Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the township of Bishop Auckland in the county of Durham / by Thomas Webster Rammell, Superintending Inspector.

  • Rammell, Thomas Webster
Date:
1853
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the township of Bishop Auckland in the county of Durham / by Thomas Webster Rammell, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Pa Opening Proceedings - - - - - .5 General Description - - - - 6 Houses and Population—Rating ... -8 Industry—Coal Works—Wages - ... 9 Vital Statistics - - .... 9 Government—No Local Act ..... - 10 Turnpike and other Roads—Lighting - - 10 Drainage—Surface and Subsoil Water • - . -11 Refuse Drainage—Description of existing Drains - - 11 Insufficiency of existing Drains—Several Districts wholly un- drained - - . _ _ - -12 Deficiency of Privy Accommodation - - - 13 Nuisances - - _ ... 13 Outlying Districts - ... 14 Water Supply—Insufficient - - . - 15 Analysis of Waters - - - _ -16 Dwellings op the Labouring Classes - - - - 18 Crowded State of Lodging-houses - - - - 18 Sanitary Condition—Medical Evidence - - - - 21 Haunts of Fever and other Diseases - - -' - 22 Charges for Sick Relief .... - 23 Burial Grounds - - . . _ -23 Summary op Conclusions - - _ - - - 24 Recommendations - - - . _ . - 26 [88] A 2