First report. : Minutes of evidence taken before the Commissioners appointed to inquire whether any and what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metropolis.

  • Great Britain. Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Date:
1847
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Credit: First report. : Minutes of evidence taken before the Commissioners appointed to inquire whether any and what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metropolis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    No. 9 T. Taylor, Esq. 24 MINUTES of EVIDENCE taken before the ' Second part of Little Collingwood-street— No. 1 empty 4 5 6 7 8 empty 9 10 11 12 empty 13 14 1.5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Height. Ft. in. 6 7 Leiigtli. Ft. in. 9 7 Breadth. No. of Persons. Ft. in. T 9 5 Death produced in li. m. 5 9 45 5 9 4o 6 8 7 3 16 14 10 4 52 'fl 8* 7 5 9 45 3 IC 14 5 9 45 *6 ] 8* ' 7 5 9 45 5 9 45 8 6 5 7 58 4 12 11 7 6 58 7 6 58 9 5 25 6 8 7 '* Foster-street is a tolerably open street—has a supply of water three times a-weelc, and a yard at the back of each house containing a privy; the rooms up-stairs are small, and, as will be seen in too many instances,excessively packed; it contains 24 houses. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24* , Height. Ft. in. ► 6 10 Length. Ft.l in. 10 Breadth. Ft. 'in. No. of Persons. Death ' ■produced in h. m. 52 13 10 28 26 5 13 17 7 48 3 4 52 13 5 13 10 28 17 24 26 13 10 28 17 24 13 26 26 10 28 10 28 17 24 13 3 13 26 10 28 \ Elizabeth-place is a court containing 14 houses, the entrance is from the Cambridge-road, it is very narrow and being an out-of-the-way place, is a receptacle for dust and disgusting refuse ; the houses are in a most wretched condition, as are most of its inhabitants morally as well as physically; it is a harbour for the most degraded class of street-walkers. No. 1 empty 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 Height.Length.' Ft. in.' 1 > 7 1 Ft. in. 10 7 Breadth. Ft. in. r 9 11. No. of Persons. Death produced in 15 14 12 11 20 19 12ll 30 28 12 11 6 46 3 28 In these tables no deduction has been made for the space occupied by furniture or the bodies of the inmates, which would tell very much in such cases as 6, Little Collingwood-street, 8, Foster-street, and 13, Elizabeth-place; how the parties are to lie without being super-imposed is to me a perfect puzzle, but to contemplate fever invading is most horrible. * This last bouse has an extra room in it.