WESTPORT LETTER.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7781, 7 February 1891, Page 2

WESTPORT LETTER.

(from: ooa coa___Han)Er| l ]..;, 1 J*aaa"_E fi A very interesting and reaotnrtcawl I on the health of the Borough huh I been laid before the Borocßh Cantab) f j the Health Officer, Dr. Wright. Htihwl 1 that the death rate for the Borough fa f the past year has beeu 9.2 psr Hmo-in* beinß below the average of N.wZsa!ci|*-' also that only one death his occumskf, town from Infectious disease, an". tM ' case, one of typhoid, camo f torn .p-CK.li, l J Dr. Wright nevertheless rocom_„_fS( . adoption of a batter system of _„_•s.! we wish to preserve thfa conditioncteii. parative community, and makes a not- • \ - of important suggestions us to t_._*/vi ot lettingrefusegoon .o.heswasp.-.Ja . allowing the open drains to_c. o__«lc! by weeds or broken down by cattle *i__ browse on the rich grass at their He also recommends a mora cleansing of water cister-Q, whiC'U"' very apt to Ikcorae polluted, atuU*>< ~j forcement of tho olau3a ie the cK-y< bye-laws making earth clowtn waijfc'-a;! A good deal of dissatisfaction ii f_ t this district at the unaccountable rc_r-'[ of the Government regarding tha ikV{ of the tendering for tho MoMhiti.! r~\ ways contracts. The only I-fen-afci that can be elicited is t'aat six rfitf tenders have been accepted _t p>| • twenty per cent below tha estimate. , f At the annual meeting of the Ite'i Board, held a few days ago, itfim. solved to offer a reward of £5 tot tianr design for the improvetaeat of B_j Domain grounds. Improvement's ft L-, State school grounds have way &*. authorised. It is, to be hoped that V | the spirit of improvement lis torla square will nob bo fowottsn. J. season for tree planting will barctpfj* • a few months, There Is no mm >jj ■ waiting till the ground fa m &*fy before this is done, in fact, Mearuj would be the better for the _fcc*U* «**•• bush, and if they were put iv tai. wf f, they might reach a eertrJn •_» f _■£ time the improvement of tie «&»*- H completed. }