Volume 1

First [-Second] report of the Commissioners for inquiring into the state of large towns and populous districts.

  • Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of Large Towns and Populous Districts
Date:
1844[-1845]
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Credit: First [-Second] report of the Commissioners for inquiring into the state of large towns and populous districts. 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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    scribe the qualifies of the spring or river water, or rain water, and any complaints made, or evils experienced in respect to them ? 28. Describe the several modes in use for the distribution of water. 29. Is the distribution by a private individual, by joint stock company] or by public olEcers ? 30. What is the number of houses in the town and suburbs? 31. In how many houses is the water laid on, and have such houses pach ^ separate tank ? 32. Are the poorer classes supplied from stand-pipes placed at par ticular stations, from pumps or draw-wells, or are they in the habit o begging water from tradespeople with whom they deal; or how other wise do they obtain it ? 33. Have there been complaints of the mode in which the water is a present supplied to the populfition, as to the quantity, quality, or price? 34. What is the present annual charge for water laid on in the severa classes of houses ? 35. What is the quantity supplied for the different sums? 36. In case of the price being unduly enhanced, or of the supply bein deficient in quantity or inferior in quality, are there any means of redres to the private individual, or to the public at large ? 37. In respect to any deficiencies of supply in quality pr quantit; wl^at arV the powers deemed requisite to remedy them ? 38. Are filters extensively in use in private houses ? 39. Is the water kept on constantly night and day, or how often ^is kept on ? 40. Is there any system of stand-pipes in the town, from which t\ water may be used for cleansing the pavements and the fronts of tt houses ? 41 Is it kept on constantly in the mains, so as to be at all times i readiness in all parts of the town in case of fire; is it kept on at hii: pressure, so that it may be thrown over the highest edifices m such case ? 42. In case of fire, how long is it usually before a foil supply water can be brought to bear on the premises ? 43 What are the arrangements in respect to supplies of water for tl protection of churches, or public buildings, or warehouses, or large pi Vate buildings, against fire ? 44. What is the average number of fires in the year, and what are t prevailing causes? 45. Are any houses, or l5irge ranges of buildings, unprotected party-walls from the extension of fire ? 46. Are there any well-appointed and practised engines, and servi of firemen for the prevention of the extension of fires. 4t What is the general condition of the town or district with respc to health?
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