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 Authority. Qjas. X, 8-12. 8. Barsard Castle. (Durham and Y ork). P. H. A ct cexcept § 50), applied upon petition of the inhabi- tants, Jjine 1850. Districts. 2-7,49-50. The district comprises parts of the two parishes of Barnard Castle and SlARTFORTH. A, - - 195 2 2 R. V. - £6,440 7 8 P. (about) 4,500. H. 767. No remarkable change since 1861. D. R. (about) 21. There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. OflScers. Medical Advice. Inspection. 13-15,19. Hospital Accommoda- tion. Treatment, &c. of Disease. 16-18,20-28. Sewerage, &c. 29-34. Water Supply, &c. 35-38, 57. Clerk and Sur- veyor, salary SQL per annum; In- spector of Nui- sances and Turn- cock, 10s. per annum. No health officer. An inspector under the Work- shops' Act, 1867, acts. No certi- fying surgeon. One of the board is a medical gentleman in large practice. Inspection is re- gularly made by committees of the board. Powers of in- specting food efficient. No contribution to hos- pitals (none in district). No disinfecting, except that lime and bru.shes are supplied gratis. No plan for disinfecting sewers except flushing from water-mains. Coroner not a medical man. Guardians obtain sani- tary reports through re- lieving officers at an annual cost of Sll. Diseases treated by the medical officer of the dispensary are regis- tered. Epidemic disease is ascer- tained from the medical gentlemen called in ; their reports are acted on; means sufficient. There was an outbreak of measles in 1865, and of scarlet fever in 1867. No difficulty in meeting these outbreaks. Cholera was prevalent in 1849 from defective drainage and existence of nuisances in close and crowded yards. Public sewerage is generally sufficient. Subsoil is not waterlogged. Sewers are ventilated wholly by rain pipes. Sewage is discharged into river Tees. No legal difficulties therefrom. Houses generally have water- closets. Privies are not capa- ble of being flushed, are sufficiently distant from houses, and are inspected and cleaned. Ashpits are not deodorised; they are regularly inspected. Houses generally drain into the sewers. Water supply is by gravitation from a copious spring of the purest quality to a re- servoir ; it is laid on to each house, and is constant, ex- cept in times of severe drought. Waterworks are outside dis- trict; no outside district is supplied. Rainfall is not utilized. There are no tenements with- out water. § 76 P. H. A. and § 51 L. G. A. have been acted upon and found sufii- cient. No abandoned works. Some members of the board think the reservoir is not of sufficient capacity. 9. Bicoster, Kingr's £2nd. (Oxfordshire). Acts adopted May 1859, upon petition of the inhabitants. The district is conter- minous with the township of Bicester, King's End. A. - - 1,433 0 0 R. V. - £2,900 10 0 P. - 3S8. H. D. R. The adjoining township of Bicester, Market End, which is under a Local Board ; has its own drainage, which flows in another direction. There is no place which should be included. No officers em- ployed ; the members of the board act. Advice from a medical source when required. Inspection is made upon com- plaint; a com- mittee being appointed to examine and re- port. No inspection of food. No contribution to hos- pitals. No disinfecting. In- fected patients are treated at home. Coroner not a medical man. Guardians employ sani - tary inspectors. Epidemic disease ascer- tained from medical officer of the union; means sufficient. In- formation is acted upon. No record is published of disease or death. No outbreak of disease since 1853. Public sewerage is sufficient. House drains are trapped. Sewage discharged into a brook a considerable dis- tance offi No legal difficulties therefrom. Houses generally have water- closets and drain into sewers. Water supply is from wells. Rainfall is not utilized. Supply is sufficient and good. There are no tene- ments without water. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. lO. Bicester, Mar ket End. (Oxfordshire). Acts adopted under § 12. June 1862. The district is conter- minous with the town- ship of Bicester Mar- ket End (including the hamlet of Wretch- wick). A. - - 2,217 1 5 R. V. - £8,553 2 11 P. - 2,711. H. (about) 600. D. R. 19 or 20. There- is an adjoining district under a Local Board. There is no place which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances (is also surveyor^. No health officer appointed of late. Advice from a medical source when required. Powers of inspect ing food effi- cient. No contribution to hospi- tals. There is a parish pest house. No disinfecting. Infected patients are con- veyed in carts. Coroner not a medical man. Epidemic disease ascer- tained through the re- lieving officer and medical officers of the board of guardians; means sufficient. In- formation is acted upon. No record is published of disease or death. There was an outbreak of small-pox in 1864 ; there was not much difficulty in meeting it. Cholera used to be pre- valent, owing to want of sanitary measures. Public sewerage is generally sufficient. Sewers are venti- lated by shafts and rain water pipes. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Sewage is disposed of by sale of solids and by irrigation ; proceeds nil. Houses have (a) waterclosets, or (b) privies, with cesspools and ashpits. All houses (a) and part (b), drain into the sewers. Water supply is from pumps, springs, and a small (unpol- luted) stream. There are lio tenements without water. No abandoned works. Tanks and filter-beds v/ere originally constructed too near the town and had to be removed. 11. Birkdale. (Lancashire). Acts adopted under §12. May 1868.[ The district is conter- minous with the town- ship of Birkdale. A. - 1,629 1 35 R. V. - £23,100 0 0 P. (about) 3,000. H. (1861) 350; (1870) 580. D. R.; no correct means of ascertaining (sup- posed 18 to 20). It is not desirable that the district should be incorporated with any other. There is no adjoiningpoTpulous place not under the L. G. Act. [<SeeNo. 115.] Surveyor, Inspec- tor of Nuisances, and Collector (one person), 80Z. per annum. No officer of health. No factories or workshops re- quiring inspec- tion in district. No advice from a medical source. There are no public markets in the district. There is no hospital in the district. No disinfecting apparatus, There is a covered car- riage at the Poor House for infected patients. The county Coroner is a solicitor. The P. L. Union is divided into two dis- tricts, with committees for each for sanitary purposes. No registration of disease. No organized means to ascertain epidemics. |No public institutions within the district. No outbreak of disease since 1863. No unhealthy district. The district is about to be sewered. It consists princi- pally of sea sand. The houses are detached, and are drained by cesspools. House drains are trapped. Cesspools are cleaned out by the occupiers. There has been a difficulty in obtaining an outfall. Houses generally have water- closets. Water supply is by a com- pany, from red sandstone, eight miles distant. Water is laid on to each house. Rain water is utilized by tanks to each house. No tenements needing water. No abandoned works. None yet constructed.