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 town of Braintree / by Edward Cresy, Superintending Inspector.

  • Cresy, Edward, 1792-1858.
Date:
1850
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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 town of Braintree / by Edward Cresy, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    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 Irihalitants of the Town of Braintree. By Edward CresYj Superintending Inspector, Braintree, Essex. My Lords and Gentlemen, The General Board of Health having been petitioned by 197 rate-payers, out of the whole number of 1290, that a Super- intending Inspector should visit the town of Braintree, I was desired to advertise and give the proper notices, which were duly performed; and on the 5th January, 1849, a meeting was held at the Horns Inn of that town at 11 o'clock, to examine and receive evidence upon its sanitary condition, state of the drainage, supply of water, &c, &c. Present:—The Rev. B, Sale, Vicar, &c., R. C. Veley, Esq., John Cummington, clerk to the Guar- dians, &c., Mr. William Wilson, Mr. Augustus Portway, and several other-inhabitants. It was stated that the number of acres in the parish was, 2,242 acres, 1 rood, 5 poles. The number of rate-payers, 1,290; £. The gross value of the parish . . 11,706 The rateable value .... 10,642 The poor-rates for the last year were 5s. 'id. in the pound. It appears that the poor-rates from Lady-day, 1832, to Lady- day, 1833,''amountBd to the sum of . . £2,875 18 2 Land-tax from 5th April to 5th April, same time or year, exonerated . . . £234 4 0 Not exonerated . . . 292 5 6 524 9 6 Assessed taxes ..... 580 15 2 Surveyors' rate for one year . . . 80 0 0 Duty and compensation . . . 140 0 0 Church-rate (average for 12 years) . . 134 0 0 Lamp-rate 1 year from Michaelmas, 1831. 93 16 9 [15.] £4,428 19 7 b2