[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke R.D.C.
- Basingstoke (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1907
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HANTS AND BERKS GAZETTE. SATURDAY, MARCH 28 1908 5 THR COUNCIL SCHOOLS. I SHOW OF HYACINTHS AND CONCERT. kid ill nt tho Connell Schools on S»t- -iulh bulb* had boon «old to tho boy* ' November Ufl, nod after these •o be potted thny were brought stamped. They won' then growth and d-volup- - their would-be ex- '»d Show Day \ visit to tho able resting- 'iy willing •nd Miss WHITCHURCH. P.S.A. Movimsst.—From a contemporary learn that the above movement has been definitely organised. It purport* to be strictly undenomina- tional, but we hare heard that statement somewhat criticised. With the exception of two vi presidents, all the official* are Wesleyan*, mealing* are held in the Weslejno Schoolroom,! we are told none but Wesleyan* were invited to m'vtiug. It ha* been suggested that to make tho meeting* quite undenominational they should b- held in th>' Town Hall, and tho Committee should lie thoroughly representative. Wtstirty Hiih Mis*ION*.—On Sunday last the Rev. W. J. Underwood, of Salisbury, preached to good congregations (oapeciully at tho evening rerrice) on the subject of Home Mission*. In the afternoon be gave n capital addp-«s nt tho P.S.A. meeting cm “ The True Heroes.” On Wednesday evening a social meeting wn* held in the School- mum and was a groat success. Mr. K. Griffin pro- dded and «ra* supported by the Rev. J. W. Simp- son and Mr. Lerertcm. Mr. Noale opened with prayer. Mr. Lsvcrton read the report. Mi» Webb ■d the MUwa Pickard sang. Mr.P. Hobb* recited, reel lent addresses were given by the three •on on the platform. MUSH COUNCIL. mg wn* held on Wedneedny, Mr. 'roodlug. Those^pi Benuott, seconded ‘ that the Council ■'s' Association. STABBING A CONSTABLE READING. At the Reading Borough Bench, on Monday, be- fore Mr. C. 1. Field (presiding) and other magis- trates, Willi.m Barton, of no fixed abode, was charged on remand with aiming grievous bodily harm to P.C. Fainting whilst in the execution of his duty, on Saodnv, alareh 15th. P.C. Painliog stated that on Sunday.March 15th, at 11.15 pm . be was on duty in Bath-road, where w the prisoner and another mao just opposite lshire-square. Barton wn* making um of ob- language to bis companion, and ns a conse- quence wiUi.es crowd the road and told the ac- cused to go along quietly and not me bod language. Barton, however, would not desist, and abused witnre*. Witness thereupon took Barton into cus- tody. A struggle ensued- Prisoner threw wit- ue*! to the ground, uud falling on the top of him kicked him several timee nbout the body, nt tho me time exclaiming, I'll murder you and stab 11.” Witnera raw n piece of slate and a tin box accused'* hand. Subsequently Insp. Connon me to witness'* assistance and helped him •- bring Barton to the police station. Whilst on ' ground witness felt the accused once pooch him the back. On the way to tho polico station witness felt Wood coming from bis head and other part* of ‘ ‘ t body. He afterwards went homo, and had been the sick list ever since. Ho discovered that be d been stabbed on tho head, buck mid loft thigh, the time of the struggle witness was wearing a it, a tonic, two waistcoat.* and a shirt, all of which showed puncture marks. Tho Clerk : Did you lose much blood P—Witness e*. a good quantity, especially from tho thigh. Witness, continuing, said that morning ho charged the prisoner will) stubbing him, nod Bar- bin replied Yre. Tho constable added lb .