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STXFJSftxitfiFosESD evidence. In order to substantiate our claim to be by fur the largest Furnishers in this part of the country, we give below a brief list of our departments at 161 and 162, Commercial Street, Newport. Basement. -In xoensive Bedroom hnd Kitchen Furnishings, Ironmonur ry and El-irdwar-. Ground Floor (Main).—Middle and Hi^h-cla^s Bedroom Furnishings. Ground Floor (Annexe) Inexpensive BEDROOM ,¡;b.'liti for Cottages and Small Houses. LINOLEUM DEPARTMENT (at rear). 1st Flooi- (Gallery). Office FURNITURE, Overmantels, Hal! Furniture, Bamboo BEDSTEADS and BEDDING. 1st Floor (Right Annexe) -C<rp ta, Rugc, M'tts,. tc. 1st FJoor (Left An nexe). -Curtains aud Soft Goods. 2nd Floor. Inexpensive ind Middle CI iss Dining Room Furnishings, Antique Carved O ik, Upholstered Goods, etc, 3rd Floor. Liigh-clamo Dining room Furniture, Drawing.room Suites, Cabinets, and Tables. 4th Floor. —Reserve stocks. Department for Sto>-e<J Furniture, etc. It will thus be gfen thaf. no less thin six large Floors are devottid to the business of this brRnoh alone, displaying.. selection capable of sttisfying every ta-te, and ranging in price from the most moderate to the most costly. PT1 ft I ITU Tf.e Furniture Colloseam, ITOIUfinilffl C, uAliiS,16U162 Commercial sUillWl Ulli. JOHN H REjNNIE Member of the Auctioneers' Institute by Exam ination.) ———— AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL AUC- TIONEER, VALUER, SURVEYOR, LAND AGENT, BOTEL AND INSURANCE BROKER. Newport. UsJc, Sf Chepstow Districts. Sales of Fat and S'ore Stock io NEWPORT, USK, and CHEPSTOW CATTLE MARKETS on Market Days. Horses in NEWPORT MARKET monthly. Furniture aud Cha'tel Effects, SALEROOM, periodically. Chief Offices and Saleroom:- 6 aud 12, SKINNER STREET, NEWPORT. Nat. Telephone, 0625. Telegrams, Reimie Auction Fixtures, 1904. Aug. 29—Antique and Modern Fardture and Effects. at KiiJgcoed Villa, Llandenny, for VTi-s Edwards (who is declining housekeeping). 30-Fat and Store Stock, at Chepstow Cattle Market. 31-Fat and Store Stock, at Newport Cattle Market. Sept" 5 -Fat and Store Stock, in Usk Cattle Market. 7-Fat and Store Stock, in Newport Cattle Market. 8—Household Appointments, at Sale- rooms, 12, Skinner Street, Newport. 13-Fat and Store Stock, in Chepstow Cattle Market. 14—Dwelling Houses in Ronald Road, Maindee. 14-Fat and Store Stock, in Newport Cattle Market. 22-Cart Colts and Horses, at Caerleon Fair. 27-Fat and Store Stock, in Chepstow Cattle Market. 27—Unreserved Sale of the Valuable Farm- ing Stock, Produce, and Effects, at Tymawr, for Mr Edward Jenkins (leaving). 28-Fat and Store Stock, in Newport Cattle Market. 30—Highly Important and Extensive Sale of Valuable Live and Dead Farming Stock, at Llanpill Farm, Llansoy, for Mr John Frost, seur., (who is giving up the farm). Oct. 3-Fat and Store Stock, in Usk Cattle Market. 4-Large and Very Important Sale of Farming Stock, at the Pentra, Llan- tarnam, for Mr E. C. Davies (retiring). 5—Fat and Store Stock, in Newport Cattle Market. Oct. —Important Sale of Superior Farming Stock, at Na:itybanno Farm, Llan- trissent, -for Mr Edward Evans (leaving). Oct. —The whole of the Live and Dead Stock, at Celynen Farm, Llanthewy Vach, for Mr J. Rogers (letting the farm.) Oct. —Highly Important Sale of Clover and Meadow Hav, at the Coach and Horses, Caerwent. Oct. —Fat Stock, at Kaplan. Full particulars in fut,ire advertisements, and from the Auctioneer, as above. Kingcoed Villa, Kingcoed, Llan- Z;D denny. One-and-a-half Miles from Llandenny Railway Station. UNRESERVED SALE of the whole of the well-preserved