The Potteries Examiner : — 1873-12-13 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

BURSLEM BOARD OF GUARDIANS.  The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Tuesday, at the Town Hall, Barslem. Mr, d. Welker occupied the chair. —At a previous meeting of the Sanitary Committee the Inspector of Nuisances reported that nuisances which had been reported upon at Olderoft, Brieryhurst, Thursticld, Wedgwood, and Abbey Halton were being abated. Notices which had been issued against the depbsit of rubbish in the streets had had very little effect, and it was stated that the best coarse to adopt would be to summon one or two of the offenders.—A letter was read from Mr. Wooliscroft, of the Chesterton Tileries, respecting a no. lice which had been served upon him to abate a smoke nuisance, and the letter stated that he knew of no way of abating it. Ho had since expressed to the Clerk his willingness to adopt any suggestion of the committee in reference to the matter—The CHAIR/lAN thought it Was unreasonable for Government to call upon manufacturers to abate nuisances without telling them what to do. He thought there had been very little improvement since the passing of the Act.—Mr. Warenw believed them had been considerable improvement.—Mr. CLARKE said it was not for the Board to suggest measures, and it would be easy for Mr. Wooliscroft to find a remedy; but if he would not try, he (Mr. Clarke) did not wonder that he Was unable to do anything.—The CERULEAN said the inhabitants ought not to be annoyed for the sake of saving a little expense. At the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Watkin agrianl to go with him to the Tileries, and endeavour to find some mode of dealing with the naisance.—The Committee decided to take proceedings against persona detected depositing ashes and refuse in the streets.—Dr. Ballard bad reported some time since to the Local Government Board that the vaccinations effected in the Burslem district were mostly done by the deputy of the medical officer, who had not been appointed a medical officer. In compliance with the wish of the Local Government Board, Mr. Goddard, the medical officer, wrote a letter, which was read at the meeting, explaining that Mr. Oldham, his deputy, was a duly qualified medical practitioner, and efficiently dis• charged the duties which devolved upon him. This letter was directed take forwarded to the Local Government Board.—lt was reported that a woman, who was an in. mate of the workhouse, had given birth to a child,which died three days after, and that the mother was in cusoody at the workhouse on suspicion of murdering the child, but the remit of the post mortar* examination was not known.—The relief returns showed the number in the house to be 177, against 144 in the corresponding week of last year. The number of outdoor poor relieved during the week was reported to have been 1,592, at an expenditure of .£9l. 138. 5d., against 1,537, at a cost of £B7 Is. 41. in the corresponding week of 1872.—1 n application from Mr. Bennett for a gratuity for himself and Mrs. Benni It, on account of extra services, was referred to the Workhouse Committee, for them to make inquiries into the nature of Mr. Bennett's extra duties, and the other grounds upon which he based hia applies. lion—Per the office of industrial trainer at the workhouse there was one applicant, Eliza Farr, aged 24, for. nicely cook at the Nantwich union, aml, on the motion of Mr. BLACKHURST, seconded by Mr. WATEIN, she was up. pointed to the vacant office.—The secretary of the Bun. tern Dog and Poultry Show wrote inviting the children of the workhouse to pay it a gratuitous visit on Thursday. The Guardians agreed that they should be allowed to attend.—lt was decided that the inmates of the workhouse should be provided with their usual Christmas treat on the 24th Mat.  MR.