- , a, f,u- lin/C fir file .lurfiy. .Villiam Howse. medical practitioner goon, residing nt 17 Castle-strewt.said to toe P.C. l’nlutiug on Monday le saw throe small puDcrured woun ’ lie centre of tho back and tho lr ounds w«u) quite superficial.and we i. They had been mnsod by sor uent. 'The knifo (produced) might ao wounds. Considering the amount e constable was wearing considerable re boou u>cd to eifoct a penetration of .nd cause tho wounds. Tho constable for duty. Witness did not think ity of blood wns lost. Tho positions ' were dangerous, especially that or Clark, n baker out of employment, co. Ho said ho had known tin five years, and they started to- rn to Reading on Friday, March le town on the following day. reduced) wus tho prisoner's pro- toy evening in question they itb the int ntion of walking to wnshiro-oquare Barton eom- gungo, and P.C. Painting in- er thereupon nwore at the •or arrested him. A strug- on throw the olficer re not going to urre 0 coustnble wn* afterwards .arton, who was very violent, pon a soldier who was stmid- Tho soldier, howovor, did nrisoner struck tho constable thing in his hand, but ho knifo lying on the ground, her officer subsequently nr- 1 Barton wns taken to the t hod had a little to drink nce-Corpoml in tho Royal nod nt Heading, nlso spoke gle. Tho prisoner, ho wild, ■n eudody, and throw tho d. Alter a sharp strugglo nu commenced to kick and The latter asked witries, to right hand, which ho did. y knife in Bartou’s hand. ■i that whilst on duty in ho Sunday ovoning In ques- .•r and tlio constablo stmg- 1, and ho wout across to tho Prisoner had his coat off wore turned up. Witness the back of tho ncck.whoro. ill right. Inspector. I’ll to ooo. Near where the ness found a tablo knifo and < a man hnndnd him tho vos closed. Prisoner was •■ing brought to tho polico •ssist and used bod language, ing, but was not drunk, written statement to tho a to say. 1 tho prisoner for trial nt tho THE PREMIER’S ILLNESS.! FORTHCOMING EVENTS. LATEST BULLETIN. SUNDAY (29th). Liturgical Services. The Rev. Thomson will preach next Sunday at II a._. and 6.30 p.m. Evening subject—Abraham's r_. *— „ y| Kcjqome. Wednesday CTen- Tlio condition of the Prime Minister remained unchanged on Thursday. Early in the morning a: alarming rumour was circulated, and, following , the unfavourable bulletin of Wednesday, secured Spicul! SphtiL I! SrsciiL !' '—AU tho boys to itself some credence. Happily this rumour, like I “d girls in Basingstoke invited to attend a Chil- .. ■ | drm** Mi» others, was incorrect. The morniog bulletin, which was issued shortly | after 11 o'clock, stated The Prime Minister had a restful uiglit. He G NOTES. so Not** boo page 3.] ad boon going on for hours it New Mill ou Wednesday t and riding apron were t Bmmsliill Common, Riscloy Common. Ho uud finally yielded np i. From n covert at towards Arborfield, •wrfleld Church. A Di , bus Aunt-had on- uorning, and ho got ud not find again,and _ .. but otherwiie his condition is changed. The bulletin first of all was communicated to the King at Biarritz, tho Qnoen and Empress Marie, and tho Prince and Prioress of Wales, afte r s ‘ ‘ it »ras circulated iminoJintoly to relatives aud friends of the Premier. During tho day there was an unbroken stream of callers,Members of tho Cabi- net being among the earliest On inquiry late on Thursday nigbt it was ascer- tained that there was etUl no change in the Premier’s condition. dren'« Mission in Primitive Methodist Church, Sarum Hill, from Sunday, March 29th, to fol- lowing Priday. Mrs. Kovell, Miasioner. Tows Hall—Baptist services are conducted every Sunday. Preacher for Mntvh 29th, Rev. A. E. j Jennings, pastor of Baptist Church. Cheam, j Surrey. Bible class from 3 h> I o'clock, ana am s wane THURSDAY (Aphil 2nd), ofWtdes' aftor wb j Basisostok* Town Tbmpbrancs Social Amoc- - , i ,i 1 iation.