ANTIQUE & MODERN Furniture aHj Kifcets, COMP .RISING:— Steel rail fenders and irons, Brussels carpet in good condition, tapestry carpets, coeoanut fibre matting, pitch-pine dresser with drawers, old oak 2-flap table, 3 old sporting engraving", ak cased grandfather's 8-day clock, barometer in mahogany case bv Maffia, spaniel in ^mahogany case, old oak framed mantel mirror, quaint mah >auy pedestal cabinet, 2 antique mahogany side tables, well-made walnut framed drawiog-ri ora suite, viz.: conch, 2 easy aod 6..small chairs, upholstered in blue and gold silk and serge, in perfect condition, hearth- rugs, pob s and rings, wicker occasional. arm- chairs, 6 Windsor chairs, pitch-pine and oak old Bureau, qnaint toilet mirr r, unique oak medicine case (fitted), deal chsi,. brass and irm bedstead, 1 iron and 2 wooden bedsteads, 4 prime tea her beds, birch and mahogany toilet minors, mahogany chest of drawers, cane-seated chairs, oak chest, toilet ware, dinner Rnd tea wtlre, and other china, glass, electro-plated cruet, kitchen tables, large boiler with brass tap, saucepans, bench, 'garden tools, &c., which it# R JOHN H. RENNIE has been favoured IV' with instructions from Miss EDWARDS (who is declining housekeeping, atil has let the property), to conduct as above, on MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1904, At 1.30 p.m. On View morning of Sale. Further particulars may be bad on application to the AUCTIONEER, 6, Skinner Street, Newport, and at Usk. Raglan Farmers' Club. THE ANNUAL MATCH will be held on the JtL BROOKS FARM, RAGLAN, 011 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 1904. Usk Higher Grade School. WANTED, CLE\NER for the above, con- Vf sisting of 3 Rooms and Lobbies, and Manual Training Shed. Applicants to send in their applications stating wages required, on or before the 29TH INST., to MR S. A. HILEY, Usk. THE WKL->H INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. ACT. Usk Higher Grade School. pHF SCHOLARSHIP MANAGERS announce I that thwy are able to offer a Bursary to a Chilrl attending, or who wishes to attend, the Usk Higher Grade School. This Bursary will be a money payment, granted at the discretion of the Scholarship Managers, ani it is ho-;Pd it will enable a Parent, otherwise unable, to keep his Child at School for a longer period. It will be awarded on application to the Scholarship Managers, such application to be made on a form supplied by the undersigned, on or before the 1st day of September. A. H. WATKINS, Clerk to the Scholarship Managers. 11th August, 1904. THE WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION ACT. Usk Higher Grade School., THE SCHOLARSHIP MANAGERS announce i that they are able to offer TWO SCHOLAR- SHIPS for BOYS and GIRLS tenable at their School. the value thereof being the total exemption from all School Fees, All Candidates must reside within the Usk Scholarship District, and have attended a Free Public Elementary School for the last two years. The Scholarship will commence on the 6TH SEPTEMBER next, and the Candidates will be required to sit for Examination at the HIGHBR GRADE SCHOOL. USK. on SATURDAY, the 3RD SEPTEMBER, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. All Applicants must send in their names to me, the undersigned, with particulars of their ages and standards they are now in. on or before the 3 1ST AUGUST instant. The Managers wish to point out that they grant Two Exhibitions, value £17 per annum each, tenable at any County School to Scholars attending their School who make satisfactory progress. A. H. WATKINS, Clerk. August 11th, 1904. THE WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION ACT. Usk Higher Grade School. n THE above SCHOOL will be RE-OPENED on the 6TH SEPTEMBER NEXT, for a term of 16 weeks. All Candidates seeking admission must pass an Examination and will be required to attend at the School at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon of SATURDAY, the 3RD SEPTEMBER, for that purpose. All fees must be paid to the Undersigned who will attend to receive the same in the afternoon of THURSDAY, the 8TH SEPTEMBER. A. H. WATKINS, Clerk. August 11th, 1904. .r PONTYPOOL New Great Sleep (Stools j Cattle and Horse Fair. Saturday, Sept. 3rd, 1904. Usk Flower Show. RTNHE PRIZES in connection with the above & Show will be paid at the MISSION ROOM, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, at 8 o'clock. All Persons having any Claims against the Society are requested to send particulars thereof to the undersigned forthwith. THOS. JONES, 25th August, 1904. Secretary. Cyclists. Light Up! n Saturday, Aug. 27th. 7.58 Sunday, 28th.. 7.55 Monday, 29th 7.53 Tuesday, 30th. 7.51 Wednesday, 31st. 748 Thursday; Sept. let 7.46 Friday 2nd 7.44 Saturday „ 3rd. 7.41 Being One hour after Sunset. For Printing of all kinds try the County Observer Office. To Let, 1 CASTLE COTTAGE, USK, Drawing-room, .J Di iu;r«om, and Kitchen, with three Bed- rooms, and every convenience; in excellent repair, and pood g.Ard,-ti.-For rent, and further particu- lars apply to Mr J. A. SHEPARD, solicitor, Polar House, Tredegar. ;¿r. ¿ Abergavenny Horse Show and .3 1 Agricultural Association. Alii FlBW OF HORSES AND AGRICULTURAL STOCK, Special Jumping and Trotting Prizes ( £ 33 and Stakes), WILL BE HELD IN Bailey Park, Abergavenny, ON Thursday, I st Sept, next, SPECIAL ATTRACTION. {I::r The Celebrated Cyfarthfa Band Has been engaged for the day. Entries Close August 16th (Double Fees to August 25th.) Secretaries Messrs STRAKER & SON, Auctioneers, Valuers, and Estate Agents, Abergavenny. Arpovmsm &c., for week Ending September 3rd, 1904. Aug. Sat. 27-Po typool Petty Sessions. Cricket.—Usk v. Caauxtoa-Barry C.C., at Usk. Sun. 28—Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Mon. 29—Usk Market. Tues. 30-Abergavenny Market. Chepstow Petty Sessions. Wed. 31-Newport Cattle, Corn, and Cheese Markets Abergavenny Petty Sessions. Sept. Thurs. 1—Cwmbran Petty Sessions. St Giles, Partridge Shooting begins. Sat. 3-Pontypool Petty Sessions. Cricket—Usk v. Pouthir, at Usk. Hunting Appointments. MR. CLAY'S SUBSCRIPTION OTTER HOUNDS Will meet next week (water permitting) — Monday, August 29th Dingestow Station At 8.45 a.m. Tuesday, August 30th .Llantilio Court At 10 a.m. County Courts in Circuit 24. COURTS will be held at the several Court-towns on this Circuit, before His Honour JUDGE OWEN, the Judge thereof, on the days and at the time hereunder mentioned:— Time, a.m. July Aug. Oct. Chepstow 10 8 3 Barry 10 5 2 4 Cardiff 10 6 3 5 It 10 7 4 6 „ 10 8 5 7 „ 10 9 6 8 Abergavenny 10 .15 10 Blaenavon 10 11 Tredegar 9.30 12 9 11 Pontypool 10 13 10 12 Newport 10.30 14 11 13 11 10.30 15 12 14 Monmouth 10 19 16 15 Ross 9.30 13 1 Crickhowell.. 11 17 21 Usk 11 18 20 4th Volunteer Battalion South; Wales Borderers. G COMPANY, USK. Monday, August 29th.—Company Drill; Dress —Drill Order, at 7.3U p.m. Thursday, September 1st.—Recruits' Drill, plain clothes, at 7.30 p.m. RECRUITS. It being desirable to increase the strength of the Company as soon as possible, ill tending Recruits are requested to call at the Armoury on Monday next. at 7.30 p.m., for enrolment by Officer commanding Company. By order, H. J. WILLCOX, Officer, Commanding G Company,
THE HEREROS.
