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 hamlet of Hoddesdon and the parish of Broxbourne, in the county of Hertford / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • Ranger, William, 1800-1863.
Date:
1851
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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 hamlet of Hoddesdon and the parish of Broxbourne, in the county of Hertford / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sewerage and the Removal of Refuse. 1 I In another instance, the privy is placed in the basement, nder the floor of the sitting room ; but the occupiers prefer sing a tub, which they empty once every fortnight. In some instances the privies are placedover, or on the verge of •ater-courses, whilst in other parts of the village they arc built a front of the houses, averaging one privy to four houses. Removal of Refuse .and Offal.—It was stated that the Dwa^e from a block of houses in Griffin's-yard was discharged ipon the adjoining premises, the occupier of the latter ob- ervino- he could not prevent it, from not having been able to omply with the required conditions of indictment, as no one ould be prevailed upon to join him in laying the necessary nformation before a magistrate, and he was therefore under he necessity of enduring the intolerable nuisance, by receiving he drainage of the yard in question, where a number of pigs re also kept. Mr. Manser stated, in reference to the removal of refuse :— ; It had been the practice during the last year, to discharge a uantity of foul matter from an extensive brewing establish- lent, into an ancient water-course, between his premises and tlr. Clark's house; the channel thus made the receptacle of he sewage from the above establishment, being about 450 feet :>ng by 7 feet wide. The effluvium from this source was represented as being xceedingly disagreeable. As the tendency of the sewage rom brewhouses is generally to excite to decomposition other nimal and vegetable matters it meets with in its course * Mr. Christie observed:— Formerly we made use of the sewage ,ow discharged into the open water-course alluded to by Mr. danser for manuring the intermediate lands, but having elinquished the'farming business, it is disposed of in the aanner already described. The two principal sewers are situated as follows, i. e.—One mssing from the market-place, with an outfall into the brook eading from the conduit head to the north. The other com- aences at the conduit, and running a short distance to the outh, diverges nearly at a right angle to the east, passino- inder the passage of a dwelling-house, and empties itself into he marshes. The lengths and sizes of the different public sewers has )een furnished by Mr. Andrews, a resident bricklayer, and are is follows :— 130 fect of 7-inch tile drain 730 feet of 12-inch ditto 637 feet of 8-inch pipe drain 469 feet of 15-inch ditto 463 feetof 9-in. brick barrel drain 118 feet of 18-inch ditto Making,a total of 849 yards. • Mr. Hunt stated, the quantity hwiIIoU dowu fr.ru the brewery. wa» abuuT 1U0 •ureLs per day.