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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    Action of the Board. 39-S:5. Works Expenditure. Audit. ^S-iS, S6, 60, 62, 63. Rates. SZ-Si, 56]£. Loans. 5S, 58-63.. Suggestions. 52., 6i. iwers as to streets and buildings as mder the general Acts are exercised, ,nd byelaws are about being framed nder §§ 32 and 34 L. G. Act. wrcrowding has arisen from want of yelaws. It is not easy to take mea- ures in consequence (1) of require- aent of certificate of two medical prac- itioners, and (2) of limitation to cases I'here there is more than one family in , house. iwers as to byelaws are practically the ame as those of Local Boards. No iflSculty in enforcing thera. lelaws do not regulate the duties of lerk or surveyor. None such are neces- ary. lisance removal powers are insufficient. Private improvement works should be allowed to be repaid by instalments other than annnal. The extensive system of branch sewerage has lowered the water level, and less- ened the death-rate from consumption. Not much local opposition. There was some to the irrigation scheme, but it was overcome. Two rates are levied. Borough Rate. A s. d. 1867- 8 - - 18,359 3 5 1868- 9, at 2s. in the ll. - 17,648 18 10 1869- 70, at 1.S-. lid.(esti- mated) - 17,141 12 0 Branch Sewers Rate. 1S67-8 - - 1,903 3 7 1868- 9, at4W. in the ll. ' - 1,924 11 9 1869- 70, at 4if/. (estimated)- 1,945 15 0 No difficulty in levying. Expenditure, 3 years. 1869-70. 1867-8. 1868-9. (estimated). & s. d. & s. d. & s. d. 1,039 9 4 771 11 5 850 0 0 8,133 11 9 9,260 4 10 9,750 0 0 4,054 2 2 4,063 6 10 4,250 0 0 1,913 19 4 1,856 13 9 1,909 4 0 3,076 S 2 3,070 13 8 4,057 11 1 1,760 3 8 1,178 5 7 1,013 13 4 Sewers, &c. Highways, &c. - Gas - Salaries - - - Annuitants, interest, and repayments Other expenses Accounts audited by Poor Law auditor, who resides about 10 miles off, and receives 61. 6s. per annum. He has no power to surcharge or disallow. Amount received for private works, 86/. 10s. Borrowing powers as under the General Acts. No difficulties have been experienced in obtaining loans. The condition that all loans must be paid off in 30 or even 50 years is very unfair in some cases: e.g., pur- chases of land (ex- cept for burial pur- poses), and of waterworks. Land and water exist, and are necessary for all time, and it is unfair to tax the present generation so highly for what must in the nature of things last, and be necessary for many generations. Amount borrowed, 65,850/., at 5, 4A, and 4 percent., from insurance compa nies. Amount repaid, 11,986/. 15s. 3^d. No sinking fund. Probably some modification of a vestry and Lo- cal Board would be the best au- thority for rural districts; if Highway Boards are continued, waywardens should be se- lected from among the mem- bers of the local authority. Difficulties arise from the law having to be sought for in so many different Acts. The proviso in §86 P. H. Act should be extended to cases where the public body con- structs a new sewer, which is paid for by the owners of pro- perty sewered. The owners ob- ject to construct the sewer and pay the rate; and if the pub- lic body con- struct the sewer, it may be years before the rate from property built on the line is sufiicient to recoup the ex- penses. Power should be given to local authorities to take the sewage of neighbouring local authorities by way of out- fall, on terms to be agreed on or to be settled; and much larger powers should be given for acquiring the works and pow- ers of \\ ater and gas companies. owers as to buildings conferred by byelaws framed from Model i'yelaws, issued by the General Board of Health ; they affect all buildings, and are be- lieved to be sufficient, and are exer- cised. Vb overcrowding from the operation of building byelaws. Byelaws, passed under ordinary powers possessed by local boards, have been enforced without difficulty. None re- gulate duties of clerk or surveyor. Suisance removal powers sufficient. No defects in respect of private improve- ment works. Previous to the application of the P. H. Act the death rate, on an average of the preceding 7 years, exceeded 23 per 1,000. No opposition to the execution of works, but the burden of the rates resulting from the works executed is very sensi- bly felt by the ratepayers. Expenditure, 3 years. £ .9. d. Sewers (about) - - 80 0 0 Streets - ' - - 160 0 0 Private improvement works 459 10 5 Salaries - - . 2,144 12 6 Repayments : Principal - - - 3,147 3 2 Interest - - 4,727 6 5 Law charges - 10 2 5 Accounts audited by Mr. Henry Mander, jun., schoolmaster; he resides in the district, and is paid 40/. per annum. No surcharges. General District Rate. £ s. d. April 1867, Is. id. - 4,625 19 1 Nov. 1857, Is. id. - 4,628 19 8 April 1868, Is. id. - 4,649 5 5 Nov. 1868, Is. id. - 4,649 5 5 April 1869, Is. 'S.d. - 4,129 15 9 IVater Rates. 1867 - - 3,926 14 1 1868 - - 3,861 11 9 1869 - - 4,010 17 5 Gasworks belong to a pri- vate company. Poor Rates. 1867, at 2s. 6d. 14,855 8 1 1868, at 2s. 8d. 16,143 5 7 1869, at 2s. Id. 15,757 9 11 No difficulty in levying. No receipts for pri- vate works. Bon-owing powers amount to one year's assessment to the district, in all about 96,552/.; they are at present suffi- cient- No difficulty expe- rienced in obtain- ing loans, except on the point of the rate of interest which, in respect to last loans, is ih per cent., and felt to be too large. Amount borrowed, 41,800/., viz.,38,300/. from Insurance Offices and 3,500/. from private indi- viduals. Amount repaid, 10,987/. 9s. Id. There is a sinking fund now amount- ing to 454/. ; on loan to the Coven- try and Warwick- shire Banking Com- pany at 5 per cent. No defects in the existing laws brouglit under notice, exceptin/i that they are not very midtifa- rious.