—Social, Corn Exchauc- . Thurrdav. Iatiox.—Social. Corn Exchange. Thursday, April 2nd,7-45 p.m. Musical programme, gum os, etc. Particulars sec bills. THURSDAY. (Apiul 9th). A Unionist Mass Mbbtino. at which Lord Curron of Kcdleston will preside, will be held in tho Drill HnU.Basiogstoke, at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 9th. Principal speakers : Right Hon. Sir E. Carson K.C., m.i „ and Mr. Clave!] Salter, x.c., m v. Admission free by ticket only, ap- plications for which should bo mails, on and after April 1st, to Messrs. K W. Sharp, M t Burgess Roud. K. Bullanl, Cliddeodnn c Bcnwell, Worting. A limited nutub-r of nuts will Iw reserved. price 2* 6d. to !>• obtained on (JBM fttter April lit from Mr. H. E. Srmnnd*. Capt.W. V.Faber.M.P. for tbe Andover Division, has signalised his return from Cairo by putting in a very busy woefc in the House of Commons.Tho Hon. Mecnicr was prominent in the ebullitions of enthusiasm which found rent in tho House or 'T-uslny-iii^uYWncn fuo remit oi mo PMkham • •■-uMmsiui-oaret. oloetion wns made known, which put tho Oppo-| TUESDAY -itioa in high giro, and it was only Lalurnl that the T„r „ „ * .7*1 (Ar* 1 Government supporters should have to put up with 1 near xVratTbnJ° n.V'T \vl1 hold a running comment of clapping from the side of Sa,r- the victors, in which Capt Vaber appears to hare ,,th AnM jMHl ” ’ ’ been in the forefront. This was one of the inci- dent that add to tho gaiety of nations in the highly strung atmosphere of the Honre of Com- mons, and the large turnover of the electors of Peoklmm against the Government naturally put the n a jubilant mood. > THE S«aVINO . Office Action. f Beer: PERSONAL AND SOLI A L. Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck will nrrire next week on n visit to the Ho„, Richard Crooklniin fiance, Hants. zsfrsz £S»r ssrcaSTats for the Homo Department whether orders had been ! iosuod to the Metropolitan police that licensee \ The marriage nminged between Iqrtl Richard victuallers supplying children undoi 14 yenrs of ago : Wellesley, eon of Uie Duke of Wellington ,„„t i!“’. ^ Wilh. Sf’Ucd 00,ka gummed Miss Filzgemld, daughter of the Knight of what is the precise meaning of the provision in tho Sale of Intoxicating Liquor to Children Act, 1901. with reganl to corked and sealed vessels is nbout to ' bo submitted by way of a epocinl case for tho de- cision of tho High Court of Justice. Capt. Fnbcr : Until this case is decided will any prosecutions take place P Mr. H. Gladstone : No, sir. Pending that de- cision, of course, tho police wiB not tnki tlon. The Licbksino Bill Captain Fnbcr asked the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer whother, under tho proposed new Licensing Act, any person found the worse for drink in n club would bo summoned before a bench of rnngin. trutes, ns at present happens to those found the worse for drink on licensed premises. The Home Secretary replied : My right hon. friend tho Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked ■no to answer this questiou. Tho answer K in tho Xtivo. It is not a criminal offence under tho ing law for a person to bo drunk in a dub, tho Licensing Bill makes no alteration in thnt spect. Earl Winterton : Undor the Bill, is an inspector of polico instructed to report cases of drunkenness clubs and not in publichousos V Mr. H, Gladstone : When the Bill is passed l shall be vory glad te answer that question (ironical Opposition cheers). Capt. Fnbcr : Under tho now low has ona plain