Borough of Cheltenham. At a Monthly Meeting of the Town Council of the Borough of Cheltenham, duly convened and held at the Municipal Offices, in the said Borough, on Monday, the 6th December, 1915, at 3 p.m. Present: THE MAYOR (COUNCILLOR REES JONES) in the chair. THE DEPUTY MAYOR (ALDERMAN JOHN DAVID BENDALL). Aldermen. WILLIAM ALFRED BAKER, RICHARD DAVIES, CHARLES HENRY MARGRETT ROBERT STEEL JOHN WAGHORNE Councillors. FRANK CHARLES DODWELL EDWIN CHARLES SILK THOMAS WILLIAM SMITH JAMES STEWART PETER PHILIP TAYLOR THOMAS WILKINS EDWINSON CHARLES GREEN JOSEPH HARRY HANSON POWELL ALFRED MANN WILLIE JOHN MERRETT WALTER JAMES FREDERICK WOOD Apology.—An apology for non‐attendance was received from Councillor Sawyer. 27 1—Minutes of Previous Meeting — Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council on the 9th November last having been printed and a copy sent to each member of the Council, be taken as read, and that the same be adopted and confirmed. 2—Election of Councillor—Resolved, That William George Earengey be elected a Councillor for the Central Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Councillor Robert Steel to be an Alderman. 3—Education Committee—Resolved, That Councillor Earengey be appointed a member of the Education Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman Davies. 4—Public Health Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Public Health Committee, at their Meetings of the 10th and 22nd November last, be approved and confirmed. 5—Street and Highway Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Street and Highway Committee, at their Meetings of the 10th and 29th November last, be approved and confirmed. 6—Town Improvement Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Town. Improvement Committee, at their Meeting of the 24th November last, be approved and confirmed. 7—Electricity and Lighting Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Electricity and Lighting Committee, at their Meetings of the 10th and 25th November last, be approved and confirmed. 8—Water Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Water Committee, at their Meeting of the 18th November last, be approved and confirmed. 9—General Purposes and Watch Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the General Purposes and Watch Committee, at their Meeting of the 23rd November last, he approved and confirmed, subject to the following Amendment, viz. :— That Minute No. 5 (Motor Omnibus Licence) be referred back for further consideration. 28 10—Art Gallery and Museum Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Art Gallery and Museum Committee, at their Meeting of the 15th November last, be approved and confirmed. 11—Mineral Waters, Baths and Recreation Grounds Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Mineral Waters, Baths and Recreation Grounds Committee, at their Meeting of the 19th November last, be approved and confirmed. 12‐‐Burial Board Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Burial Board Committee, at their Meeting of the 26th November last, be approved and confirmed. 13—Public Library Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Public Library Committee, at their Meeting of the 16th November last, be approved and confirmed. 14—Finance Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Finance Committee, at their Meeting of the 30th November last be approved and confirmed. Resolved also, That an Order on the Borough Treasurer be signed accordingly for payment to the several Corporations, Companies and Persons mentioned in the Schedule of Accounts, the sum of money set opposite their respective names upon production of a cheque signed by the Borough Accountant. 15—Central Spa—The Motion of which notice had been given by Councillor Merrett was not moved by him. Mayor. 29 Borough of Cheltenham MINUTES of the Committees of the Town Council to be submitted for approval at the Monthly Meeting of the Council to he held on Monday, the 3rd January, 1916. PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE. At a Meeting of this Committee held on Monday, the 13th December, 1915: Present—Aldermen Davies, Margrett, and Steel, Councillors Green, Hanson Powell, Stewart, and Wood (Alderman Margrett in the chair). 1—Houses without proper Ash Receptacles —The Inspector of Nuisances reported that the following houses had no proper ashpits or ash receptacles, viz.:‐1 and 3 Orchard Place, and 7 Weston Cottages, Russell Place. Resolved, That the necessary Notices be given to the respective owners under Section 36 of the Public Health Act, 1875, and Section 27 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act, 1889, requiring them in each case to provide a moveable ash receptacle of such size, pattern and construction as may be approved by the Inspector of Nuisances on behalf of the Corporation. 