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 townships of New and Old Accrington, in the county of Lancaster / by Benjamin Herschel Babbage, Superintending Inspector.

  • Babbage, Benjamin Herschel.
Date:
1850
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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 townships of New and Old Accrington, in the county of Lancaster / by Benjamin Herschel Babbage, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    private dwelling-house or part of one, in any street within the townships of Old and New Accrington, in which any water-pipe of the Company shall be laid, at the following rates per annum:— When the annual rack-rent, or value of the premises so supplied with water shall not exceed fifteen pounds per annum, at a rate per centum per annum not exceeding ten pounds. When such rent or value shall be above fifteen pounds, and not exceeding forty pounds per annum, at a rate per centum per annum not exceeding seven pounds ten shillings. Above forty and not exceeding sixty ... six pounds ten shillings ,, sixty ,, eighty . . six pounds ,, eighty ,, one hundred, five pounds ten shillings ,, one hundred, at a rate per centum per annum not exceeding five pounds. Provided nevertheless, That the Company shall not be entitled to receive from any such owner or occupier more than the sum of ten pounds in any one year for such supply; nor shall the Company be obliged to furnish such supply to any occupier for any less sum than eight shillings in any one year : Provided also, that a supply of water for domestic purposes shall not include a supply of water for baths, horses, or cattle, or for washing carriages. Water for other than domestic purposes, and gas, to be supplied at such rate and upon such conditions as may be agreed upon between the Company and the consumer. At the time of laying down any main pipe for supplying any street, highway, or place, the Act requires that fire-plugs for the supply of water in extinguishing fires, shall be fixed. When required by the Company, every person supplied with water, shall provide a proper cistern to receive and to retain the water so supplied, with a ball and stop-cock affixed to the supply- pipe. If gas be suffered to escape 24 hours after a written notice has been served upon the Company, they shall pay a penalty of 5/. for each day during which the gas shall be so suffered to escape. As the other provisions of the Act are not immediately con- nected with the supply of water or gas, it is not necessary to advert to them. It will be observed, by the provision for the large bore of the service-pipes, and the providing of cisterns to receive and contain the water, that the old or intermittent supply of water was con- templated by the framers of this Act; in practice, however, the constant system has been adopted, the bore] of the service-pipes diminished, and the expense and inconvenience of the cisterns done away with. Manufactures and Trades.—The establishment of several very extensive bleaching-works, print-works, and cotton-spinning mills, has given a great impetus to the trade of Accrington, and has mainly contributed to the rapid increase of its population as shown by the census returns. The following approximate account