clothes superintendent to superintond all tho drink- ing clubs In one district, while tho publichouses to about tho same number are looked after by eorno fifty policemen ? And has the superintendent to ' ■ IP nil tho gentlemen asleep In chairs to dis- their condition ) mawor was forthcoming. Government Licensed Property. Capt. Faber asked tho Primo Minister whether, looking nt tho large price recently obtained by tho War Office on tho solo of the Coach and Horses Inn, ho would consider the ndvisability of immedi- ately selling all the public houses belonging to His Majesty's Government, Mr. Asquith (replying for the Primo Minister) said : No, sir. t. Faber : May I ask whether tho value of , houses is depreciating owing to tho Licen- sing Bill, aud is this decision arrived at in conse- quence of tho fall in valure owing to the new Bill'/ No reply being forthcoming tho Hon. Member appealed to tho Speaker whether ho could not have 5* The marriage amraged between Captain G. C. b. McLeod. Hampshire Regiment, elder son of Mr. ti. E. MoLeod, of Cotswold, Rvde uml Sibyl, second daughter of the late Rt. Hon. A. t. Jeffreys, SI.P.,and of Sirs. Jeffreys,of Burk- lmin House,Alton,will take place early in June THFO ABANDONED BABY AT FARNBOHOUGH HARTLH3Y WINTNICY RURAL POLICE COURT SEQUEL. At the Aldershot police cou-t on Monday, MilU- ceut I'uruess, a general servant, was charged with abandoning her child, named William Furnere. hfareh*** U‘OIlli‘' Bt Foruborough, on the 14th Mrs. Mary Ann Clark, the wife of a gardener, livrng nt 3 Meadow View Cottage*, Famborough Road, larnbotough, who brought into the Conrt Mio baby which wns the subject of tho clmrKO,staled that on the evening of tho 14tli March nhc heard a baby err. It continued crying, aud sho opened tho front door aud saw a baby lying on tho ground close to steps. Sho colhd a neighbour,who picked tho child up nod guvo it to her. As it was very cold and the night was frosty she took it in- doors. The witness described tho clothes the child was wearing, and went on to ray that she warmed tho child and gnvo it eorno milk and scut for tho police. Sho kept tho child until Monday, when it was taken to tho Winchilcld Workhouse. Was tho child ill from it or not ?—Well, it had a slight cold. Tho child, continued tho witness, must have been outside the doorway about 20 minutes judging from tho length of time tho crying continued. Mrs. Alice Cooper, the wile of a labourer living at Chandler's Cottages, Wcyborune, stated she hod known the accused sinco List August. Sho was then nt the FnrntmmUnion Infirmary,where witness was visiting. 8ho saw her there nlino-t every week after October until she left on tho 14th March. Sho then went to witness's house with the babv, and had some food. Sho sftid she was going to her friends in Aldershot. Later in tho day she wont to Aldershot with witness. “Most of tho clothe*, said Mr*. Cooper, I gnvo to her.” Dr. I). L. Lindsay said the baby hnd a slight rngli, but was otherwise well. Tho oxjmMiro in tho night lirno might have caused the child injury,and if it had not been fonnd it would probably lm'v,.,.n- dnngered it* life. Sergt. Knight stated thnt after making cn- Rocusal on tho evening of tho 19th houfc ot North Wornborough. Ho I-road ground, fleet, i tbe ground and decided arted uwar with a rush, I scored through Long the ball interfered eome- • to hold it, and >o Fleet the interval Tococi ’ ’ outting Fleet w it, and about half-war ■mi No. 5. and It lookid ,*uw, but tho home team 'turned to the team after March nt cautioned anil charged her with nbumh.uiug tho child, nnd she motto no reply. Oo the way to Hook DISTRICT COUNCIL