2—Overcrowding at 32 Brunswick Street—The Medical Officer of Health reported that these premises were so over‐crowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates. Resolved, That the Committee being satisfied of the existence of a nuisance on the said premises, Notice under Section 94 of the Public Health Act, 1875, be served on the occupiers thereof, requiring them to abate the same. 3—Cleansing and Whitewashing at 2 Brockworth Cottages, 1, 2 and 4 Exmouth Court, 1, 3 and 5 Orchard Place—The Medical Officer of Health having certified under Section 46 of the Public Health Act, 1875, that the above‐named dwelling‐houses were in such a filthy and unwholesome condition that the health of the inmates was affected or endangered thereby, Resolved, That Notice he given to the owners under the said Section requiring the houses to be cleansed and limewashed. 30 4—Nuisances from Drains, etc., at 30 Fairview Street, 16 and 17 Upper Bath Street, 2 Camden Terrace, and The Bungalow, Portland Street—The Inspector of Nuisances having made written application under Section 41 of the Public Health Act, 1875, stating that the drains, &c., on or belonging to the above‐named houses were in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. Resolved. That authority be given to the Inspector of Nuisances to open the ground, examine the drains, and report to the Committee. 5‐‐Insanitary Property‐2 Brockworth Cottages, I and 4 Exmouth Court, 1, 3, .5 and .5a, Orchard Place—The Medical Officer of Health reported that the above‐mentioned premises were in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to the health of the inmates owing to defective roofs, walls, ceilings, floors, &c. Resolved. That the Council being satisfied that the said premises are in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, Notices under Section 94 of the Public Health Act, 1875, be served upon the owners requiring them to put the same into a healthy condition, and for that purpose to carry out the works specified therein. 6—Destruction of Diseased Meat—The Medical Officer of Health reported the surrender and destruction of diseased meat as follows:—On the 23rd ultimo several pieces of unsound beef, and on the 9th instant the carcase and offal of a heifer and on the moth instant the carcase and offal of a sheep. (Total weight destroyed: 7 cwts. z8 lbs.) 7—Notification of Measles and German Measles—Read, a letter from the Local Government Board calling attention to the large increase in the mortality from measles. The average number of deaths occuring annually from this disease in recent years in England and Wales was 11,000, of which the great majority were deaths of children under 5 years of age. During the first half of the present year the number of deaths reached a total of 12,414. Representations had been made to the Board by the Army Council that measles had caused a large amount of disablement among the troops in this country and that accurate information of the presence of the disease among the civil population would be of the utmost benefit to the military authorities. In view of this and other representations the Board had decided to issue an order requiring the notification of Measles and German Measles. The Order, which would come into force on the 1st January, 1916, required every parent or guardian or other person as soon as he became aware of or had reasonable grounds for supposing that any person in his charge was suffering from Measles or German Measles to notify (unless the case had been already notified by a Medical Practitioner) forthwith the case to the Medical Officer of Health, and every Medical Practitioner as soon as he became aware that a person upon whom he was in professional attendance was suffering from the disease was also required to notify the case. The order also empowered the Local Authority to provide or contract for the provision of medical assistance for the poorer inhabitants of the District when suffering from either of the diseases. Forms of notification were to be provided by the Council, and a fee of 2S. 6d. paid to Medical Practitioners for each notification. Resolved, That the Town Clerk be instructed to give public Notice of the Order and that the Medical Officer of Health be instructed to provide the necessary forms. 8—Site for Small Pox Hospital—Resolved, That the Delancey Hospital Trustees be informed that the Corporation are prepared to sell 2 acres of the field known as Further Long Hill adjoining the road leading from Tewkesbury Road to Stoke Orchard for a site for a Small Pox Hospital for £150. 9—Notification of Births Act, 1915 —Read, a Circular Letter and Report from the British Medical Association, who considered it essential that the sympathy and services of private practitioners should be enlisted in any scheme for maternity and child welfare, and asked that the local practitioners should be consulted in regard to any such scheme.