THE HEREROS. Remembering all that was said on the Continent concerning our conduct of the Boer war. we must not be too ready to believe all that is printed respecting the Herero rising. The final result of the campaign cannot be for a moment in doubt, and in any event German rule will be more beneficial to the natives than that by which they are at present governed. A permanent peace, such as these African races have never known before will be assured to them, and they will be the richer for the opening of their country to trade. It would appear that the Germans do not under. stand the art of dealing with Colonies, as it is understood in Britain, but in any event they cannot be accused of treating the native race. as they are said to be treated in the Congo Free State.
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S Ask tor ? I WALDRON H "PALACE" SAUCE i = £ FRAGRANT AND DELICIOUS. p Coupon withuvery hottle. For fucnple hottle and full «E particulars, apjiiy giving namt? of Urocer to 5? S Manufactory: SOUTH QUAY, WORCESTER. 5
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Births, Carriages, & Heat is. Announcements under this heading are inserted at a uni/orm charge of 1/- each, unless such wo<-ds as "No /Sards," 'No Flowers<jc., are added, when the charge will be 2/6. All Announcements must be authenticated. Postage. Stamps may be sent in payment, ] Lists of Wedding Presents are insei-ted at tltf, rate ) of 1/6 per inch in depth. -I
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RI M ATTICK desires to TH VNK all those a who so kindly sympathised with hpr in her recent sad bereavement, and especially friends in Usk wh > attended the funeral and rent wreaths and flowers. Newport, August 23rd, 1904. I r.
I "The Submerged Tenth."
I "The Submerged Tenth." We may, perhaps, not entirely a^ree with Salvation Army methods, but those who have followed in print General Booth's motoring' tour from Cornwall to the north cannot fail to have been struck by his forcible earnestness when discussing some of life's greatest problems. This feature is especially not-ceable when he deals vith the wrecks of so: i *ty—those whom the Habitual Drunkards Act and every legislative scheme has failed to reach Starting with the suggestion that it would bd better to spend on the work of elevation some of the millions we pay every year for workhouses and prisons, he goes oil to describe two classes of people around us—those who dis- charge their liabilities to themselves and society and have a right to be considered free men and women, and those whose voluntary conduct involves a burden upon society and makes them a source of I ANNOYANCE AND DANGER I to the community. Let us examine ho»v the General would deal with professional vagrants, confirmed drunkards, habitual I criminals-those who fill the casual wards and the prison cells. He sub-divides them thus: (1) Those who are willing to work if they are taught how and are given oppor- tunities; 0 (2) Those who prefer not to work, but can be drilled into the habit; (3) Those who won't work on any con- sideration; and would put them all in colonies on the land, surrounded with trees and flowers and all the ennobling influences of nature. All should be given opportunities of labouring for their own maintenance, and classifica- tion would be the result. He believes that idleness and vice arise from upbringing, and surroundings. The working habit has never been instilled into them, they have never experienced the pleasure that flows from hard work, and an honest, virtuous, and industrious life. Show them how to work, put work in their hands and en- courage them to do it. In gaol they are set to the mechanical performance of certain duties, and when they are released fall under the influence of those who have been their evil geniuses before, until they are in gaol once more and I THE PROCESS IS REPEATED. When the men had discovered, in the workshop or farm, the joy of being free Z, men, and of holding up their heads, he would recommend their being transferred to good situations. Those who won't work on any consideration, and who insist upon continuing in their wickedness, he would punish drastically. He would make them turn some howling wilderness into a garden, and earn their food by the sweat of their brow, or else go without it. The question of finding money to carry into effect these plans the General meets by pointing out that the country spends 110,000,000 a year on paupers alone, and many more millions on police and prisons, which, by the adoption of his scheme, would be rendered, to a great extent, unnecessary. The diminution of these expenditures, he main- tains, would go a long way towards finding r the money required for his proposed treat- ment of the submerged tenth. General Booth's advice demands atteution on the ground that there is no man in the three Kingdoms who has had so extensive an experience in the work of reclaiming habitual drunkards and criminals, and it is I an undeniable fact that our present treat- ment of vagrants is far from satisfactory I from every point of view.
