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 town and parish of Beaconsfield / by Thomas Webster Rammell, Superintending Inspector.

  • Rammell, Thomas Webster
Date:
1850
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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 town and parish of Beaconsfield / by Thomas Webster Rammell, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    supported by the parish at an expense of from 1*. to Is. 6eJ. each per week. On the death of the father, the whole family too com- monly come upon the parish, frequently for a number of years. '* It is here, says Mr. Brooks, that the chief burthen of sick- ness upon the parish is felt. The following are copies of the tables handed in by Mr. Brooks:— Table I. Cases of Sickness for 18 Months, from Christmas, 1847, to Lady-day, 1849. 1st DISTRICT, AMERSHAM UNION. Population Cases of Illness. Deaths. in 1841. Total Cases. Average Quantity. Total Cases. Average Quantity. Amersham .'«■'.'. 3,098 70 12 25 4 Coleshill hamlet . 547 28 5 7 1 Perm 1,040 40 7 20 3 Beaconsfield 1,732 147 25 53 9 Seer Green • . . . 281 8 1* 5 1 Chalfont St. Peter s . 1,483 18 3 12 2 Chalfont St. Giles 1,228 43 7 9 1* Table II. Beaconsfield Parish, Amount of Relief, &c, from Christmas Quarter, 1847, to Lad;l; Day, 1849. Showing also the Excess on account of Sickness. 1st week, total amount of] relief . 2nd > > 1 f 3rd i» » > 4th >» i y 5th >} > > 6th > > 7th > > » > 8th > > » > 9th >» 10th » » 11th 1 9 > > 12th 1 t I i I3th t » » J Excess on Quarter on account) of Sickness I Christmas Quarter, 1847. Lady-Day Quarter, 1848. Mid- summer Quarter, 1848. Michael- mas Quarter, 1848. Christmas Quarter, 1848. Lady-Da*: Quarter,;. 1849. £. £. £. £. £. £. 11 10 10 10 13 11 10 10 11 10 11 13 10 10 13 10 14 11 10 10 10 9 12 10 10 10 9 9 11 9 10 13 9 9 11 9 10 11 10 9 11 9 10 11 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 11 9 9 9 10 10 11 9 10 9 10 9 11 10 9 9 10 11 12 JO 10 10 10 12 14 11 10 30 18 16 18 23 12 jjote< The ordinary weekly relief, independent of sickness, is usually (J/.; the exec. ahove 9/. shows the amount expended on account of sickness. The pounds only ha\.J been extracted. From a consideration of the first of these tables, it appears that, in the six quarters from Christmas, 1847, to Lady-Day,