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. qns. 1,8-12. Districts. 2-7, 49-50. OflScers. Medical Advice. Inspection. 2.3-15,19. Hospital Accommoda- tion. Treatment, &c., of Disease. ie-18, 20-28. Sewerage, &c. 29-34. Water Supply, &c. 35-38, 57. 34.Iiillm^on. (Warwickshire). L. G. Act adopted under § 12, July 1859. No order under § 77. SS.Xltcburcb. (Derbyshire). P.H. Act andL.G. Act adopted under § 12, May 1866. The district is contermi- nous with the parish of LirXINGTON. A. - - 1,305 1 0\ R. V. £10,179 1 9 P. - - 480. H. (90 in 1861) 111. D. R. (no answer). There are three adjoining Local Boards, viz.: Lea- mington, LlLLINGTON, and MiLVERTON. The latter boards were formed to avoid being annexed to Leaming- ton. [See No. 33.] There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances is also Surveyor, at 521. per annum. No inspector under Factory or Workshops Acts. No certifying surgeon. No advice from a medical source. There is no regu- lar inspection. No inspector of food, there is not a shop or public-house in Lillington. The district is conter- mnous with tlie totvn- ship of LiTCHURCH. A. - - 726i 0 0 R. V. -£30,262 7 3 P. - - 10,850. H.; there has been a great increase since 1861. D. R. (no answer). There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. [See No. 79.] Inspector of Nui- sances, 301. per annum. Sur- veyor, 501. per annum, who report upon nuisances and give notices for their removal. No officer of health. No inspector un- der the Factory or Workshops Acts. No certi- fying surgeon. One of the board is a medical man. Powers of inspec- ting food are sufficient(?),but there is great difficulty in ob- taining convic- tions against persons who have unsound and bad food in their possession. No contribution to hos- pitals. Infectious cases are ad- mitted into a hospital in the district without payment. No disinfecting appa- ratus. No sanitary reports by guardians. No registration of disease. No means for ascertain- ing presence of an epi- demic. No record of death or disease in public insti- tutions is published. No unhealthy district. No contribution to hos- pitals. No hospital in the district, but the Derbyshire General In- firmary is within a few yards of the boundary. No disinfecting appara- tus. Sewers are flushed when necessary, and lime has been used. Coroner (for 30 years) is a solicitor. No registration of disease by Local Board. Epidemic disease ascer- tained from the board of guardians and their officers; means suffi- cient. Board would (should the case arise) act upon information. A record of the deaths is made, and included in the weekly returns of the Derby Local Board. Public sewerage is sufficient. Sewers are ventilated in part. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Sewage is discharged into the sewers of the Leamington Local Board district, and is about being pumped on to land of Lord Warwick by the Leamington board. Houses have waterclosets; in a few cases there are ashpits. Houses drain into the sewers. Water supply is from the Lea- mington waterworks; is of good quality. There are no tenements without water. § 76 P. H. Act and § 51 L. G. Act have not been acted upon. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. till lEIll The board are now construct- ing a system of main sewer- age within their district. Sewers are not ventilated. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Sewage at present discharged into the river and partly into dead waters ; by the new system the sewage will be filtered before passing into the river, and the dis- charge into the dead waters will be entirely done away with. Houses generally have water- closets or privies with cess- pools, which are deodorised with ashes and refuse. Houses generally drain into the sewers. Water supply, by a system of waterworks, in the hands of a company. It is not laid on to each house. The supply has not been very good, but the company are laying down new pipes to meet the larger demand. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. 36< XiUdgvan. (Cornwall). Acts adopted upon petition of the inhabitants,./«Ke 1864. The district is conter- minous with the parish of Ludgvan. A. - - 4,644 0 0 R. V. - £7,788 18 8 P. - - 3,480. H. (no cliange) 605. D. R. 1867, 13^; 1868, 16A.; 1869, 18^. There is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances, 401. per annum. No inspector un- der the Factory or Workshops Acts. No cer- tifying surgeon. No advice from a medical source. The district is occasionally vi- sited by mem- bers of the board and the inspec- tor. No contribution to hos- pitals. No disinfecting ap^ajaXus. Infected patients are conveyed in the van of the union. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports by guardians. No registration of disease. Seldom any epidemic dis- ease requiring inspec- tion. No record published of death or disease in public institutions. No outbreak of disease since 1853. No special disease except the consumption inciden- tal to miners. Parish does not require sewer- age on account of the dryness of the soil. All houses have not water- closets, but they are being enforced. Water supply is by streams, into which drainage does not empty. There are no tenements without water supply. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. No expenditure on permanent works of water siipply.