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. Water Supply, &c. ! qns. 3., 8-1.2. 2-7, 49-50. 13-15, 19. 16-18, 20-28. 29-34. 35-38, 57. 31. Xlfracomltje. (Devonshire). P. H. Act applied upon petition of the inhabitants, April 1851. No order under §77. The district is contermi- nous with the parish of Ilfkacojibe. A. - 5,583 0 0 R. V. - £18,154 10 0 P. - 3,802. H. - 700. D. R. - 18. There is no adjoining dis- trict which sliould be included. Survci/or, 65L In- spector, 251. No officer of health No factory in- spector, or in- spector under the Workshops Act. No certi- fying surgeon. No advice from a medical source. No regular in- spection. Powers for in- spection of food are efficient. No contribution to hosjn- tah. No disinfecting appa- ratus. Coroner is a solicitor. No sanitary reports ob- tained by guardians ex- cept through the reliev- ing officers, who are appointed inspectors of nuisances. No registration of disease. Epidemic disease only as- certained througli In- spector of Nuisances; means not sufficient. Information given is immediately acted upon. No outbreak of disease since 1853. The quay in the district of St. Philip and St. James is affected by fever, caused by bad drainage. Public sewerage is now com- plete. Sewers are not ventilated. House drains are trapped. Sewage is emptied into the sea at low-water level. Houses generally have water- closets or privies capable of being flushed. Houses generally drain into the sewers. Water supply is by gravitation! from a stream free from pol-i lution. Supply is laid on to; each house and is constant,' sufHcient, and good. i Rainfall is utilized. No tene- ments without water. § 76 P. H. A. and § 51 L. 0.: A. have been acted upon and found sufficient. i No abandoned works. ' No imperfectly constructed works. Waterworks are under the' .jurisdiction of the Local Board. Waterworks are within area; no outside district is sup-i plied. 32. Xnce-in- BXaker&eld. (Lancashire). L. G. Actadopted under § 12, Sept. 1866. No order under § 77. Sanitary Acts were previously carried out by nuisance re- moval commit- tees and board of highways. The district is contermi- nous with the parish of Ince-in-Makerfield. A. - 2,320 0 0 R. V. - £36,840 9 8 P. (1861) 8,266. H. - - 1,533. There has been a great increase in labourers dwellings since 1861. D. R. (cannotascertain). There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. Surveyor, 251. per annum. Cle>-k and Inspector of JVuisances, 501, per annum. No advice from a medical source. No regular sys- tem of inspec- tion, other than monthly reports by nuisance in- spector. No inspection of food. No contribution to hos- pitals. No disinfecting appara- tus. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports ob- tained by guardians for some years back. No registration of disease. Epidemic disease ascer- tained through nuisance inspector and parish medical officers; means sufficient. Information given is acted upon. No recor d of death or dis- ease published. There was an outbreak of C%o/«ra in 1866. No difficulty in meeting outbreak. The want of pure water was much felt, and is eg still, by the working population. Public sewerage was bad, but since adoption of Acts exten- sive works have been exe- cuted, and are being con- tinued. New buildings are not allowed imless the subsoil can be well drained. Sewers are not ventilated. All NEW Aoase drai7is are trapped. House sewage is turned into brooks, &c. Contents of pri- vies, &c., and drainage of stables, shippons, &c., are not admitted into the sewers. Houses have cesspools or ash- pits, which are cleansed by the Local Board, and disinfect- ing power is plentifully used. Houses drain into sewers. No waterworks have been constructed, but a scheme is under consideration. Pre- sent supply is by water pumped out of coal mine. Water is not laid on to each house. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. 1,500/. has been spent on per- manent works of water sup- ply- No outside district is supplied Present temporary source ii within the district. 33. Xieaming'- ton. (Warwickshire). P.H. Actapplied by provisional order, June 1852. 1 The district is contermi- nous with the parish of Leamington (in the Warwick Poor Law Union). A. - - 1,571 0 0 R. V. - £102,750 5 0 P. (1861) - 17,454. H. ; about 700 have been added since year 1861. D. R.; no means of ascer- taining. The adjoininghocaX Board districts of Milverton and Lillington should be incorporated; they are to all intents one district, and would benefit by one water supply, sewage works, sewers, and public con- tracts for street repairs, cleansing, watering, and gas supply. [See No. 34.] Inspector of Nui- sances (who is also Superinten- dent of Police), 250/. per annum. Surveyor, 350Z. per animm; town surveyor and manager of waterworks. An inspector under Work- shops and Fac- tory Acts acts in district. No advice from a medical source. Inspector of nui- sances reports to the Local Board any nuisance in his district. No complaints as to quality of food. No contribution to hos- pitals. There is a hos- pital in the town ad- mitting infectious cases, supported by voluntary contributions. Disinfecting by charcoal filters over man-holes. Sewers are kept flushed witli water. Infected patients are conveyed in public conveyances. Coroner of tlie district was originally a solici- tor. Guardians have appoin- ted inspectors of nui- sances. No tegistration of disease. Epidemic disease ascer- tained through Poor Law medical officer. A medical officer for health in all towns would be better. In- formation received is acted upon. No record of death or disease in public institu- tions is published. No special outbreak of disease for many years. No unhealthy district. Public seiverage is sufficient. No soil needing restriction against building. Sewers ventilated by gratings in centre of streets with char- coal filters. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Sewage works of the town are now let to the Native Guano Company, who treat the sew- age by their patent A. B. C. process. The board has made arrangements with the Earl of Warwick to let the sewage of the district for irrigation purposes. Proceeds of sewage about 250?. per annum. Houses are supplied with waterelosets. Cesspools and ashpits are required to be covered over. All houses drain into sewers. Water supply from summit reservoirs to which the fil- tered (unpolluted) river water is pumped. Supply constant. Rainfall is utilized privately. ;There are no tenements with- out water. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. Waterworks are under the jurisdiction of the local au- thority ; the Local Board dis- tricts of Milverton and Lil- lington are supplied with water.