Report to the Right Hon. Lord Panmure, G.C.B., &c., Minister at War, of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commission dispatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, March 1857.

  • United Kingdom. Sanitary Commission (1855-1856)
Date:
1857
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Credit: Report to the Right Hon. Lord Panmure, G.C.B., &c., Minister at War, of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commission dispatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, March 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    would Lc very desirable to fill up the shoal at the upper end of the harbour; to construct temporary quays along the east side of the harbour; to form covered channels for offensive water; to cover the stream of water running down under the Castle Rock, to prevent fouling of the water; and to name the streets and number the houses, for the greater facility of ascertaining the locality of nuisances. These points were embodied in a report addressed to the Commander of the Forces on April 11, 1855, in which the Commissioners at the same time expressed their conviction, that such was the extent of the local evils to be remedied, that there Avould be danger of an outbreak of disease on the setting-in of the hot weather. The Commissioners further stated in their report that officers fully acquainted with superintending the practical details of sanitary operations had been sent out by Her Majesty's Grovernment, and that they were ready to give every assistance in their power in aiding in the execution of the requisite measures if they were enabled to do so. Before this re]3ort was sent to head-quarters, a number of men had been placed at the disposal of the Commission for executing work of immediate necessity, but they had been Avithdrawn for what appeared to be more urgent work. There were thirty-three men on an average so employed for seven days. They were removed on the 9th April, and there were none returned till the 17th, when twenty-three labourers were put to work. On the loth a letter was received from Lieutenant- General Simpson, requesting the Commission to send an estimate for the number of men and the amount of materials that might be required for carrying out the works recom- ' mended in their report of the 11th, in order that Field- Marshal Lord Raglan might at once endeavour to procure them; but stating at the same time that the demands of the service were so urgent, that his Lordship could not spare any men from the force under his command. The Commissioners found that, taking into account the quality of the labour, the current cleansing work for Balaklava and its neighbourhood, considering its resident population, and a daily influx of from 20,000 to 25,000 men, and large
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