The Sanitary Condition of Windsor.

1087 surveyor has been instructed to prepare a scheme with a view to demolish the whole of the western side of Rivera street which has for years figured prominently in the annals of Windsor, and to which many references will be found in our columns. Dwellings for the working-classes are

street,

to be erected

on

the site.

Action is also

apparently to be buildings." As of"Victoria-cottages," the

taken with respect regards the sanitary condition dwellings which through the complaint of Mr. STONEHAM to certain " obstructive

LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1901.

The

Sanitary

WINDSOR furnishes an of a

public opinion throne.

is

Since the

of the fact that the light a fierce fashion about

of the Berkshire County Council were instrumental in about the Local Government Board inquiry, it i must be a source of much satisfaction to the inhabit tants to know that "the whole of the roofs and ceilings

Conqueror the

1have been

Condition of Windsor. bringing example

apt days

to beat in

.of the

town has

put into

good state of repair." being rigorously enforced, a

The

by-laws

the nation, andand and such as a regulations are there are indications that under King EDWARD VII. :are out of date are to be modernised. The medical officer of Windsor will not lose favour as a Royal residence. health has been afforded free entry to the waterworks, and In years not long gone by many pages of THE LANCETIsamples of water from the different wells are taken under his

figured prominently

in the annals of

I for chemical and bacteriological examination. a consideration of the sanitarysupervision maladministration of the Windsor Corporation, and moreThe change which has come over the spirit of administrarecently (in THE LANCET of Dec. 18th, 1900, p. 1591) tion in Windsor is indeed as remarkable as it must be in a leading article to a report welcome. In the words of the Windsor Chronicle, 11For we drew attention made by Dr. H. T. BULSTRODE, one of the medical in- the condition of previous years the apathetic burgesses were spectors of the Local Government Board, upon this same largely responsible, but recently they have aroused themold theme. This report attracted no little attention in the selves to return men to the council possessed with a real lay press, and the town council of Windsor have, it appears, and serious desire to administer the affairs of the town for devoted many sittings, much time, and some abuse to its the general welfare." In our view, too, no small amount of the improvement is consideration. The report revealed a far from creditable state of affairs, but it is not now our intention to revert due to the vigorous action of the local press and to the to it in this sense. persistent support which they have accorded to sanitary Whatever may have been the forces which have kept, reformers, such as Councillor RYLAND, who, if we may that report prominently before the town council-and judge by the local reports, has for a long time occupied a in a case of this sort there are obviously many channels position in the council of one crying in the wilderness. through which influence might have been exerted-it is The advice, too, which was given by Councillor Sir J. SOUNDY that the council would do their best to remedy a matter of much satisfaction. to ns to be able to recordL , that the corporation have now faced the issue in a truly the evils of the past"was well worthy of the support which commendable spirit, and that they have apparently per- it has received. It is clear that Dr. BULSTRODE’S report suaded themselves that the true interests of the town of: had effected good both to the town council as a public body Windsor would best be served by putting their house in as well as to the town as a whole, and we must ourselves order. According to the Windsor Chronicle of March 22nd at confess to a feeling of satisfaction that the reforms which special committee, which has for some months past been con- we have for so long advocated in these pages are now in sidering the answer which should be given to the Local a fair way to be carried into effect.

have been devoted to

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Government Board report, have recently presented a draft of their conclusions to the corporation and a discussion which occupied some two and a half hours ensued. Some exception was taken to the fact that the introductory portion of the Government report went as far back as 1858, the council urging that the sins of the forefathers should not be visited upon the children ; but Councillor BROWN PORTER disposed of this objection by the pointed remark, " There are forefathers present," implying, we gather, that all those who were of the council in 1858 have not even yet retired therefrom. The report of the committee, as amended by the town council, shows signs of proving to be a very reasonable and healthy document. Action has been taken in respect of practically all the points raised in the inspector’s report, and in the matter of the housing of the poor of Windsor it is gratifying to read that certain areas have been declared to be "unhealthy areas" within the meaning of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts. The

The Lettsomian Lectures. THE subject chosen by Dr. MITCHELL BRUCE for the Lettsomian Lectures this year was Diseases and Disorders of the Heart and Arteries in Middle and Advanced Life, and he has earned the thanks not only of the Medical Society of London but of the profession at large by selecting for con-

sideration

matter which will interest all practitioners and) with it in such a practical manner. Lectures and by dealing papers on the scientific aspect of disease are more frequentthan those which deal with the more practical side, and these. lectures will be welcomed accordingly as being the outcome of exceptional experience and close and careful study of the clinical material which has come before the lecturer in his. private and hospital practice. Dr. MITCHELL BRUCE’S subject will at once arrest attention, for the problem of disorders of the heart as set forth. in the title of the lectures may be said to come before a