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. 39-45. Works Expenditure. Audit. '16.48, 56, 60, 62, 63. Hates. 52-54, 56k. Loans. 55, 58-61. Suggestions. 51, 64. fowers as to buildings conferred by the Acts are exercised. 0 overcrowd'mg from the operation of Ibyelaws. Ko measures taken as to this. yelnivs made under the Acts define duties of clerk, &c. uisance removal powers are sufficient. No private improvement vcorks or exten- sive works at all have been undertaken. No opposition to the execution of works. Expenditure, 3 years. & s. Sewers - - - - 492 10 Repairing streets, &c. - 617 18 Salaries - - - - 360 0 Repayments: Principal and interest - 109 0 0 Accounts audited by Poor Law auditor, who resides about 28 miles off, and is paid 51. per annum. No surcharges. General District Rate. (Only rate levied.) £ • s. 1866- 7, 8a!. - 899 0 1867- 8, Sd. - 910 8 1868- 9, 8rf. - 920 0 Poor Rates. £ s. Eachyearat2s. 1,512 15 No difficulty in levying. No receipts for pri- vate works. Borrowing powers as under the Acts. jimount harrowed, 5001., from a private person, at 6percent., for sewerage works. 272^. 124'. has been paid off on account of principal and interest. No sinking fund. L. G. Act the best for all districts. Committees under the N. R. and San. Acts don't work well. The constitution of local boards of health is very good. We have had no difficulty during 19 years. Where a person having a right of drainage into another per- son's property creates a nuisance, and sends it into a neighbour's premises, the person on whose premises it is found, and who does not create it, is bound to remove it ; but the person who creates it should, if possible, be made to contribute towards the abate- ment. )wers for the regulation of streets and •uildings are quite sufficient, b overcrowding from the operation of )yelaws ; no measures taken as to this, rclaws made under the L. G. Act. There are none defining the duties )f the clerk or surveyor. (Copy sent.) aisance removal powers sufficient. There has been difficulty in collect- ing the repayments, for private im- provement works, arising chiefly from a want of priority of claim upon pro- perty. There has been a marked improvement in the sanitary condition of the popula- tion since paving and sewerage works were executed. No opposition to the execution of works. Private works Salaries Repayments : Principal Interest Law charges - Expenditure, 3 years, improvement £ 19,173 17 1,167 0 2,850 0 2,770 6 61 13 Accounts audited by Poor Law auditor, who resides 14 miles from the dis- trict, and receives 12/. 12s. for his services. There was one surcharge in the year 1867 of 29/. 2s. 'id. reversed on appeal. General District Rate. (Only rate levied). £ s. d. 1867, at Is. 6rf. in ll. - - 2,728 1 1 1868, at 2s. in 1/. - - 4,300 16 4 1869, atls. Sd. in 1/. - - 4,116 4 4 Poor Rates. lS67,at2s.8d in 1/. - - 4,798 1 2 1868, at 4s. in 1/. - - 8,184 2 0 1869, at 3s. in 1/. - - 7,243 14 7^ There has been some diffi- culty in levying on account of want of priority of claim. Amount received for private works. 1867 1868 1869 £ s. d. - 2,522 18 10 - 3,270 6 10 - 3,440 0 3 See Memorial. No limit to borrowing powers. No difficulties in obtaining loans. There has been great reluctance shown in borrowing money for private im- provements on account of the rate of interest, 5 per cent., as more cannot be charged to property owners, leaving all the expenses of surveying, &c. to be charged on the district rate. These expenses ou^ht to be a legal charge on owners of private property. Amount borrowed, 35,300Z., (25,000/. at 3 per cent., 10,000/. at 5 per cent.,) from Public Works Loan Office. Amount repaid, 3,416?. 13s. Ad. No sinking fund. owers as to buildings by byelaws, which iffect all buildings; they are exercised ind found sufficient. b overcrowding from the operation of jyelaws ; no measures are taken as to his. jwers as to byelaws under Acts have 3een found sufficient, and are enforced without difficulty; byelaws define duties 9f clerk, &c. (Copy sent.) uisance removal powers are sufficient. No defects in respect of private improve- ment works. There has been a general improvement in condition of the population from the v/orks which have been under- taken. No opposition to the execution of works. £ s. d. Sewers 171 4 11 Repairing roads - Water supply 522 19 5 219 7 0 Other public works 421 4 0 Salaries - 602 8 0 Repayments: Principal - 1,086 13 4 Interest - 1,183 17 4 Law charges 8 2 6 Other expenses - - 1,993 4 9 (Four separate rates are made.) General District Rate. £ s. d. „ f 767 T' ') Dec. 1866, at 2s. ] joq j Oct, 1867, at Is. id'. 587 13 10 Mar. 1868, at \s.Ad. 586 4 10 Jan. 1869, at Is. ■id. (part uncollected) 309 3 9 Private Improvement Rate. £ s. d. 1866 - - 27 13 9 1867 - - 23 5 7 1868 - - 14 17 8 1866 1867 1868 Water Rates. 183 IS 5 - 234 8 11 251 10 1 Accounts audited by Poor Law auditor, who resides about 30 miles off, and is paid 2/. 12s. 6d. One surcharge in 1867, 100/., being the cost of the temporary small-pox hos- pital ; surcharge reversed on appeal. Loan Rates. (Made over whole parish, being the original district.) £ s. d. July 1866, at ls.3(/. 775 19 1 June 1867, a t ls.2d. 707 6 2 July 1868, at Is. 2d. 687 3 5 No difficulty in levying. Poor Rates. £ s. d. 1866, at 3s. - 2,586 13 6 1867, at 4s. 2d. 3,807 1 6 1868, at 3s. 2d. 2,887 8 3 Amount received for private works, 74/. 19s. \0d. Borrowing powers under Act sufficient. No difficulty in ob- taining, or reluc- tance to borrow, money ; rate 5 per cent. Amount borrowed, 500/., from a private person; 3,500/. from a public company. Amount repaid, 1,883/. 6s. M. No sinking fund. The overseers and guardians of the poor should be the local autho- rity for sanitary matters in rural districts. No defects in existing laws brought under notice. 36103. D