M o ii ei o u III s!i Ire…
M o ii ei o u III s!i Ire and trie Education Act. We can only protest, with the minority on the Monmouthshire Education Com- mittee, against that authority's one-sided mode of selection of representatives upon the various governing boards of the schools of Monmout.hshire, and re-echo the remarks made by Sir Henry Mather-Jackson, the Hon J. M. Rolls, Mr A. A. Williams, and others on the way in which the Committee has arrogated to itself the right to impose upon the districts concerned the governing power of a body of people who in some cases will not at all represent the views of the bulk of the people in those districts This is a sample of the love of fairplay which the majority on the Council are so fond of professing, and a demonstration of their dislike for bigotry in every shape and form. As has been pointed out in a letter to a contemporary, gentlemen whose educational experience entitled them to appointment to office have been passed over because they are without the political and Free Church" pale, and, we may add, their places have in not a few instances been filled by men whose only qualification is that they will probably obey the Party whip. The adoption of such tactics cannot lead to educational success, and we fear for the future of local education and progress in its best sense if due regard is not paid to all considerations, and not merely to one set
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file SauHary Condition of tlae County. The following is from the annual report presented by Mr T. Hall Redwood, M.A., M.D., chairman of the Sanitary O-immitiee, t I the Moil inotithshii-e County (joiincil STATISTIC". The estimated population of the Administrative f'ou'tty, exclusive of Rit;ca, f,,r which district no repi-'ir, has been received, wa*, in the middle of 19113, 232;234 (Census 2:11,934), shewing a probable. incease of 4,849 on that of 1902. The largest individual increase was in the rapidly developing colliery and ironworks districts. We may here express our strong opinion that, for statistical accuracy, the Census should be taken every five, instead of every ten, years. The birth-rate for the year calculated on the above (estimated) population was 35 91 per 1,000 per annum, which is above the average. The general death-rate, which varied, in different parts, from 20-37-Rhymiiey-atid 18 47 -Ebbw Vale-to 10'43-Magor-wHs, for the whole County, excluding Risca, 16'45, this being appreciably lower than that for 1902, but, as might be expected from the nature of the industries in a large proportion of its area, higher than that for England and Wales. As was the case in 1902, the rural rate was almost the same as that for England and Wale: The infantile rate was 130-7 per 1.000 births, comltlri I! very favortrably with those of all orevioas years except one (1892), when it was 125, and showing considerable improvement in the care and feeding of infants and young children. As forcibly the effect of the conditions under which they are reared on the health and live", of iufauts and young children, we may mention that the rate to" the rural districts was only 84-7. The total rate for children under five years of age, including those under one, was 6 63, this again comparing f,, oti.tbly with those of previous years, ahd the rural being much below (less than half) the urban. The zvmotiu rate, in which we include deaths fr in enteritis and gastro enteritis, and exclude infiueuza, was 2"17, which, although hitrher than that, for England a ,d Wales, and the large, small, alld provincial towns, was i. it excessive for this county, and would have been less only for the prevalence of scailet, fever in practically all districts, diphtheria in many, and typhoid fever, measles, a id whooping cough in some. Tht-se three rates- inffuir, children under live, an-I z inotic were, as usual, highest in some of the collir-rv disirics, Abertillery taking the lead, aud Rhymney and Ebbw Vale being pretty close up. The zymotic rate in seven districts was under one. The deaths from all tubercular diseases, represent a rate of 1-24, those from phthisis only oue of 074, from which it will be seen that phthisis (consumption) caused most of them. The agricultural urban and rural districts were, curiously, highest in both. I