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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    Constitution of Local Board. Districts. Ofiicers. Medical Advice. Inspection. Hospital Accommoda- tion. Treatment, &c., of Disease. Sewerage, &c. Water Supply, &c. Qus. X, 8-ia. 2-7, 49-50. 3.3-15, 19. 16-18, 20-28. 29-34. 35-38, 57. 4. Ashford. (Kent). L. G. Act put in operation iliay 1863 by pro- visional order, and by the 27&28Vict.c.26. an old Local Lighting and Watching Act was repealed. The district is conter- minoiis with the parish of ASHFOIID. A. - - 2,785 2 10 R.V. -£28,200 0 0 P. (1861) 6,950 ; sup- posed now to be over 8,000. H. Increase since 1861 about 200. D.R. - 1867,21 per 1,000. 1868, 17 „ 1809, 23 „ There is no adjoining district which should be included. Stirveyor and In- spector of Nui- sances, 501. per annum ; he inspects work- shops. There is a certi- fying surgeon. No advice from a medical source. JVo regular inspec- tion. No case of impro- per food being offered for sale has occurred. No contribution to hos- pitals ; a small cottage hospital with about 8 beds has lately been es- tablished, supported by voluntary contributions. No disinfecting of sewers. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports ob- tained by guardians. No registration of disease. No means of ascertaining presence of epidemic disease. No record of death or disease. No outbreak of disease since 1853. No unhealthy district. Public sewerage having a good fall is in a good state.' Subsoil (gravel) is entirely drained ; main drains are from 8 to 12 feet below surface. Sewers are ventilated by rain water pipes. House and street drains are trapped. Sewage is dis- charged into the river Stour below the inhabited part of the parish. No legal diffi- culties therefrom. Closets are more general since waterworks were instituted. Cesspools still exist among the lower class houses. About two-thirds of the houses com- municate with the sewers. Water supply partly by a pri- vate water company from springs. Supply constant. Rainfall not generally uti- lized. Only a few private houses have tanks, others have water butts. There is one public pump in the centre of town ; most houses have pumps, and few tene- ments are without supply. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. S. Astley Bridge. (Lancashire). Acts adopted upon petition of the inhabitants, Feb. 1864. The district comprises parts of two townships (Little Bolton and Sharples).—The boun- daries were defined before the adoption of the Act. The district is suburban. A. - - 1,210 1 21 R.V. -£17,572 7 6 P. (in 1861 about) 4,000; yearly increase, 60. H. (about) 735; yearly increase, 15. D. R. (about) £2. There is no adjoining district which should be included. [See No. 68.] Surveyor, 107. per annum, and IJ per cent, com- mission. Sani- tary Inspector, 81. per annum. No advice from a medical source. Inspection is regu- larly made. No inspection of food. No contribution to hospi- tals. No disinfecting appara- tus. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports ob- tained by guardians. No registration of disease. Epidemic disease is only ascertainable through the Registrar of Births and Deaths. Means insufficient, JNo public institution in the district. No unhealthy district, Public sewerage is sufficient. Subsoil is clear from water. Sewers are ventilated by down spouts. House drains are trapped. Sewage is dis- charged into the river Tonge (so diluted as not to be a nuisance). Houses generally have privies and ashpits. The ashes act as deodorizers. Houses generally drain into the sewers. Water supply is from the Bolton Corporation Water- works. It is laid on to each house, and is good in quan- tity and quality. There art MO tenements without water. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. 6. Aylesbury. (Bucks). P. H. Act applied Sept. 1849, by Order in Coun- cil, upon peti- tion of the in- habitants. No order under § 77. The district is conter- minous with the parish of Aylesbury. A. - - 3,200 0 0 R.V. -£24,280 0 0 V. (about) 6,700. H. (1861) 1,200. I\Iany houses have been built since, and the number is now about 1,400. D. R. (about) 22. There is no adjoining district which should be included. C7erA (a solicitor), 40/. per annum. Inspector of Nuisances, 261. per annum. No advice from a medical source. Inspector reports anything special. Powers of inspect- ing food effi- cient. No officer of health. No in- spector under the Factory or Workshops Acts. No certi- fying surgeon. No contribution to hospi- tals. Infectious cases are not admitted to County Infirmary, but removed to a separate building at the Union ; they are usually conveyed in some borrowed vehicle. No disinfecting appara- tus. No registration of disease other than in the County Infirmary and County Prison. Coroner not a medical man. Epidemic disease ascertaine Means sufficient. Inforn practicable. No outbreak of disease sin No unhealthy district sinc< Public sewerage is generally sufficient. Sewers are not ventilated. Sewers and house drains arc trapped. Sewage drains into the neighbouring stream (it is proposed to try irrigation). Houses have waterclosets oa privies, &c. Cesspools and ashpits are not deodorised. Houses generally drain into the sewers. ;d through practising surgeons, lation is acted upon so far as ce 1853. ; sewerage carried out. Water supply is from the Chiltern Hills Water Com- pany (artesian wells seven miles from the town); also from public pumps. Water is not laid on to every house. Bainfall is utilized privately. There are tenements without water. § 76 P. H. A. and § 51 L. G. A. are of no use, as the supply would exceed 2d. per week. Waterworks belong to a com- pany who supply Aylesbury and the villages between. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. 7. Bala. (Merionethshire). L. G. Act adopted upon petition July 1859. The district consists of part of the parish of Llamoeil, (including the town of Bala). The boundaries were de- lined at the time of the adoption of the Act. A. - - 115 1 4 P. - 1,255. H. - 341. D. R., 1867, 36 per 1,000. „ 1868, 47 „ „ 1869, 24 „ There is no adjoining district which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances, at 31. per annum. There is a medical health officer, (not appointed under the Arti- zan and La- ling Acts, 1868). An inspector under the Fac- tory Acts acts in the district. No regular system of inspection. Powers of in- specting food are efficient, though not by the Local Au- thority. No contribution to hospi- tals (none in district). No disinfecting apparatus. No plan for disinfecting sewers. Coroner not a medical man. Guardians have not ob- No registration of disease. Epidemic disease is as- certained by the inspec- tor of nuisances ; means sufficient, and informa- tion immediately acted upon. There are no public insti- tutions in which disease or death could be re- gistered. In 1868_there was an out- break of scarlet fever, chiefly confined to young children. No unhealthy district. The drainage is surface drain- age, except for about 80 yards in the back street. Subsoil is not waterlogged. Sewers are ventilated partly by traps and partly by water pipes. Sewage is disposed of by sale, num. Houses are supplied with waterclosets or privies, which drain into cesspools dug deep into the soil, but which are not deodorized. No privy or watercloset com- municates with the public drains. Water supply is obtained from wells dug seven or eight feet into the gravelly soil. Supply plentiful, owing to the water of the lake perco- lating through the gravel. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed