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. IVdedical Advice, Inspection. Hospital Accommoda- tion. Treatment, &c., of Disease. ScwcragGj Sec. Water Supply, &c. Qns. 1, 8-12,. 2-7, 49-SO. a.3-15,19. 3.6-18, 20-28. 29-34. 35-38, 57. Okeliamp- ton. (Devonshire). P. H. and L. G. Acts adopted under § 12 in 1864. The district is the borough of Okehampton, and part only of the parish of Okehampton. A. - - 502 2 24 R. V. - £2,675 18 4 P. - 1,500. H. - 428 in the parish, three-fourths of which are estimated to be in the borough ; the number has increased since 1861. (1867 - 17. D. R. .^ 1868 - 16. (.1869 - 26. There is no district which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances and <S'?(r- veyor, at 51. No health officer. No inspector under the Fac- tory or Work- shops Acts in the district. No certifying surgeon. No medical assis- tance, except in a special case. There is a regular system of in- spection. Food inspection powers efficient, if carried out. No contribution to hos- pitals. No disinfecting appa- ratus. No cases of infectious diseases have been known. Coroner not a medical man. Guardians obtain sani- tary reports of their districtsfrom theCounty Police Superintendents (who are their Nuisance Inspectors), at a cost of 16/. 13s. 8d. per annum. No registration of disease. The existence of epi- demic disease would be ascertained by the Poor Law medical officer. Means sufficient; the information given would be acted on imme- Sewerage and drainage are defective. Sewers and house drains are not trapped. Sewage drains into the river. Houses generally are not sup- plied with watcrclosets. Those within a hundred feet of the public sewers drain into them. Water supply is obtained from wells collected in a reservoir. It is not laid on to each house. The supply, ! except during a drovight, is co?istani, and water good. There are tenements without' water supply, and needing it, but this will be remedied. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. diately. No record published of disease or death. Fever was very virulent in 1866, but it was stamped out. Fever is prevalent in some parishes of the union, but not within the area of the Local Board. 42. Oldbury. (Worcestershire). t'. H. Act applied by provisional order in 1857. The district comprises parts of the townships of Oldedry and Wak- LEY WiGGERN. A. - - 1,600 0 0 R.V. - £45,646 0 0 P. 18,000. H. (no great increase since 1861) 3,200. D. R. (no answer). There is no adjoining district which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances, 40/. Clerk, 651. Sur- veyor of High- ways, 60/. Rate Collector, 3 per cent, commis- sion. No health officer. Factory inspector and certifying surgeon act. No advice from a medical source. There is no regular system of inspection. There is a diffi- culty in getting a competent person to pro- nounce upon the fitness of food. No disinfecting appara- tus. Carbolic acid is used oc- casionally. No particular mode of conveyance for infected persons. Coroner is an attorney. No sanitary reports ob- tained by guardians. No registration of disease by the Local Hoard, No means of ascertaining presence of epidemic disease. No record of death or disease in public insti- tutions published. There is no public sewerage. Subsoil in part of the parish is waterlogged; building thereon can be restrained. Sewage is sold to farmers in its mixed state as taken from ashpits. No change made in the method. For two years the removal has been done by the parish (? owners), and is almost self-supporting. It used to cost the board 400/. per annum. Houses have privies and ash- pits : a few have cesspools. Water supply is part by the South Staffordshire water-, works, and part by private pumps. Supply is not con- stant. Rainfall is not utilized. There are tenements without water, which need it. § 76 P. H. Act and § 51 L. G. Act have not been acted upon. Plans for a general system of sewerage have been made, but the carrying out aban- doned on account of the cost. ! No imperfectly constructed! works. 43. Penritli. ^Cumberland). P. H. Act applied by Order in Council, June. 1851. The district is conter- minous with the parish of Penrith. A. - 7,663 0 0 R.V. - £37,186 0 0 P. (1861) 7,946. H. (1861) 1,721; (162 erected since 1861). D. R. (not known). There is no adjoining district which should be included. Clerk, 80/. per an. Surveyor and Inspector of Nui- sances, 125/. Collector, 60/. Surveyor has been appointed under the Work- shops Act, 1867. No certifying surgeon. No advice from a medical source. Committees of the boai-d make periodical in- spections of the district. No difficulty in inspecting food. No hospital in the dis- trict. No disinfecting appara- tus. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports ob- tained by guardians. No registration of disease. No means of ascertain- ing epidemic disease. No record published of death or disease in any public institutions. The local authority have not hadoccasion to exer- cise any powers on the outbreak of any disease. No particularly un- healthy district. .Public sewerage is sufficient. No proper ventilation of sewers; rain pipes to a very small extent: the man-hole and lamp-hole covers are the only means. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Sewage is used for irrigating. No difficulty in disposing; proceeds 7iil. Houses generally have water- closets; the privies are not capable of being flushed. Houses generally drain into the sewers. Water supply is from the river Eamont (unpolluted). Supply is constant, laid on to nearly every house, and is of excellent quality. Rain- fall is not utilized. When any tenement without water is discovered, the board re- quires water to be laid on under the sections, which have been found sufficient. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works. Total expenditure for works of water supply, 11,892/., which are within the area and under jurisdiction of the local authority. No outside district is supplied. 44. Betford, West. (Nottingham). P. H. Act applied by Order in Council in 1850. The district is conter- minous with the parish of West Retford. A. - - 928 2 16 R. V. - £4,496 18 7 P. - 630. H. - 167. D. R. (no answer). Tliere is no adjoining dis- trict which should be included. [See No. 109.] Chairman, Clerk, Surveyor, In- spector of Nui- sances, Trea- surer. (No answer to questions 14,15, 19.) Coroner is a lawyer. Means of ascertaining epidemic sufficient. No record of death or disease in public insti- tutions is published. No outbreak of disease since 1853. No un- healthy district. (No answer to questions 16-18, 21-23, 25.) Public, sewerage is sufficient. Sewers are ventilated by rain pipes. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Sewage is discharged into neighbouring streams. Houses are supplied with water- closets and privies, and drain into sewers. Water supply is by wells and pumps ; there is a plentiful supply of water. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed works.