INFECTIOUS AND ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The only outbreak of small-pox in the County occurred at a farm cottage in the St. Mellons district, to which the disease was brought by two men—the man of the house and a lodger-who had been working in Yorkshire, where the disease was then rrevaleut. As the cottage was situated on the mountain, far from other dwellings, there was no difficultv in completely isolating the cases-six in all. We may mention that four of the six patients, who had been vaccinated in early life, had modified or milk attacks, and the other two, who had not been vaccinated, very severe ones. The ordinary infectious diseases most prevalent during the year were scarlet fever, diphtheria. typhoid fever, and measles. Of scarlet fever the largest number of cases were in the districts of Ebbw Vale (1027), Abertillery (321), Tredegar (260), Bedwellty (144), Blaeuavon (135), and Abersychau (117), the rest, all but Caerleon, Llanfrechfa, Magor, and Usk, which were the lowest-from seven to two—ranging from 99 (Nantyglo and Blaina) to 20. Of diphtheria and croup there were 298 cases in the Nantyglo and Blaina district, 100 in that of Bedwellty, 73 Ebbw Vale, 59 Abertillery, 40 St. Mellons, 37 Tredegar, and 33 Abergavenny Urban, the numbers in the other districts varying from 21-Rhymney-to 3. Six districts were entirely free from the disease. The more serious outbreaks of typhoid fever occurred in the Ebbw Vale, Bedwellty, Nantyglo and Blaenavon districts; Abertillery, Rhymney, Tredegar, Abercarn, and St Mellons coming next; nine other districts had from four to one each, and six none at all. Measles was epidemic part of the year in six districts, and more or less prevalent in eight; and whooping cough was epidemic for a time in seven. A large number of cases of erysipelas-a disease caused by insanitary conditions and faulty living -were notified in the districts of Abertillery, Tredegar, and Ebbw Vale a less serious number being reported in those of Abercarn, Abersychan, Nantyglo and Blaina, Blaenavon, and Pontypool. Puerperal fever, another disease of the same class, generally caused by want of cleanliness on the part of midwives, was very seriously prevalent at Tredegar (20 cases). Ebbw Vale and Abercarn following with seven and six, and 10 other districts contributing a few. There was one case of pyoemia (blood poisoning) at Ebbw Vale, and 31 of continued fever at Tredegar. Diarrhoea and enteritis were not at all excessive, except in three districts, owing to the extra rainfall washing out and keeping clean the gutters, drains, etc. The following are the chief ways in which these diseases—the more infectious, in populous districts, in particular—are spread: -1. relatives, friends, and neighbours, often women with children in their arms, visiting infected houses 2, through the schools, children returning to school, apparently well, while still infectious, and children attending when suffering from the disease in so mild a form as not to necessitate their being kept at home, or a doctor being called in. This suggests the advisability of teachers receiving some instruction in the detection of such diseases^ A useful book that should be in the hands of all teachers is "Sight and Hearing of Childhood," by R. Brudeoell Carter and Arthur H. Cheatle. We Snd there are 10 districts without any means of isolatioti-the sama as the preceding year-and that only two, Abercarn and Nantyglo and Blaina, have a proper (Washington Lyons) disinfecting apparatus Rhymuey has a chamber, with boiler, etc., for steaming, but the pressure cannot be I regulated. Many, if not all, districts have fumigating apparatus for disinfecting the houses. DUAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. I A good deal of ordinary drainage and sewerage work has b^en done throughout the County, and toe condition or many districts considerably improved thereby. At Rhymuey a complete scheme of sewerage has been carried out. The sewage disposal, works (bacteriological, with subsequent land filtration) have also been in operation since the beginning of this ye ir. The drainage of Monmouth, and Pontypool Urban, and St. Mellons has been much improved, and the treatmei.it, of the sewage in parts of Panteg made more efficient by extra settling