Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1899-01-06 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

HEALTH AND SANITATION.  To the Sanitary Improvement and Foreshore Committee the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. Wetwan) reported that for the month ended 30th November last there were 19 births. The deaths for the month were 25, and equal an annual rate of mortality ef 266 per 1000 living; the death rates for November in the three immediately preceding years having been 12-8 205, and 8•5 respectively. There were four deaths from enteric fever, giving the urban district a spinal° death-rate of 411 for the month. There were two cases of suicide, both from cut throat. There were two doaths of children under one year of age, being in the proportion of 1052 infantile deaths to each 1,000 registered births, and per contra there were 12 deaths of people who had attained to 60 years and upwards. The currant month has produced only three fresh cases of enteric fever, so that we may s, assume we have reached the final stage in the epirt.mic.—A letter which had been received from Mr. Councillor Pool, complaining of the chalk pit on the bcarborough-road being used as a place of deposit for night soil, .31c., and stating that in his opinion it was too near the wells of the Bridlington Water Company having been read, the Medical Officer of Health stated that in his opinion the use of the chalk pit referred to in such letter is not inimical to the health of the district, that in the event of there being any percolation therefrom—which he did not believe to be at all likely—it would not infect the wells of the Bridlington Water Company, but would take an entirely different direction.—The Surveyor produced and read an exhaustive report as to the condition of the groynes on the north beach, and the want of proper groynes in that position, together with an estimate of the cost of providing other four groynes which he considers to be necessary to protect the beach and the sea defences.—The consideration of a letter which had been received, offering a field as a site for an isolation hospital, was deferred until the next meeting of the committee. Mr. Se.wdon in moving the adoption of the minutes criticised at some length a letter which Mr. Pool had sent to the clerk, aha a copy of which had appeared in a daily paper, with respect to the manure depot on White hill. It was conclusively proved that Mr. Pool had voted for it both in committee and in the council. Mr. Allen seconded and then Mr. Pool attempted to justify the letter and his action, declaring that be did not understand by White hill was meant the manure depot on Scarborough-road. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Barr rose together and the former asked in what position they stood with respect to the carting of sand gravel from the foreshore. The Clerk replied that several years ago the Local Board were in communication with the Board of Trade consequent upon the action of Sir Clifford Constable, and the result of the communication was that if this Board wished to take proceedings against anyone for removing shingle the attorney general whould have to be applied to for his fiat and perhaps he would issue it. Mr. Bradford: You will understand better than I do as a layman what that means. The Clerk said that that week there was a decision given in the Hornsea case which was now settled and bad cost almest as much as Hornsea. Mr. Bradford remarked that the apron of the sea defences was being exposed, and the foreshore was generally in a bad state. Mr. Barr asked whether the furniture for the temporary hospital obtained from Mr. Dousland Wardill at a cost of over £3O could be utilised when they had a new hospital. He also asked the chairman of the committee whether they had considered the desirability of having covers for the night soil carts so as to prevent paper being blown about. Alluding next to the proposed new groynes, he said the north sands were in a worse condition to-day than he had known them for the past ten years. It seemed to him the committee had too much work to de and that there should be two committees, one to look after the foreshore and the other for the sanitary work. Mr. eibson condemned the publication Di the , letter by Mr. Pool. . Mr. R•nnaxa said it was a most daetardly thfaj to write s letter to damn the town in such a tiniry, end all the good he (Mr. Pool) could do in the future would not repay them for the injury he had done now. Mr. Bailey pointed out that not only the committee but every member of the council voted fer the removal  of the manure depot from Pinfold-lane to fiesrboro'.  ........... Mr. Sawdon replied on the debate and the minutes were passed.