General report on the sanitary condition of the town of Kelso / drawn up at the request of the Board of Commissioners of Police, by Charles Wilson, M.D.

  • Wilson, Charles, 1804-1883
Date:
1848
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Credit: General report on the sanitary condition of the town of Kelso / drawn up at the request of the Board of Commissioners of Police, by Charles Wilson, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No 39 A court, of under 30 square yards, in proximity to No. 36, undraincd, contains 2 pigsties and largo dungluU, m an offensive condition. n No 40 A pigsty and dun£?liill laid against tlie wall of contiguous proprietor, so as to cause the extension of impure damps into an occupied apartment. CLASS B. No. 1. (V. Appendix B.) A large stable, containing occasionally nearly 30 horses, having in its interior a privy, and a place q^^^^^ jj boarded otF as a dung-heap; without any separate provision for ventilation, so that the offensive effluvia are distinctly perceptible in the dwelling-rooms placed in the uj)per story. No. 2. Large dunghill, capable of containing about 50 cubic yards, placed near the windows of adjacent dwelling-houses. _ The amount of accumulation here constitutes it an unquestionable nuisance. No. 3. A narrow, unventilated court, with foul privy and dung- pit. No. 4, Small, ruinous looking court ; with stable, pigsty, and dung-hill. No. 5. A large accumulation of exhausted tanner's bark. ^ No. 6. Large dung-pit, close under windows of back dwelling-house. No. 7. Dung-]3it, Avith pigsty and privy, containing offensi\-e amount of accumulation. No. 8. Two dung-pits, with privy; also with offensive accumula- tion, and defective drainage. No. 9. A yard, with large dung-hill, and imperfect drainage. No. 10. A yard, with extensive accumulation of dung, and very defective drainage. No. 11. A close, with dung-hill; the latter offensive looking, but not in immediate contiguity with the dwelling-houses. No. 12. Narrow court, with stable, and large dung-hill, and offen- sive open channel running through passage of dwelling-house. No. 13. Two contiguous dung-hills, eacli in an unpaved court, with insufficient means of drainage. No. 14. A large accumulation of dung, in a court with defective pavement and drainage. No. 15. A narj-ow court, with byre placed under occupied dwelling, Avithout efficient means of drainage or ventilation. No. IG. A stable, privy, and large dung-pit, in a small court with bad drainage. No. 17. An offensive dung-hill, privy, and pigsty, in a court without sufficient means of drainage. No. 18. Court of very limited dimensions, Avith stable, and a dung- hill immediately under the windows of dwelling-house; some- times used as a place of deposit for the putrid remains of fish, and tliereforc, occasionally, very offensive.