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 township of Baildon, in the county of York / by William Lee.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health
Date:
1852
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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 township of Baildon, in the county of York / by William Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    p . CONTENTS. (r Page Form of Petition, and commencement of Inquiry - - - 5 Inquiry as to validity of Petition - - •« - . g Description of Township - - - - - - 6 Physical Geography and Geology - - - - . 6 Trade Avocations - - -, - - - 7 Local Government - - - 8 Population, Houses, and Rate of Increase - - - 8 Rateable Value of Houses.—Classification - - - 9 Disease and Mortai.ity - - ~ - 9 Evidence of James Steele, Esq., Surgeon - - . _ 9 Statistics of Rates of Mortality - - - - 11 Drainage, Sewerage, &c. - - - - - 12 Evidence of Mr. John Ellison - - - - 13 Evidence of Mr. William Waterhouse - - - - 13 Suburban Land Drainage and Tillage as affecting Sanitary Condition 13 Present Water Supply - - - _ - 14 Enumeration of Wells - - - 14 Evidence of Mr. Henry Hodgson - - - - 15 Construction and Condition of Dwelling Houses, and their Appur- tenances - - - - 18 Evidence of Mr. Wm. Waterhouse - - - - 18 Evidence of the Rev. Joseph Mitton, Incumbent - - - 18 Evidence of the Rev. Geo. L. Herman - - - 19 Roads and Surface Cleansing - - - - 19 Evidence of Mr. John Ellison - - - - 19 State of the Burial Grounds - - - - - 21 19] A 2