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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    # as arc essentially necessary for the improvement of the itary condition of the towns and districts situated in the I ey of the Lea. 'ho obstacles opposed to the natural discharge of the waters mg upon the uplands of the Lea and the valleys connected 1 it are of two classes, i. e., Reservation of lockage, and Mill power. :h of these being vested rights, must necessarily remain mpiired, nor is there any necessity for diminishing their ply. If any interference take place it will consist in giving ncreased and uniform supply ; but this is a matter of detail ier than of principle. he second class of obstacles, independent of the tidal waters he Thames and resistance produced by the roughness and jualities of the edges and bottom, consist of Cores, Deposits, Sluices. i it is by the removal and adjustment of the latter class of tacles, combined with the holding up of all surplus waters properly situated catchment ponds, that not only the future ndations of any portion of the land can be avoided, and pro- tive supplies for mills and navigation practically increased, also that the general drainage of the several districts under provisions of the Public Health Act, can be accomplished iiently. he distribution of the vegetable soil is above the average, tolerably uniform. }opl'lation, &c.—In 1801 the number of inhabitants was 27; in 1811 it amounted to 1,249; and in 1821 to 1.354. 1831, according to the census, the number amounted to 15, and in 1841 to 1,743, thus showing an increase of 128 the 1U years ending 1841 ; whilst the number of houses in ich the population was lodged in 1831, amounted to 305; 1 in 1841 to 339 ; giving an increase of 34 houses. Hie total area of the hamlet is stated at 2,650 acres; and ! annual value of property rated to the poor's rate in 1847, ounted to 7,560/.; whilst the proportion in the pound of >cnditure to the annual value of property in the same year, i Is. 7 id. -iOCALITIES AND CHARACTER OF DISEASE.—The clerk of the lion writes, in answer to a letter requesting information as localities where epidemic, endemic, and other contagious eases prevail, as follows :—