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. tT^ras. 1, a-lZ. 2-7, 49-501. 3.3-15,3.9. 16-lS, ao-28. 29-33:. 35-38, 57. &3. Slianklin. (Isle of Wiglit). L. G. Act adopted upon petition of the inhabitants, Avg. 1863. The district comprises parts of the parishes of Shanklin and Bka- BING. A. - - 241 0 0 R. V. - £5,967 10 6 P., fluctuating in winter, 1,500; in summer 3,000, more or less. H. in 1861, 140, now 350, and rapidly increasing. D. R. Ccannot tell). Tliere is no adjoining district wliich should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances (is also Surveyor and Turncock), 70/. per annum. There isnohealth officer. No ad- vice from a medical source. There is no re- gular system of inspection. No powers for the inspection of food. No contribution to hos- pitals. No disinfecting apparatus. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports ob- tained by the Guardians. No registration o f disease. No record of death or disease in public insti- tutions is published. No means for ascertaining epidemic. No special outbreak of disease since 1853. The district has been hitherto free from in- fectious diseases. No unhealthy district. Public sewerage is becoming insufficient, in consequence of the exhaustion of amount boiTowed, and rapid in- crease in building. Appli- cation is now being made for increase of borrowing power. The soil is dry and sandy. Sewers not trapped. House drains trapped. Sewage is discharged into the sea. Houses generally have water- closets, and drain into the sewers: greater provision will be made when the neces- sary means are procured. Water supply is by natura| k outflow through pipes fron K the rock above the level o |i the houses. Water is lai<! \ on to each house on applica tion from tlie owner or occu ! pier. Supply is constant j Rainfall is not utilized. There are no tenements with out water. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed' works. Entire expenditure for per-i i manent works of watei supply, 1,957/. 9s. 6c/. The supply is limited to the district, and the works are under the jurisdiction of the Local Board. ^9. Sidmoiitli. (Devonshire). L. G. Act adopted in 1863. . The district is coniermi- ■nous with the parish of SlDMOUTH. A. - - 1,539 0 0 R. V. - £11,389 0 0 P. ~ 3,400. H. - 738. D. R. 15-30. There is no adjoining district which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances. No advice from a medical source. Inspection is re- gularly made by the Inspector. Powers of inspect- ing food effi- cient. No hospital in the district. No disinfecting apparatus. Coroner not a medical man. No registration of disease. Epidemic ascertained from medical officer of the guardians ; means sufficient. Information given is acted on as far as prac- ticable. No record of death or disease is published. No special outbreak of disease since 1853. No unhealthy district. Public sewerage is not gene- rally suflicient. The whole district is not drained, and some of the drainage is very imperfect. Sewers are not ventilated. Sewers and house drains are trapped. Selvage, as far as the scheme is completed, flows into the sea at low- water level. Houses generally supplied with privies and cesspools, without flushing with water or deodorising. Houses gene- rally drain into the sewers, but the drainage in many cases is ineffective. Water supply is from springs: in adjoining hills and wells in various parts. Part is supplied from a private water company. : There are many tenements i without water. \ \ § 76 P.H.A., and § 51 L.G.A. have not been acted on. No abandoned works. 50. Soutliend. (Essex) L. G. Act adopted Ju/i/ 1866. The boundaries of the district were defined when the Act was adop- ted. It is not conter- minous with Poor Law parishes. A., about 2,400 0 0 R. V. -£11,600 0 0 P. estimated at 2,500. (Census not taken sepa- rately for the district). H. D. R. (no answer). There is no adjoining district which should be included. Inspector of Nui- sances, health officer. No i?i- spector VHider Factory Act. No advice from a medical source. No regular system of inspection. No contribution to hospi- tals. No disinfecting appa- ratus. Coroner not a medical man. No sanitary reports ob- tained by the guardians. No registration of disease. No means for ascertain- ing presence of epidemic disease. No record of death, or disease in public insti- tutions is published. There was an outbreak of cholera in 1866. Public sewerage and drainage is not sufficient. Senmge is generally discharged into the sea. Houses are generally supplied with cesspools; they are not deodorised; the greater pro- portion are without means of communication with the sewers. Water supply is by water-' works. Water is not laid on to each house. No abandoned works. Waterworks are not imder the jurisdiction of the local authority. 51. Soutb Hornsey. (INIiddlcsex). Acts adopted under § 12,3Imj 1865. No order under §•77. The district consists of a part of the parish of Hornsey. A. (about) - 195 0 0 R.V. - £34,614 0 0 P. (estimated) 8,000. H. upwards of 900; a great number have been built since 1861. D. R. (no means of knowing this). There is no adjoining district which should be included. The adjoining districts are either under a Local Board or form part of the B'letropolis. [See No. 29.] Inspector of Nui- sances (who is also Surveyor of the highways), 100/. per annum. No health officer. No advice from a medical source. No necessity for any systematic inspection. Powers of inspect- ing foodefficient. No contribution to hospi- tals. None in the dis- trict, but the German Hospital in the imme- diate vicinity. Small- pox hospital admits pa- tients on payment of two guineas. No public disinfecting apparatus. Burnett's or Condy's fluid is used, and also chloride of lime for sewers. Coroner was a medical man. The board is not the au- thority under the Dis- eases Prevention Act. No special outbreak of disease since 1853. At the time of the cholera there was not a single case in the district. Public sewerage and, drainage excellent, being connected with the Metropolitan main drainage system. No water- logged soil. Sewers are venti- lated by air shrifts in tlie centre of the road; house ■ drains by rain-water pipes. House drains and sewers care- fully trapped. Houses generally have waier- closets, and drain into the sewers. Water supply from mains of i the New River Company, 1 wlu'ch is turned on every day (Sunday excepted) for about half an hour. Supply suflicient, and of good qua- lity. Paiivfall not utilized. There are no tenements without water supply. No abandoned works.