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. Officers. Medical Advice. Inspection. Hospital Accommoda- tion, Treatment, &c. of Disease. Sewerage, &c. Qns. 3., @.X2, 2-7, 4:9-50. 13-15, 19. 16-18, 20-28. 29-3&. 35-38, 57. X2. Bishops Stortford. (Hertfordshire). Acts adopted by Order in Coun- cil upon petition of ratepayers. Fell. 1867. The district is conter- minous with the parish of Bishops Stortford. A. - - 3,241 0 0 R. V.(about) £25,400 0 0 P. (1861) 5,180; now about 6,000. H. now about 1,000; con- siderable increase since last census. D. R. 21 (including the deaths in the union house). There is no adjoining district which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances (also acts as Surveyor), 851. per annum. No medical offi- cer of health. No advice from a medical source (except sugges- tions volun- teered). Inspector makes occasional house to house in- spection of dis- trict. Powers of in- specting food are not rigidly enforced. No contribution to hos- pitals. (There is an infirmary at the union house.) Carbolic acid and other disinfectants are used. No special mode of conveyance for infected patients. Coroner is a solicitor. (Unable to answer ques- tions 21-26.) No record is published of disease or death. The district has for many years been exempt from any serious outbreak of epidemic disease. No unhealthy district. An entirely new system of sewerage is about to be undertaken. Plans are about to be submitted to the L. G. Act Office for approval. At present the cesspool system is in operation for two-thirds of the houses. The sewage of the residue is discharged into the Start. Nothing is realized by the sale of sewage. Existing sewers are not venti- lated. Water supply is by a private company, who have laid on water within a few weeks. Supply is constant, and is stated to be of good quality. It is not intended to act upon § 76 P. H. Act and § 51 L. G. Act till the new sewerage is laid down. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. 13, Bisley. (Gloucester- shire). Acts adopted under § 12, August 1864. JVo order under §17. The district is contermi- nous with the parish of Bis LEV. A. - 11,621 0 0 R. V. - £12,700 0 0 P. 4,692. H. D. R. There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. An honorary sur- vcyor. Inspector, lOZ. per annum, who has also other duties. No officer of health. Factory, &c. in- spector acts. No advice from a medical source. No regular in- spection. No inspection of food. No contribution to hospi- tals. No disinfecting. Coroner not a medical man. No registration of disease. iJpzcZemic disease not ascer- tained, except from the medical practitioners: their information acted upon. This means suf- ficient. No outbreak of disease since 1853. No unhealthy district. There is no public sewerage. Subsoil not waterlogged. Houses have ehher waterclosets or cesspools, which are gene- rally deodorised by lime. Water supply is from private wells only. Rainfall is utilized by tanks, &c. Very few tenements are without water. §76 P. H. A. and§5lL. G.A. have not been acted upon. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. Bowdon. (Cheshire). Acts adopted Jan. 1864, by resolu- tion of rate- payers under § 12. No order under §77. The district is contermi- nous with the township of Bowdon. A. - - 828 0 0 R. V. -a£l 5,677 11 7 - ''£3,119 5 1 P. (1861) 1,827. H. - 301; (60 added since 1861). D. R. (cannot ascertain). a To district rate. !> To highway rate. There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. [See No. 3.] Surveyor (inspects buildings), 20?. per annum; is also Inspector of Nuisances; 51. per annum. No health officer or inspector of workshops (not required). Medical advice not required. No regular inspec- healthy. No shops in dis- trict. No contribution to hospi- tals (none in district, one in adjoining town- ship). No disinfecting. Coroner is a solicitor. Guardians of the union (Altrincham) obtain sanitary reports. No registration of disease. District small, and well worked by the clergy. These means sufficient for a country district. threatened, the Board would take all needful steps. No outbreak of disease since 1853. No unhealthy district. Public sewerage is generally sufficient. Soil is sandy. Sewers are ventilated through cliarcoal. Sewers and house- drains are trapped. The sewage is collected in tanks. Solids sold to a farmer, who pays 51. 5s. per annum (in- cluding rent of land). Liquids drain into a neighbouring stream. Houses mostly have water- closets ; others ashpits. the sewers. Water supply is from the North Cheshire Water Com- pany, who purchase from the Manchester corporation. Water is laid on to each house, the supply is constoK*. Mainfall is utilized pri- vately. The supply on the whole is sufficient and good. There are no tenements without water. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed