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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    —. Action of the Board. Works Expenditure. Audit. Rates. Loans. Suggestions. 39-45. 46-'3:8, 56, €0, e2, 63. SZ-Si, 56k. 55, 58-61. 51, 64. Powers as to streets and buildings, as 1 given by the Acts, are exercised. i.Vo overcrowding tlierefrom. No mea- 1 sures taken to prevent this, except in i common lodging-houses. \3yelaws have recently been made. No ' difficulty as yet in enforcing them. (Copy sent.) They do not regulate the duties of the clerk or surveyor, ifhe difficulty as to nuisance removal powers is in ascertaining tlie existing ; powers. The sanitary laws should ' be simplified and consolidated. No works of private improvement have been enforced. There has been no local opposition; the inhabitants generally are anxious for a good system of sewerage. Expenditure 3 years. [In consequence of the passing of the Lee Conservancy Act, which involved the necessity of a new system of sewer- age, and works for the disposal of sewage, public works have been in abeyance.] Salaries, 181?. per annum. - Accounts audited by the Poor Law auditor, who resides about 30 miles off, and receives 21. 2s. per annum. No surcharges. General District Rate. (Only rate levied.) £ s. d. 1867- 8, 2s. - 1,890 0 0 1868- 9, 2s. 2c?.- 2,050 0 0 1869- 70, 2s. 9c?. 2,650 0 0 Poor Rates. About 3,600?. per annum ; 3s. 2c?., 3s. 2c?., and 3s. No difficulty in levying. No receipts for pri- vate works. No loans have yet been contracted, but the Local Board must shortly borrow to a large amount; (1) for de- fraying the cost of sewerage, water, &c., and (2) for the purchase of land to be used for irriga- tion. It is probable that these loans will not amount to one year's assess- able value of the district (25,000?.); they must under the existing law be paid off within 30 years. The amount to be invested in land will probably exceed 8,000?. The ratepayers will be compelled to liqui- date this during the next 30 years, and the land will then devolve upon their successors free from incumbrance. Other local autho- rities who have ob- tained land on lease will escape this burden altogether. It would be a salutary amendment of the laws to empower Local Boards to borrow on permanent mortgage the sums to be invested in the purchase of land. Byelaws apply to new houses only ; they are sufficient, and generally observed. No overcrowding from the operation of byelaws. No measures taken as to this. Byelaws made under the Acts define duties of clerk, &c. (Copy sent.) iNuisance removal powers are sufficient. No defects in respect of private improve- ment works. No works have been undertaken. Expenditure, 3 years. £ s. d. Salaries - - - - 146 9 10 Highway repairs, &c. - 1,124 8 4 Accounts audited by Poor Law auditoi', who resides 16 miles off. No surcharges. (Two rates are levied.) General District Rate. £ s. d. 1866, at 4d. - 105 0 0 1867, at 2c?. - 52 10 0 1868, at 2d. ■■ 52 15 0 Highway Rates. £ s. d. 1866, at 6c?. - 270 8 3 1867, at 8(^. - 319 0 2 1868, at 10c?. - 368 10 0 Poor Rates. Cannot answer. No difficulty in levying. No receipts for pri- vate works. Borrowing poivers as under the Acts. Amount borrowed nil. !^See answer from Stroud, No. 52.) Powers, as to streets and buildings, con- ferred by the Acts, and byelaws made thereunder. 2Vb overcrowding. Byelaws made under sec. 34. (Copy sent.' Powers are exercised. No difficulty in enforcing byelaws. None made as to duties of clerk, &c. Sfuisance removal powers are sufficient. No defects in respect of private improve- ment works. No statistics to show improvement in condition of the population. No opposition to the execution of works. Expenditure, 3 years. £ s. d. Sewers - •■ - - 280 4 5 Streets - - - . 1,201 8 8 Cab-stands - - - 57 14 4 Private improvement works 758 8 0 Salaries - - - - 322 2 10 Repayments: Principal - - - 275 0 0 Interest - - - - 269 10 0 Law charges . - - 105 6 0 Other expenses - - 837 9 1 .Accounts audited by Poor Law auditor who resides 20 miles off, and receives 6/. 6s. per ann. Only one surcharge made (1?. 15s. 6^.), and this was afterwards reversed. General District Rate. £ s. d. 1866- 7, at Is. 4c?. 871 8 0 1867- 8, „ 916 15 11 1868- 9, „ 900 4 5 Highway Rate. (In parts where general dis- trict rate not levied.) £ s. d. 1866- 7, at 10c?. 114 11 3 1867- 8, „ 141 0 10 1868- 9, „ 120 12 7 Poor Rates. £ s. d. 1866- 7, at 10c/. 686 18 5 1867- 8, at 12c?. 833 8 11 „ at 6d. 417 13 4 louo—y,aL la.ou. i,owt d / No difficulty in levying. Amount received for private works, 746?. Is. 8c?. Borrowing pnivers un- der the Acts suffi- cient. No difficulty in obtaining, or re- luctance to borrow, money. Amount borrowed, 2,750?. (two loans), at 31 per cent., for sewerage works, from Public Works Loan Commission- ers. Amount re- paid, 366?. 13s. 4c?. No sinking fund. 1 No defects in the existing laws brought under notice. 26103, c