BLKOTIONS. : Station, she said Where is’ uiy Child He rc- > plied Now in the Hartley Wintimy Union. She ; raid I had no friends and no Iicibc. I couldu’t The folloa-ing person* have been nominated and '‘T 11 out all night, nnd I thought someone would declared duly elected ns Rural District Counelllois 10 anc* I**!19 earo of it. in tho following parish is ] Accused, in expressing her furrow, -aid sho Branisblll—Robert Stanford Perrott, Spring- I ““d no Inteation of hurting the cliUd. Slio left it water Farm, Brumsliill. ! on tho doorstop boenuso sho luul no friends Elvethnm—Robert Wellstcad, Wood Hill Farm, 1 ^ 00 home' ncul *ho had just obtained some Elvotham. j work. Erersloy—Alexis Doxat, Kits Croft, Everaloy. I SuI,t- Hawkins said tho girl came from London Hnrtloy Wintney—John Murray Henry, Hartley lmt* ,<x'li lodgings nt Ash, but wns turned out bc- Wintoey ; Frank Walkmshaw, Hnrtloy Grange; cause she stayed out Into at night, and at another •Tom Raddon. ' piaeo she took lodging* ns a wife, but wns sent Hecktleld—Horace Walimle, Heckfleld Place. away ticcaaso tho lnndlndy was suspicions. Sho Mnttingloy—•Charlie Clark. took a situation and was dismissed for dirtinem, Rotherwiek—Gilbert Stapleton, Tho Rectory, nndin 1905 eho gave birth to a child which was still Winchfiold—Frederick John Dennis, Polbridgo 'nnn Winchflnl.l but beiug retiring Councillors, tho Returning Offi- _ ... r,r -- Wright) has docLired lliom re- nlive. Since then sho had been dismissed froi iveral places. Miss Avery, of tho Aldershot Refuge, staled she laminated, conld possibly find a homo to which to take Furness and the baby. Accused said alio wn* willing to go to n Homo, ond on this understanding the Magistrates bound ■11 - her over in thosnm of £1 for 12 months. TO GARDENERS AND FLORISTS. I ^-m— For Dretroying aU kinds of Weeds,Mo.e5.DnL.ies, Turner's Meat and Malt Wine (Nature's Nettles, Dandelions, etc., use Turner's Reliable restorativ*) is an ideal Noarirhing Food for Poor- Wccd Killer, clean, Garden Paths. Drives. Tennis no» of blood, wrakne*, Xr iuTenra. nnd Court*, etc., with less labour and expense than general lownre* of health. Sold iu champagno 9d, and pint* at Is 6d per bottle. any other method. Prices on application . makers.—Turner * Co., Chemists, Basingstoke. Advt. the quart bottle* nt 2 bo hnd of Turner & Co*., nringeteke—Advt, 16, London Streot, ARE INTERESTED IN CYCLING, Boon WILL BE if you cull and consult THE SPECIALISTS IN tfARS where you can see absolutely the Largest, Best Assorted, and • Stock in the district, and where you will not be preyed to buy. Bring vith you. We sball probably offer you a better price lhaii other agents. PERSONALLY TESTED (by several thousand miles of actual riding) n two and three speed gears. Sturmey-Areher, Humber-Condner, Fagan, tg Triplex, etc. ) THF SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISTRICT AGENCY FOR THE FOLLOWING:— BEESTON HUMBER SINGER SHIM ROYER Oldest Established. Highest Grade. £3 8s, £10 10s, £12 12s, £14 14s. «, £7 17s 6.1, £8 8s , £10 10-, , £13 13s. £8 10s, £10 10s, £12 12«, £14 14s. , £9 Os, Jfll 11s, £13 13s £15 15s. CYCLES. DYER CYCLES, £5 5s, £6 WIFT CYCLES. £6 6-. £6 • NGER CYCLES. £6 JOs, £; JMBER CYCLES, £5 5e, £7 1907 CYCLES TO BE CLEARED REGARDLESS OF COST. treptad to suit custom*rs: wrekly or monthly. We spvctalixe in every branch of the trade. ACCURATELY, CAREFULLY, CHEAPLY EXECUTED. OGBNSOKIKS — Competition in Quality and Price defied [AN & SONS, Ltd., (E HAMPSHIRE CYCLE DEPOT, CHURCH STREET, BASINGSTOKE.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28907814_0002.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
