Volume 2

First-[second] report of the Royal Sanitary Commission.

  • Great Britain. Royal Sanitary Commission
Date:
1869-1874
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Credit: First-[second] report of the Royal Sanitary Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    21(3 ROYAL wSANITARY COMMISSION —WRITTEN EVIDENCE. (A 1.) Answers from Local Boae Constitution of Local Board. Districts. Officers. Medical Advice. Inspection. Hospital Accommoda- tion. Treatment, &c., of Disease. Sewerage, &c. Water Supply, &c. qns. 1, 8-12. 2-7, 49-50. 13-15, 19. 16-18, 20-28. 29-34. 35-38, 57. 1. Acton. (Middlesex). Acts adopted under §12. iJfay 1866. The district is conter- minous with the parish of Acton. A. - - 2,305 0 0 R.V. -£35,000 0 0 P. H. D.R. There is no ad/'oinjra(7 dis- trict which should be included. The Surveyor is also Inspector of Nuisances. One of the Board is a medical man. There is no regular inspec- tion. No contribution to hospi- tals. No disin fection of sewers. Coroner was a medical man. Public sewerage is sufficient. Sewers are ventilated by rain water pipes and patent venti- lators. House drains are trapped. Sewage is discharged into Stamford Brook Sewer. Houses generally have water- closets, and drain into the sewers. Privies are being done away with. Water supply is from th( Grand Junction Water works. It is not constant Rainfall passes into thi sewers, except when inter cepted by private persons. There are tenements withmt water. § 76 P.H.A. and § 5; L. G. A. only authorize compulsory supply at 2d per week, and are deficient. No abandoned works. Ni imperfectly constructe( 2. Alnwick and Canon- g:ate. (Northumber- land). P. H. Act applied by provisional order, which was confirmed July 1850. The district is conter- minous with the two parishes of Alnwick and Canongate. A. (cannot say). R. V. - £14,000 0 0 P. (1861) 6,494. H. - 988. Per J,000. (-1867 - 22-9. D.R.-{ 1868 - 23-25. (.1869 - 26. No adjoining district which might be in- cluded. Surveyor and In- spector of Nui- sances, 105t per annum. No health officer. An inspector under the Fac- tory Act acts in the district. He is a cer- tifying surgeon. No advice from a medical source. There is a re- gular system of inspection by a committee, annually ap- pointed, of the Local Board. There are no powers for the inspection of No contributions to hos- pitals. Infectious cases are received at the fever hospital attached to the workhouse. No disinfecting appa- ratus. Infected patients are conveyed in a hand carriage covered over. Coroner not a medical man. Guardians have obtained sanitary reports. No registration of disease. No special means for as- certaining the presence of any epidemic disease. When such is known to exist immediate steps are taken to arrest its progress. Deaths are registered in the public institutions. Tti 1 RfiQ tlipvp wnc sin JLll XOUC7 LllCl^ wets <lll outbreak of typhus fever, but there was no difficulty in meeting it. No unhealthy district. Public sewerage is generally sufficient. Subsoil not waterlogged. Sewers are ventilated by run- down water pipes. House drains are carefully trapped. Sewage is discharged into the river ] 2 miles from the town. This plan is objectionable. No legal difficulties there- from. Houses are generally supplied with waterclosets, and drain into the sewers. Water supply is from springs water is laid on to each house, and the supply is constant, except for a few months in the summer, when the supply is turned off at nights. There are no tenements with- out water. No abandoned works. The water main was imper- fectly constructed, and was taken up at a cost of 100?. About 13,000/. has been ex- pended on works of water supply. The works within the district. ; 3. Altrlncbam. (Cheshire). P. H. Act ap- plied upon pe- tition of the inhabitants in 1851. The district is conter- minous with the town- ship of Al'IRINCHAM. A. - - 657 0 0 R.V. -£28,777 1 3 P. (1861) 6,628; probable yearly increase, 200. H. - 1,267 ; average yearly increase about 40. D.R. No statistics. There is a district imme- diately adjoining under a Local Board, viz., Bowden [Cf. No. 14], but there is no feeling at present in favour of an incorporation, and there is no other ad- joining district which should be included. Clerk, 401. Sur- veyor and In- spector, 70Z. Col- lector, &c. sol. Sub - inspector of Nuisances, 81. 8s. Superin- tendent of fire engines, lOZ.lOs. Medical officer, 101. There is a regular system of inspec- tion. Power of inspect- ing food effi- cient. No contribution to hos- pitals; there is a fever hospital and provident dispensary supported by small payments of members, aided by pub- lic subscription. Disinfecting powders used. No organised system for conveyance of infected patients. Coroner not a medical man. No registration of disease. Epidemic disease ascer- tained through report of medical officer. Means sufficient. In- formation immediately acted on. Record of death and dis- Public drainage generally satis- factory. The soil and sub- soil very light, the latter being a pure open sand, so that there is no risk of water- logging. Sewers are ven- tilated by rain pipes. Sewage is disposed of to farmers and gardeners. Proceeds nil. Liquid sewage is at present drained into a neighbouring stream ', but irrigation works will be shortly completed. The better houses (a large pro- portion) have waterclosets, others ashpits and cesspools. No regular system of deodo- rization. All houses drain into public sewers. Water supply is from the North Cheshire Water Com- pany, from the reservoirs oi theManchesterCorporation ; the water is laid on to each house, and is constant and ol exceptionably good quality. § 76 P. H. A. and § 51 L. G. A. have been acted upon and found sufficient. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. ease (?) made by guar- dians. No outbreak of disease since 1853. No unhealthy district.