Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the town of Newmarket / by Geo. T. Clark, Superintending Inspector.

  • George Thomas Clark
Date:
1850
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Credit: Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the town of Newmarket / by Geo. T. Clark, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    —: ^ n o o o ?r C O 'Oflrd N> IS H =r o c 3 C “'•4?o . H efficiently carried out, but in this case, as in the water arrange- ments, it would be premature to iMjint out details until the '■^'SertL “liis i)v ■? menus, iL wuui.^ - s^Hd ^ lio recjuisite survey and sections are completed. i he present is JiB, lUomi IK, 'ea Wi fTer rfi but a report upon a preliminary inquiry. 60. C H ARGES.—These will be divided into a water-rate, levied only upon the houses supplied with water; a sewer, or general jrpil distinct rate, levied upon houses and lands, but on the latter in ^ proportion only of one-fourth of the former ; and a house im- provemeut rate, levied on private property only, and upon each property only in the proportion in which it needs the remedies. . 61. So far as these charges can be safely laid down in a pre- liminary report, they may be stated as follows, in the shape of an addition to the rental of each average house. This is the form indicated by the Act in the water-rate clause. d. Water-rate . . H pe* week per house. Sewer-rate. . . 1 t > ISI siinilap, r effect of the IX* !5ri oftN ^ eannot be drained ffithon lor house drains cannot, e eutquantitj-orffitlisuf;' drawn from a deep well, oi p. The best plan appears ti Mvdtbtbatof tberailwar DtoftbeKistinffengine,a 3th, The town detnandwe: ailv,a(]uantitv,iDadditioiit lifii the present engine tf linatthevcrvtetatjodan iccessarvtodaP^ lihedistribntedM' ofbardness. la'tfLtoti*-'' iijrs* Total 2^ per week. which would be the whole of the charge upon the community. The private improvement rate would probably be another penny. 62. This estimate 1 believe to be ample. It includes the cost of maintenance of works, and is calculated to cease at the end of 30 years. It includes water supply, drainage, water- closets, and other public and private remedies. 63. Sewage Distribution.—The lands around Newmarket are of a character to pay particularly well for the use of sewage manure. The outfall of the main drain below Sand-pit lane will receive the whole of the sewage of the town, and from thence it will be very easy to deliver it upon the lands towards Exning. 64. Boundaries.—The boundary I have to recommend in- cludes the whole of the petitioning 'parishes of St. Mary’s and All Saints, and small parts of Wood Ditton and Exning. It is shown on the annexed map. 65. Summary.—It appears from this Report:— 1. That the town of Newmarket is governed by the parish officers of two parishes, independently of the contiguous portions of Wood Ditton and Exning, and by the police regulations of two counties, and is entirely without any local government of its own. 2. That the water supply of Newmarket, though copious for ordina:^ domestic purposes, is drawn from deep wells, and is neither sufficient nor convenient for cleansing house-drains, or rendering cesspools unnecessary. 3. That the main and house drainage of the town are ex- tremely insufficient, the cottages are very indifferently f'