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Croydon To Pay Families Of Typhoid Victims

CROYDON CORPORATION may have to

pay out many thousands of pounds fot- lowing a High Court award of £100 recently to a schoolgirl takon ill during the typhoid epidemic a year ago.

The action was brought

as a test case.

Linked with its success is the' fate of about 200 writs issued by who either other residents caught the discase themselves or were penalised by the denth of the family breadwinner or other relative.

Was present In

Addington

Well

some time during October 1937. The corporation know there was a risk from that source, and certain pre- cautions were taken.

Chlorination had begun July 1836, but it was remedy for an existing evil rather of potential danger.

than myself whn could not afford to than on a preventive

bring such an action."

there in used as a

strikking One

example of the Mr. Justice Stable, in giving judgment, commended the corporn- laxity with which the question waS an treated was shown by a memoran- tion for not having adopted obstructive attitude. They had, he dum of the chief water assistant in said, made the fullest admissions November 1038 to his subordinate, of material facts.

directing him to increase the rate of le alse approved their action chlorination until further notice as a when, immediately was known result of an analysis. there was an outbreak of typhoid, they made every effort to discover its origin and expose any weakness in Unleas the corporation appeal, the administration, "regardless these claims may have to be settled the consequences for persons who on the same scale. And some of were or might be directly or indi- the victims were prominent and rectly responsible."

wealthy,

One of the forty-three who died was the ten-year-old son of a woman J.P.Huth Rivers-Moore. Others were a former Vice-Chan- cellor of London University-Pro- fessor L. N. G. Filon; Dr. James R. Hill; Mr. Edward Penny, a school- master; and sixty-year-old Miss Ada West, an alderman's sister. More than half the victims were women, from the early twenties to the early seventies. Altogether 310 people were attacked.

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This had, apparently, unly come

the to the notice of

responsible oflcer a fortnight after it had been made. That breakdown seemed to criticism And, have escaped the Indeed, the observation, of the committee,

In finding them Hable for dum- At the end of April 1937, the prac ages Mr. Justice Stable said: "Ittice of taking analyses at the well

abandoned. The is not my duty to place responsi-was

evidence bility on individuals, but, prima showed it was dropped by a mere facle, the responsibility must rest oversight.

on the water committee, to whom

was entrusted the general superin- 'DISQUIETING'

tendence of that important public service."

The most disquieting feature of all was that on September 17, 1037, a At the time of the outbreak the week before work in the well was chairman of this committer was begun, the practice of altering and was entirely aban- Alderman T. W. Wood Roberts, chlorinating! solicitor, who has since resigned doned, although the presence of the The vice-chairman, Councillor A. 1. workmen demanded rather a tighten- Harding, also a solicitor, has since ing up of the precautions normally are allowed in been appointed chairman of a newly- taken. Fourteen days

The constituted water cammittee, which which an oppent may be lodged. town clerk will study next week Mr.s full powers over the water dei Justice Stable's judgment in the Pertinent. King's Bench and make his report to the councillors.

of

The case on which the question of liability was fought was that Patricia Rosemary Read, afteen.

aged

Patricia's father, Mr. Alfred Read.

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The old committee comprised four- teen other members, among whom were Alderman T. Betteridge, Alder- man A. Jackson, a boot and shoe denter, Councillor Still farmer, Councillor E. W. Turner, a motor airs. haulage contractor, Alderman Craham Park-avenue, South Croy-

Itessic Roberts, proprietor of don.

He was also awarded yester chemist's store, Councillor airs. Dale, day an agreed amount of out-of-housewife. Councillor II. G. Lumis. pocket expenses incurred while the child was ill.

Is ດ coal company secretary, of

the

He said, "1 am pleased thought that my success may bring some compensation to those poorer

"In my judgment," said Mr. Justice Stable. "negligence has been conclusively established."

From

the July 1934, when chlorinating plant first came into use, the extent to which that pre- caution was enforced was hap- hazard, l-considered, and inade- at the quate, and the decision moment of greatest perll-when the water was being put into sup- ply while men were working in the well-to omit the customary pre- cautions of filtrations and chlorina- tion was inexcusable.

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No evidence had been given to effect, or to provide proper system Councillor E. S. More, on official in indicate that any member of the of supervision and Inspection of a City shipping office.

water committeo made any inquiry, secure that any polley adopted wor eficiently, regularly, and Mr. Justice Stable said the infec- or took any step whatever to formu-being

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