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 Whitehaven / by Robert Rawlinson.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health
Date:
1849
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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 Whitehaven / by Robert Rawlinson. 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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    ements—continued. rticulars of 'Dements. Number and Description of Beds and Furniture. Space near Tenement. Ventilation. Number of Persons living on each Property. Condition of Tenement. REMARKS. ■3 b 3 M ^ J-g B Rent per Week. Beds. Furniture. 1 5. 0 d. 6 Old and dirtv • Old and dirtv . Enclosed None. 25 Dirty rhese rooms are in a very con- 0 6 Rags and straw 2 chairs, 1 stool Do. Do. Do. fined passage; there is slso a on floor. blacksmith’s shop, made to an- , • . • • Do. Do. swer for workshop and sleeping- 1 1 6 Old and dirty • Old and dirty • Do. Do. Do. room for its owner and his three 1 1 6 Ditto to Do. Do. Do. sons, who live and sleep there; , 1 0 Blacksmith shop No furniture . Do. Do. Do. no water supply, or otfier con- venience. 1 1 9 Old and dirty • Old and dirty . Do. Do. 12 Dirty No water supply near this place, 1 3 Rags and straw 3 chairs, 2 tables Do. Do. Do. No privv, ^'h pit, or other con- on floor. veniences attached. 1 1 6 Rags for bed 2 chairs, 1 box. Do. Do. Do cover. 1 table. 1 0 Rags and straw 4 chairs, 1 table Do. Do. 68 Dirty Ribtan-lane is one of the dirtiest on floor. lanes in Whitehaven, at the end 1 1 3 Old and dirty . Old and dirty . Do. Do. Do. of it there is a small ash-pit. 1 6 Rags and straw Ditto Do. Do. Do. which is a complete nuisance on floor. to tlie neighbourhood ; there is 1 1 0 Old nnd dirty . Ditto Do. Do. Do. also a pump, but out of repair; 0 10 Rags and straw 2 stools • • • Do. Do. Do. the water is very bad ; there is on floor. a population of between 200 or : 3 Old and dirty • 3 chairs, 1 table. Do. Do. Do. 300 people withno water supply. ] 2 stools. There are five cellars full of sta®- 1 2 1 3 2 dirty beds • . Old and dirty . Do. Do. Do. nant water,and a spout running 1 2 1 3 D tto 2 chairs. 1 table Do. Do. Do. through the dwelling-house of 1; 1 1 0 Old and dirty . Old and dirtv . Do. Do. Do. Fitzsimons; the staircases are 1 3 Rags and straw No furniture • Do. Do. Do. as wet and dark as possible, the on floor. wood all rotten. 1 2 1 2 1 very dirty bed 3 stools, 2 tables Do. Do. Do. 1 i. 1 0 Rags and straw 4 chairs, 2 tables Do. Do. Do. on floor. li 1 1 2 Old and dirty . Old and dirty . Do. Do. Do. t 3 1 8 Ditto Ditto Do. Do. Do. 2 1 1 0 Clean and good Clean and good Do. Do. 43 t'lean This building is situate at the 5| • 1 3 Rags and straw Old and dirty . Do. Do. Dirty high end of Ribtan-lane, built on floor. one room above another, six 3 . 1 0 Ditto Ditto Do. Do. Do. stoiy high, and let off in single 8 • 1 3 Ditto 4 chairs, 1 table Do. Do. Do. room tenements, in some rooms 4 1 1 0 Old but clean • Old, but clean . Do. Do. Clean two families live together, tliey 2 1 0 10 Old and dirty . 2 chairs, 1 stool Do. Do. Dirty are little confined rooms, and 6 • 0 10 Rags and straw 1 chair, 2 stools Do. Do. Do. are very dirtv ; they have no 1 on floor. water supply; one ash-pit for 4 1 1 0 Old and dirty . Ditto Do. Do. Do. all the tenants, but no privy or 2 1 1 4 Clean and good Clean and good Do. Do. Clean other convenience. 3 2 1 6 Old, but clean . Old, but clean . Do. Do, Do. 4 1 1 2 Old and dirty . Old and dirty . Do. Do. Dirty s' 1 1 4 Ditto Ditto Do. Do. 11 Dirty No water-supply, no privv, ash- 5 . 1 3 No beds 2 stools, 1 table Do. Do. Do. pit, or other convenience. 7 2 2 1 Old and dirty • Old and dirty • Open. Ventilation 18 Dirty Tlie Harmless-hill tenants have »i 1 1 6 Old but clean • Old, but clean . Do. Do. Clean access to a pump and ash-pit. . 1 6 Do. None , but no privy ; when the rooms 5 2 1 6 Old and dirty . Old and dirty . Do. Do. Dirty are all tenanted, this place is . , 2 0 , , . , Do. Do. densely crowded, but at present 2 , 1 0 Rags and straw Ditto Do. Do. Dirty two are emptv: the top room on floor. is a vagrant lodging-house.
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