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 parish of Alverstoke, in the county of Southampton / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • William Ranger
Date:
1852
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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 parish of Alverstoke, in the county of Southampton / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    18/78 (page 16)
    thus given by Mr. Cruickshank, the present owner of the 1 Forton sjjring, in liis evidence, Appendix (page 63) :— After the Act had been obtained a Joint Stock Company was formed to carry out the waterworks, but much litigation arose '■ and a suit in Chancery was commenced by them against the -i Bishop. At this time the preliminary steps had been taken by the Company, and pipes had been laid down to supply the water. The Company's affairs, however, fell into confusion, and a person who had a claim upon their plant took it and the water-pipes. la the course of time, the lives on which the Bishop had originally granted the lease became extinct, and on the property reverting to him a new lease was granted, also on three lives, which were those of the youngest branches of the royal familj*. The well had been his (Mr. Cruickshank's) property for the last eighteen months. Whatever source might be fixed on for the future supply of the town, he was willing to use his best endea- vours to promote the comfort of his fellow-townsmen. ( With reference to the latter part of Mr. Cruickshank's statement it may be remarked, that the Forton spi*ing i now but little used by the inhabitants of Gosport, for th occupants of about 239 hovises only in the immediate neigh- bourhood of the spring draw their supply from it without anj'- charge. The locality of these houses is given in the Appen- dix (page 64), the return having been furnished by Mr. Neale, to whom I am indebted for much other valuable information on the various subjects connected with the inquiry. In a town where there are no regular works, it is, of course, impossible to obtain anything like an estimate of the probable quantity of water consumed by the inhabitants. On the present occasion, however, I am enabled to give, from the evidence of C. Barker, Esq., and Mr. Paddon, a statement of the water retailed from the tlnree wells already mentioned. Gallons. Goodeve's well supplies 18 watercarts, or a daily yield of 3,888 Paddon'swell „ 12 „ „ 2,592 Biden'swell „ 6 „ „ 1,296 Daily yield - 7,776 The demand is, however, far short of what the supjjly can furnish, for the yield of Goodeve's well alone is estimated by its'owners at 960 gallons per minute, or 1,382,400 gallons per day of 24 hours. Mr. Paddon, in his written statement (A]3pendix, page 66), does not say what quantity his well will jield, but he gives the average amount pumped in 24 hours at 12 tons, or 2,688 gallons, wliich is nearly the same as that I have already stated to be taken by the water-carts.