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THE DESTRUCTOR NUISANCE AT TORQUAY.
1416 stress is likely to be augmented by and that she has vague pains about the body and queer, ’the transference of the electric-lighting station into the unindescribable sensations about the head accompanied byfortunate Upton Valley. And hereby hangs a tale. The issue insomnia. The only organic disease to account for these of the Torquay Directory containing a notice of the meeting symptoms is apparently some trouble in the genitalia. Such of the Town Council to which we have just referred contains also a report of the adjourned proceedings at which the - a, patient should not, says Dr. Burr, be operated on until the general health and nutrition have been built up by Torquay corporation appeared at the Torquay Police-court on regulated diet, rest in bed, tonics, massage, ’and proper May 5th in answer to a summons issued at the instance of mental occupation. This will take some weeks but she Commander Milne on behalf of the Royal Torquay Yacht will regain weight and colour and become cheerful, and Club. The corporation was charged with committing a smoke The corporation the shock and prostration after the operation will be less nuisance at the electric-lighting station. adviser its that and recovery will be quicker in coming. pleaded Sometimes, adds through legal although nothing in the of a offence had been committed yet the nature will be Dr. Burr, operation obviated entirely. legal had suffered The inconvenience. complainants probably
anæmic, suffering from loss of appetite and from constipation,Alderman Cumming lays
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was doing everything possible to prevent nuisance and annoyance and would continue to do so. The Ix the issues of THE LANCET of Jan. 25th. Feb. lst, andbench 1 allowed the summons to be withdrawn and the corFeb. 8th, at pp. 262, 335, and 404 respect,ively, we gave anpora,tion paid the costs. There never was a smoke prose.account from the pen of our Special Sanitary Commissioner(cution yet in which the defaulters did not say that they were -of the destructor nuisance at Torquay and of the variousdoing, ( or had done, or would do, everything to prevent a steps which the Town Council had taken with a viewnuisance. Also it is generally pleaded that the nuisance is to abate the nuisance. We also made some suggestions aseither the fault of old boilers and furnaces, or new boilers ’’to what might be done in the situation. We see that atand furnaces, or of lack of Welsh coal. The nuisance and "the monthly meeting of the Town Council held on May 6ththe filthy smoke are never any person’s fault. We hear that, a, report by the sub-committee of the Destructor Committee under the reminder of the police-court, the corporation, was brought up for consideration. This report contained a which had previously contented itself with the usual non - statement by Mr. George E. Davis of Manchester, the expertt has now become active and that the volumes of possumus, who had been employed Town Council to advise it. thick smoke which lately disfigured the harbour are now not Mr. Davis commenced his inquiry in November, 1901, and visible. We hope that Commander Milne will keep an eye of his researches various alterations weree as a result the upon electric-lighting works and apply for more ’,made in the destructor, which began working again on summonses if necessary. ’Dec. 23rd, 1901. llr. Davis made a final investigation on March 18th, 1902, and reported that matters were satisTHE LATE R. B. ANDERSON FUND. factory. There was no organic odour left in the chimney SIR C. C. KNOLLYS, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of ..gases and the odours of unburned paraffins, of which he had Trinidad, in a letter bearing date April 19th, reports the complained in his first report, had entirely disappeared. receipt by him of the sum of Z258 15s. 6d, subscribed to this The white vapour issuing from the chimney, according to fund, and the expenditure of that amount in the purchase him, consisted of sulphate of potash in an extremely fine and repair of three removeable wooden homes in Port-ofstate of division. It was quite harmless. Finally, continued Spain by his instructions on behalf of Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Davisher twin sous. In one of these houses she will while
THE
corporation
DESTRUCTOR NUISANCE AT TORQUAY.
.
’
by the
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reside,
I may add that the destructor will now give von a perfect combuseven under very adverse conditions, and if you issue an instruc"tion. which is carried out, that, no refuse of any kind he charged into the destructor after anv interval of stoppage until the temperature of the main flue at the point of entry to the combustion chamber has by .preliminary heating reached 700° F., I am of opinion that you will not ’receive any more justifiable complaints.
tion,
Fortified
by
this
report, Mr. Alderman Cumming contended
from the other two she will draw an annual total net rental of about £50. He expresses his opinion that certainly the money could not have been expended to greater advantage. Mrs. Anderson also writes to convey her sincere thanks to Lord Stamford and his committee for their sympathy shown in the trouble they have taken, and her deep sense of gratitude to the subscribers and to the proprietors of the medical journals for the great help they have given which has relieved her of intense anxiety as to the future of her
less noxious matter issuing from the of the destructor than from the chimney of acy cottage in the Upton Valley. So much for the Town Council, which seems quite satisfied with the present condition of sons. things. Dr. Henry Humphreys, however, writes to us under date May 8th to say that the smells are by no SYPHILIS AS A CAUSE OF FRIEDREICH’S He allows that less dust is blown DISEASE AND ALLIED NERVOUS means done away with. AFFECTIONS. the but he that the wind is in the when chimney says up AN interesting contribution on the etiology and symptoms ,north he and his household suffer greatly from the noisome vapours. This was notably the case on May 5th and 6th, of Friedreich’s disease and allied nervous affections of the when the wind blew from the north. Probably, therefore, class known as "family paralyses "-that is, paralyses the remedies suggested by Mr. Davis, excellent as far as they affecting more than one child of the same family-is .go, do not meet the prime cause of the trouble, with which published by Dr. A. Bayct in the Journal de Neurologie of the position of the chimney-top has much to do. At all events, April 20th last. Dr. Bayet deals at length with the symthe statement.,, made in the report, together with those made ptoms and clinical histories of five patients and points out by Mr. Alderman Cumming, are directly at variance with clearly the action of inherited syphilis as a potent cause in those made to us by Dr. Humphreys, and Mr. Davis’s the production of these grave nervous affections. Two of opinion that the Town Council will receive no more the patients were boys, aged nine and 17 years respecjustifiable complaints looks as though it required modifi- tively, and three were girls, aged nire, 11, and 14 years If every cottage chimney in the Upton Valley respectively. cation. The youngest girl was one of twins, her district gives as many unpleasant manifestations of its twin sister having died from some obscure nervous affection. presence as, according to Dr. Humphreys, the destructor These five patients suffered either from the well-known does in certain circumstances, wethink that the Town symptoms of Friedreich’s disease with corresponding defect Council must expect to hear more of the matter. of mental development or from cerebellar ataxy approxiBut, further, the output of coal smoke upon which Mr. mating to the " hereditary" type described by Pierre Marie.
’that there
’chimney
was
now
____
anæmic, suffering from loss of appetite and from constipation,Alderman Cumming lays
B
was doing everything possible to prevent nuisance and annoyance and would continue to do so. The Ix the issues of THE LANCET of Jan. 25th. Feb. lst, andbench 1 allowed the summons to be withdrawn and the corFeb. 8th, at pp. 262, 335, and 404 respect,ively, we gave anpora,tion paid the costs. There never was a smoke prose.account from the pen of our Special Sanitary Commissioner(cution yet in which the defaulters did not say that they were -of the destructor nuisance at Torquay and of the variousdoing, ( or had done, or would do, everything to prevent a steps which the Town Council had taken with a viewnuisance. Also it is generally pleaded that the nuisance is to abate the nuisance. We also made some suggestions aseither the fault of old boilers and furnaces, or new boilers ’’to what might be done in the situation. We see that atand furnaces, or of lack of Welsh coal. The nuisance and "the monthly meeting of the Town Council held on May 6ththe filthy smoke are never any person’s fault. We hear that, a, report by the sub-committee of the Destructor Committee under the reminder of the police-court, the corporation, was brought up for consideration. This report contained a which had previously contented itself with the usual non - statement by Mr. George E. Davis of Manchester, the expertt has now become active and that the volumes of possumus, who had been employed Town Council to advise it. thick smoke which lately disfigured the harbour are now not Mr. Davis commenced his inquiry in November, 1901, and visible. We hope that Commander Milne will keep an eye of his researches various alterations weree as a result the upon electric-lighting works and apply for more ’,made in the destructor, which began working again on summonses if necessary. ’Dec. 23rd, 1901. llr. Davis made a final investigation on March 18th, 1902, and reported that matters were satisTHE LATE R. B. ANDERSON FUND. factory. There was no organic odour left in the chimney SIR C. C. KNOLLYS, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of ..gases and the odours of unburned paraffins, of which he had Trinidad, in a letter bearing date April 19th, reports the complained in his first report, had entirely disappeared. receipt by him of the sum of Z258 15s. 6d, subscribed to this The white vapour issuing from the chimney, according to fund, and the expenditure of that amount in the purchase him, consisted of sulphate of potash in an extremely fine and repair of three removeable wooden homes in Port-ofstate of division. It was quite harmless. Finally, continued Spain by his instructions on behalf of Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Davisher twin sous. In one of these houses she will while
THE
corporation
DESTRUCTOR NUISANCE AT TORQUAY.
