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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    1 Constitution of Local Autliority. III Cf T*l i^f C Officers. jMedical Advice. Inspection. Hospital Accommoda- tion. Treatment, &c. of Disease. Sewerage, &c. Water Supply, &c. qns. 3., S-2.2. 3.3-15, 19. 3.6-lS, ao-28. S9-34t. 1 35-38, 57. j '7Z, Bj'istol. (City and county). The town council are tlie local board. Tliere are' Local Improvement Acts of 1840 and 1847. Tlie P. H. Act was applied by provisional or- der, Aiigt. 1851. No provisional or- der under § 17. The cHi/ and count:/ of BaisToi. consists of 22 entirepai-ishes and parts of two others. A. - - 4,683 0 0 R. V. -£591,625 0 0 P. (1861) 154,093. H. - - 25,276. A very large number of small houses has been built since 1861. (■1867 - 23 D. R. 4 1868 - 23 1.1869 ■ - 24 Clerk, 5501. per annum ; Sur- vei/nr, 700/. ; Medical Inspec- tor, 200/.; Nui- sance do., 150/. ; 4 Sub-inspectors, 91/. each. There is a regular system of in- spection. No difficulty as to inspection of food. No contribution to hospi- tals. None but union fever hospitals for pau- pers admit infectious cases. No disinfecting appara- tus. Sewers are charged with chemical disinfec- tants as occasion may require. Infected jyatients are con- veyed, (1) paupers, in luiion ambulances; (2) others in a carriage pro- vided by the board. Coroner is a solicitor. No registration of disease. Since Jan. 1870 a weekly return of deaths in the district has been re- ceived by the Board of Health; by this and the inquiries carried on by the medical inspec- tor, little difficulty is found in getting early information of epidemic disease. These means are sufficient; the in- formation given is im- mediately acted on. Inl854 and 1866 there was Asiatic cholera; 1864-5, typhtis fever. In 1832, 1849, and 1854 cholera prevailed in special districts. The cause -was ascertained and removed. In 1866 that disease did not prevail in special dis- tricts. Public sewerage is sufficient. All sewers arc more than 3 ft. below the lowest floor. There is no ventilation of sewers. The sewers and house drains are carefully trapped. All sewage is discharged by gravitation into the tidal river. Houses generally have -K-ater- closets or privies capable of being flushed with water. There are only a few isolated cesspits and no ashpits or earth closets. Houses generally drain into the sewers. Water supply is by a private - corhpany from springs and wells in the Mendip Hills. Wateris laid on to each house, and the supply is constant. Rainfall is utilised in large ', reservoirs. The water is ; good. ■ No tenements (it is believed) are without a supply. 5 76 P. H. Act and « 51 L. G. Act have been acted on in I several instances. No abandoned works. No imperfectly constructed 1 works. 73. Surton- vipon-Trent. (Staffordshire). L. G. Act wholly adopted by reso- lutionunder§ 12, Sept. 1863. The Burton-upon- Trent Town Commissioners are also the Local Board. FourProvisional Orders have si nee been made re- specting the dis - trict under S 77. ! 1 The district comprises the township or borough ofBuHTON-UPON-TRENT, and parts of the toivn- slllpx of HOKNINGTON and Burton extka. A. - - 1,510 0 0 R. V. - £85,000 0 0 P. (about) 20,000. H. (1861) 2,788 (now) 4,198. p868 - 18-65 D. R.^ 1869 - 21-35 (.1870 - 21-3 There is no adjoinmg dis- trict which should be included. Clerk, 275Z. per annum. Sur- veyor, 200/. In- spector of Nui- sances, ] 00/.; these officers are obliged to de- vote the whole of their time to the duties of their offices. There is no health officer. There is an in- spector under the Factory Act, and a certifying surgeon. When necessary, advice upon sani- tary matters is received from medical sources. There is a regular system of inspec- tion of the dis- trict. The powers for inspecting food are efficient. No contributions to hos- pitals; there is no hos- pital in the district where infectious cases are admitted. No public disinfecting apparatus ; no plan has been used for disin- fecting sewers. No necessity has existed for the conveyance of patients suffering under infectious diseases. Coroner is a solicitor. The extent of the action taken by the guardians in obtaining sanitary reports of their districts is not known. Registration of disease has not been attempted. The presence of any epidemic in the district ascertained by com- munication with the medical men; these means are sufficient. No epidemic has yet ex- isted. The only record of deaths in public institutions is that made under 6 & 7 Wm. IV., c. 86. There has not been any special outbreak of dis- ease since 1853. No unhealthy district. Sewerage and drainage gene- rally sufficient. The sewers are partly ventilated by rain- pipes, and, with house drains, are carefully trapped. The sewage is conveyed out of the district, about two miles, into tanks ; the solid matter is then extracted and sold for manure ; the liquid matter, after being deodorized, is allowed to flow into the river Trent. The amount realized by the sale of sewage amounts to 86/. 12s. 3d. (2 years). Some houses have waterclosets flushed with water, but gene- rally water-tight cesspools, with covered ashpits, prevail. The houses generally drain into the public sewers. The natural underground supply of water is large and of excellent quality. It is collected in wells. The dis- trict is also supplied by the South Stafford Waterworks, Water is not laid on to each house, but there is a constant supply. The rainfall is utilized by tanks in private houses. The supply is generally suffl- j cient, and is of good quality,. No tenements without water i supply and needing it. § 76 P. H. Act, and § 51 L. G, Act, have been acted upon, ' and found sufficient. ' No abandoned works. ; No imperfectly constructed works.