tanks. Covered carts, too, are used in this district for scavetigiuc,- an excellent plan as it prevents papar and other rubbish flying about the streets. Several parts of Nantyglo and Blaina are without any proper drainage, and some of the outlying parts of Tredegar have none at all. The sewerage and sewage disposal of the latter district have been under consideration, and the septic tank system of treatment adopted, but the necessary land has not yet been obtained. Long hopper closets at Chepstow, and the pail system at Abercarn and other urban districts where it is in use, and cesapit.s in the Llanfrechfa and Llantamam districts, should be replaced by water closets. In the two latter proper flushing tanks for the closets should be substituted forjjthe objectionable hand-flush:/ g that at present prevails. There is difficulty here in getting suitable land for treating the sewage. The amount of sewage at Abergavenny having increased, a larger area of land is required for its treatment. The Abersychan Council have taken the scavenging of their district iuto their own hands, which will probably, as in other districts, lead to the work being better done. Nothing, as far as we know, has yet been done to prevent? the pollution of the river Avou Llwyd, bllt, the question is uuder consideration as cegards the Sirhowy. We recommend that the attention of the authorities lyiug on the Avon Llwyd be again forcibly drawn to the matter, Sewage disposal works, on the same plan as those at New Tredegar-small subsidence aud filtration tanks discharging direct into the river-are to be con- structed at Aberbargoed and Fleur-de-Lis, in the Bedwellty district. WATER SUPPLY. The water supply has been improved in several dial riots to which attention has been drawn in: previous years. The A bergavellny U rball sllpply will not be quite satisfactory until the storage is increased, and parts of the Rural, in which, however, there is general improvement, are very b,id;Y (,ft. The upper part of Abersychan still suff.-rs from a deficiency, and Llanfrechfa Upper and Llantarnam. which derive their water from the same source, are in darger of a serious scarcity (famine) in dry weather. At Abertillery the. water is now filtered, makiug the supply a good and safe one in every respect. There has been great improvement thronghout, the Magor district, the only fault now being that the water from Sandbrook spring, supplying Magor and Redbiook,, is very hard. A new scheme is being drawn up to- remedy the present bad state of things at the Waia and Ponthir, in the Pontypool Rural District, which we hope will be carried out without unnecessary delay. In the St. Mellons district: the supply, which is very deficient in several parts, will shortly bo improved. The Tredegar water, which is abundant and otherwise good, shows the want of more efficient filtration, especially after rain. Many houses at Usk are stillllllüolluected with the water works main, their wants in thiif direction being met by wells, more or less open to contamination. DWELLINGS. Dry, well ventilated, comfortable dwellings have such a powerful influence on the health of the occ ipants, especially the young. and overcrowding in unhealthy ones exists in so many districts that we hope the subject, will receive the serious and effective attention of the Councils concerned. In several districts—notably Rhymney, Abertillery, St. Mellons^ Abersychan, and Ebbw Vale liou»& accomimdatiou has been greatly increased, aud it has been much improved by the erection of many better class houses, and the demolition and re- building of uuhealthy ones, in others, Tredegar,, Panteg, Bedwellty, and Abersychan in particular. There is still, however, more or less overcrowding in all these districts, and in some of them,. Llanfrecha Upper and Llautarnam for example, there are old, badly ventilated, and damp houses thai, have to be occupied by people with families because they cannot get better at a rental withia their means, Several of the worst in Llantarnant have b.en ordered to be closed. At Rhymney these are about 100 back to back h Juses that will shortly be improved. Steps would have been taken before this to relieve the overcrowding that exists at Abercarn but for the fact that the District Council have been unable to get