Report to the General Board of Health on a supplemental inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the township of Bilston, situated within the municipal borough and union of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector.

  • Rawlinson, Robert, 1810-1898.
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report to the General Board of Health on a supplemental inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the township of Bilston, situated within the municipal borough and union of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    short period on these days. Many of the inhabitants take their supply from other sources, which are, however, generally vitiated; such are the canal, the brook, and pits in the district. Burial-grounds.—Power to estabhsh a public cemetery or cemeteries is sought to be obtained in the private Bill now before the House, the necessity for which is apparent by the following documents:— Queries issued under the Statute 12t.h and ]3th Vict., cap. 3, sect. 9 & 11,, in respect to Intramural Interments in the Metropolis. St. Leonard's church, in the ])a- rish of Bilston. Out of this parish two new ones have recently been . formed—St. Mary's and St. Luke's. What remains ought, perhaps, to be styled the district of St. Leonard's. Two burial-grounds, in one o(. which the church stands. The^ other is very near the church. The old burial-ground, in which the church stands, about 3560 square yards. The new ground about 2000. In the old yard are 58 vaults. In the new yard are 12 „ 1. What is the name of your church or chapel? and in what parish or district is it ? 2. Have you any consecrated burial-grounds, and where situate ? 3. What is the extent of each in square yards, as near as you can tell? 4. About what quantity in each ground (stated in square yards) has been appropriated by faculty or by purchase ? Average number of yards in each by 70 5. About what is the quantity of the above of which the owners are at present unknown? State the quantity in square yards? 6. Are the burial-grounds, or all or any of them, open for use ? 7. If closed, when, and by what authority ? 8. What is the extent of the vaults, tombs, or brick graves under the church or chapel: how much of same is occupied? State gene- rally what interments have taken place under your church or chapel, and still continue to take place. Is there room for many more inter- ments in them ? 9. Are there any other burial- grounds in your parish or district not connected with the Church of England; and if any, what, to what extent, and by whom held ? 10. What is the population of your parish or district ? Appropriated purchase . . 490 sq. yardsA The owners of the above are all present all known. They are both ojien for use. Seventeen vaults in the churchl: about the same size as those in tho yard. Interments in the churcl' are not frequent, but there is still room for more in some of the vaultsf: There are other burial-grounds \ the parish of Bilston, one of whici is situate in St. Leonard's distriC' connected with the Methodist ch»i pel, held by the minister of th. same. . The population of the parish c Bilston IS about 23,000 : of my du trict (St. Leonard's) about 6000.