.
’
by the
-
reside,
I may add that the destructor will now give von a perfect combuseven under very adverse conditions, and if you issue an instruc"tion. which is carried out, that, no refuse of any kind he charged into the destructor after anv interval of stoppage until the temperature of the main flue at the point of entry to the combustion chamber has by .preliminary heating reached 700° F., I am of opinion that you will not ’receive any more justifiable complaints.
tion,
Fortified
by
this
report, Mr. Alderman Cumming contended
from the other two she will draw an annual total net rental of about £50. He expresses his opinion that certainly the money could not have been expended to greater advantage. Mrs. Anderson also writes to convey her sincere thanks to Lord Stamford and his committee for their sympathy shown in the trouble they have taken, and her deep sense of gratitude to the subscribers and to the proprietors of the medical journals for the great help they have given which has relieved her of intense anxiety as to the future of her
less noxious matter issuing from the of the destructor than from the chimney of acy cottage in the Upton Valley. So much for the Town Council, which seems quite satisfied with the present condition of sons. things. Dr. Henry Humphreys, however, writes to us under date May 8th to say that the smells are by no SYPHILIS AS A CAUSE OF FRIEDREICH’S He allows that less dust is blown DISEASE AND ALLIED NERVOUS means done away with. AFFECTIONS. the but he that the wind is in the when chimney says up AN interesting contribution on the etiology and symptoms ,north he and his household suffer greatly from the noisome vapours. This was notably the case on May 5th and 6th, of Friedreich’s disease and allied nervous affections of the when the wind blew from the north. Probably, therefore, class known as "family paralyses "-that is, paralyses the remedies suggested by Mr. Davis, excellent as far as they affecting more than one child of the same family-is .go, do not meet the prime cause of the trouble, with which published by Dr. A. Bayct in the Journal de Neurologie of the position of the chimney-top has much to do. At all events, April 20th last. Dr. Bayet deals at length with the symthe statement.,, made in the report, together with those made ptoms and clinical histories of five patients and points out by Mr. Alderman Cumming, are directly at variance with clearly the action of inherited syphilis as a potent cause in those made to us by Dr. Humphreys, and Mr. Davis’s the production of these grave nervous affections. Two of opinion that the Town Council will receive no more the patients were boys, aged nine and 17 years respecjustifiable complaints looks as though it required modifi- tively, and three were girls, aged nire, 11, and 14 years If every cottage chimney in the Upton Valley respectively. cation. The youngest girl was one of twins, her district gives as many unpleasant manifestations of its twin sister having died from some obscure nervous affection. presence as, according to Dr. Humphreys, the destructor These five patients suffered either from the well-known does in certain circumstances, wethink that the Town symptoms of Friedreich’s disease with corresponding defect Council must expect to hear more of the matter. of mental development or from cerebellar ataxy approxiBut, further, the output of coal smoke upon which Mr. mating to the " hereditary" type described by Pierre Marie.
’that there
’chimney
was
now
____