suitable sites oa reasonable terms. We think the proper housing of the working classes one of the most important matters from every point of vicsw with which sanitary authorities have to deal, and hope the current year will see great improvement in that. direction in the districts to which attention has been drawn. I SCHOOLS. Attention has been paid to the condition of the Elementary Schools in most districts, with the result that many of the defects pointed out in previous years have been more or less satisfactorily rectified. Some of those in the Abergavenny Rural District require improvement, the rest being described ai fair." The schools in Griffithstowu have been greatly enlarged and improved, but the infant department of one -Pontymoile-is over- crowded. In the Pontypool Rural District they are in a fairly satisfactory condition, and tha Medical Officer hopes that when the C.C. takes- over the management, their sanitary arrangements will be improved, especially in regard to water supply. The overcrowding cf the Upper Rhymuey Schools, which has been the cause of a good deal of sickness amongst the children has been remedied by the erection of large and handsome ones on a better site. Tha girls and infants' roorn in the Usk Schools require better ventilation. In many instances defects of differenl, kinds when pointed out by the District Medical Officers ot Inspectors,, have been put right without loss of time. I COWSIIEDF, DAIUIES, AND MILKSHOPS. The cowsheds, dairies, and milkshop-i were duly- inspected throughout the County, and found, as a rule, properly kept. Theie are many sheds, however, especially in the hill districts, which are deficient in air space and vetitilati)ii, and in which drains and surroundings are not kept as clean as they should be. We cannot, in the interests of those who depend on milk for their food--infauts and invalids-too often, or too forcibly, repeat, that the greatest possible cleanliness should be observed by all those handling milk. The hands and arms of the milkers, and the cows' udders and teats should be thoroughly washed before milking, and the milk should be cooled as rapidly as possible after drawing. It would be well if, as recom- mended by one of the District Medical Officers. Rules for the Efficient Control of Milk Sup i)lies, by Dr McLean, be distributed to farmers and cow- keepers supplying milk to the different districts- The subject is of almost, if not quite, sufficients importance to justify the Council in appointing am Inspector or Inspectors to visit and report upon. all sources of supply in the County. RECOMMENDATIONS. In conclusion we reco m meiid I.-That the Sanitary Authorities lying on the rivers Avon Llwyd and Sirhowy be again urged to take steps, either singly or in combination, to prevent the pollution of those rivers, the former in particular, in regard to which little has yet been done. 2.—That District Councils, in whose areas thera is deficient botise accommodation, and consequent- overcrowding in unhealthy dwellings, with its attendant evils, be asked to put in oneration Part III. of the Housing of Working Classes Act, and provide a sufficient number of suitable houses at a moderate rental. and provide a sufficient number of suitable houses at a moderate rental. 3.-That. the Councils of Districts where there is difficulty in obtaining suitable shes at a safe distance from dwellings for the disposal of their refuse be urged to provide destructors for tha purpose and that means of isolation, and portable disinfecting apparatus, be also provided for districts at present without. 4.—That attention be drawn to the water supply of districts where it is deficient, or likely to become so in dry weather, as at Llanfrechfa Upper and Llaiifarnam, and parts of some of the rural., districts. 5.—That all District Councils be asked to kepp a, vigilant eye on the cowsheds under their control, especially as to cleanliness, ventilation, draillage. overcrowding and surroundings. Finally, we have pleasure in stating that, notwithstanding defects and requirements pointed out in the different sections of this Review, there his beeu considerable improvement in the sanitary condition of the County, as a whole, in all directions. ==========-=.
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