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 borough of Newport / by George Thomas 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 borough of Newport / by George Thomas Clark, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not exceed 4/, which will be equivalent to an annual payment of about 5s. during 30 years. 163. For an annual shilling rate, upon houses, and an annual average payment of 5s. per house, would be given a constant water sup]dy, a complete system of street and house drainage, a proper number of privies and dust-bins, and a yard or court properly paved, 164. Boundary,—The boundary to which it is proposed to apply the Act, and which is shown in the annexed map, is that of the municipal borough of Newport. 165. Su.MMARY.—I have to observe, briefly, by way of reca- pitulation,— 1. That the annual mortality of the town of Newport is 30-3 in the 1000, that of the registration district of 40 parishes around it being only 22-2 in the 1000 ; that in 1841 the mortality of the lower suburb of Newport was as high as that of Liverpool, and, although less in 1842, has since been steadily in- creasing. 2. That the connexion between this mortality and the dirt and damp of certain parts of the borough is clearly ascertained, and that to these deficiencies in drainage, water supply, privy accommodation, and want of street and court paving, may distinctly be attributed much of the typhus fever and other epidemic diseases with which Newport has been afflicted, and which have, directly and indirectly, been the cause of considerable expense to the town. 3. That a complete system of water supply and main sewerage, and proper house accommodation, may be given for an annual shilling rate, and an annual payment of 5s. on each house. 4. That the town stands much in need of proper light- ing arrangements, especially in the low'er districts. 5. That the existing burial-grounds arc badly placed, and quite insufficient for the wants of the popula- tion, and that one general cemetery is much needed. f 6. That the facilities for the employment of the sewage, in the form of fluid manure, are considerable, and that a revenue may in due time be expected from this head. 166. Recommendations.—I have to recommend,— 1. That the Public Health Act be applied to the mu- nicipal borough of Newport.