Report of the Health of London Association on the sanitary condition of the metropolis; : being a digest of the information contained in the replies returned to three thousand lists of queries, which were circulated amongst clergymen, medical men, solicitors, surveyors, architects, engineers, parochial officers, and the public.

  • Health of Towns Association (London, England)
Date:
1847
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Credit: Report of the Health of London Association on the sanitary condition of the metropolis; : being a digest of the information contained in the replies returned to three thousand lists of queries, which were circulated amongst clergymen, medical men, solicitors, surveyors, architects, engineers, parochial officers, and the public. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It has been truly said that the high rents which they pay ought to secure to them the daily removal of all refuse mat¬ ter from and about their dwellings. In the answers to this question, it is recommended that means should be taken to prevent accumulation in dust- holes and in areas, where refuse matter (both animal and vegetable) is frequently suffered to decompose, and where, in warm weather, it becomes very noxious ;—that no masses of manure or refuse of any kind should be allowed to ac¬ cumulate ;—and that cleansing ought to be universal, and not left dependent on the exertions of private individuals, but effected through the instrumentality of local com¬ missioners. [42.] Ought mews to be kept as clean as the streets ? All concur in the opinion that mews ought to be kept as clean as the streets. They frequently adjoin dwellings and coach-houses, and are sometimes used as slaughter¬ houses or cow-stalls. [43.] If the public thoroughfares were skilfully con¬ structed, proper attention being paid to sur¬ face drainage and efficient kennelling, would there, in your opinion, be a diminution in the price to be paid for cleansing them ? With reference to this question most of the respond¬ ents consider it would be highly desirable to have the public thoroughfares skilfully constructed, with efficient ken¬ nelling, and that provision should be made to prevent the constant disturbance of the paving. With such alteration in the construction of streets it is thought that the price to be paid for cleansing them would not only be considerably lessened, but that they might be cleansed daily, and an absolute profit derived therefrom. [44.] Is not interment in towns frequently attended with desecration of the dead, as well as with outrage on public decency; and is not the fre¬ quent disturbance of the earth in churchyards