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
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 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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![Supplement to the Report to the General Board of Health on a Pre- liminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drainage, and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Whitehaven. By Robert Rawlin.son, Esq., Superintending Inspector. The following Table has been drawn up to show the present con- dition of Room Tenements in Whitehaven, which are let off as separate residences. The buildings are in a ruinous condition ; the staircases are of wood, frequently dark, confined, and rotien or out of repair. Where the beds are described as “ old and dirty,” they are upon bed- stocks, but very few of them have anything to cover them with but a bundle of old rags. The furniture described as “ old and dirty,” is more in quantity than good in quality; frequently only a few old broken chairs and tables, and other articles of furniture, which are very dirty. Those beds named “ rags and straw,” are on the floor, without bedstocks, and without proper bedding to cover them with; the bed-clothing, if any, a bundle of rags. The worst rooms are very confined and ill-ven- tilated. The water supply, and every other necessary convenience is at a considerable distance from many of those dwellings. Few persons would believe the human wretchedness that exists in Whitehaven, without making an inspection through Mount Pleasant, Rosemary-lane, Harm- less-hill, Solomon’s Temple, Caledonia, and other parts of the town. Many of those rooms are swarming with vermin ; disease an i lever prevail throughout. Note.—These Tables have been drawn up with the assistance of Mr. John Douglass, Inspector of Nuisances. [30 a] a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24996713_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
