Abstract of the proceedings of the public meeting held at Exeter Hall, Dec. 11, 1844 : containing the speeches of the most noble the Marquess of Normanby, chairman ... together with a form of petition.
- Health of Towns Association (London, England)
- Date:
- [1844?]
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Credit: Abstract of the proceedings of the public meeting held at Exeter Hall, Dec. 11, 1844 : containing the speeches of the most noble the Marquess of Normanby, chairman ... together with a form of petition. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![that enfeebles the body producing a correspondin'? and proportionate debasement of the mind. No material im- T)rovemeni could be made in the present state of things without large and general measures ot relief, requiring, to carry theuMnto practice, the concurrence of the different influential classes of the community. Legislative enact- ments, however wise and necessary, could not be earned into effect without that concurrence, and that concurrence could not be expected without the diffusion of information on the subject. He believed that the Government was giving its anxious attention to these matters, and was earnestly dcsiions to bring forward measures which would go to the root of the evil. He knew that a Report would, in a few days, be laid before the Government, suggesting large and comprehensive remedies for ])roved evils ; and that that Report would be laid before Parliament. He could not with propriety, on the present occasion, state what the proposed remedies were, but he would say that he believed they would give the greatest satisfaction to those who had paid the most attention to the subject. The inquiries of the Commission had been directed into the sanatory state of 50 of the largest towns of the realm, where' the mortality was the greatest, including the great seats of manufactures, and the three greatest ports after London. These towns and districts comprised a popula- tion of upwards of 3,000,000 of persons. Commissioners had visited and examined these places closely. hat was the result of these inquiries, as regards drainage, cleans- ing, and ventilation, as they bear on the stote of the poor andlohouriyig classes? It was, as stated iu then Report, as follows:— . i i /i.-> “ Drainage — scarcely good, 1; indifferent, / : bad, 4-. “ Cleansing—nearly the same. , j on » “ Supply of water—good, 4; indifferent, / ; bad. 30. Such a state of things required efficient and immediate remedies as a matter of future policy and true economy ; and if powers and facilities were given hy law, many bene- volent and influential persons might do the utmost good by assisting, beginning, and conducting such improve- He had been that very day labouring with the Noble Duke (the Duke of Rnccleugh) at the head of the Com- mission to perfect the w'ork they had begun, and he could not sit down without paying his humble but sincere tri- bute of admiration to the Noble Duke for the devoted attention which he had given to the subject; nor could he refrain from paying the like tribute to the Noble Marquess](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24931615_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
