo was so efficient one : but it me not at
that time known that the Brod had power to enforce it.
The Merdicel Ofillow (Mr. Evans) main ~,e,
Maros that load-flushed closets were sot aldose, thee
maissaces aied injurioss ti the health of the public It
wee sot °sly ttle actual prell•DP• of • palpable nubiamee,
bet the possibility of me croppisg op when they Meet
soeclwl.
Howsu. mid the difficulty wee where several
boiler frbarkanlad ono claret If by hand•duaking mock
beet their closet' Man he doubted if they could Worm
the MON os of the company's water.
Mn. SPIT:ILL 4041_4 mots door. were nenond;
It woe timed by lit. Colmar 14111111114 to be bard for
Dome to have to snag whet they had previolody dove;
he
bet considered Ili•T sight la f Ond ste, that w hen closet
woe erected the roam should provide theoompaay's
water or some edkriest imply of water.
&wend other Maim were expressed ; bat Abloom
L Cox mamba that the closets woe mot productive of
• mueof the aulauthe coming from the :Ma drain.
sod it 'said have bees fit better if the coenectime with
the mein drain were looked atter, as so much mosey hid
bees mat upon them. With the empties of cm with
ma maim not • ommection had bees made.
In. RI:MOLDS thought that, slier what the of
gr. gni/ lied stated, the committee mold mot wer?:;:iie
et bar other declaim If their medical o.cer had stated
Met a hand-dashed closet most be • nuisance than it was
Ibeliaty of that Breed to remedy It. What the committee
baa recommended was In the Imiterreets of the ratepayere.
eal the room for his so thiaking he lucidly expliiimed.
mei glad to hear that some people were dm ° in this
ever, but there wore others who were not, and they ho
te tramelve for rhos ae well.
The rig) et ems at length adopted.
Mr eons then road hie quarterly report, which stood
Ibis the returns for the liot quarter a Or- current pest
showed the total number of births tn be 64 • deoth..l6l ;
bob.rets per 1.000 Der annum, 31 '7 ; deali.rate, el L
&lotto destio in Union. II 2. An asphalts footway in
Arington had been satirdacturily laid.