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 parish of Alverstoke, in the county of Southampton / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • Ranger, William, 1800-1863.
Date:
1852
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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 parish of Alverstoke, in the county of Southampton / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From the 26th of March 1849 to the 25th of March 1850. £ Balance in hand brought down - 106 Total receipts - 4,450 11 £ 4,556 8 6| Out-door relief, removals, &c. Building and repairs - Sundries . - - Rates and subscriptions Salaries of oflBcers Cholera and sanitary expen- ditui'e - . . Printing, stationery, registra- tion of births, beer, sun- dries, &c. &c. Repairs of the Hard - - Paid off two bonds - Clothing for the poor Coals and wood Provisions for the poor for one year Balance in hand carried down 3Le St 1,519 1 10 192 16 0 149 11 10 fi 1 Q o 11 X 1 351 2 0 Qi. 275 9 0 35 17 6 \j 87 19 3 47 4 7i 616 8 lOi 212 8 11 Mr. Abrahams stated that,— An 8d. rate produced in the South Town - „ „ North Town „ „ South Liberty - „ „ North Liberty £ 4,556 8 6i £ s. d. 140 14 0 165 1 8 297 15 4 237 15 7 Total £ 841 6 7 The poor rates for 1851 amounted to about 3s. in the pound, or 2,523/. 19«. 9d. The Locai- Acts. H. Compigne, Esq., Clerk to the Trustees for paving and light- ing, said, That the Local Act, which was unopposed, cost 613Z. 05. 6d., but of this sum 173Z. 3s. was made up by the private contributions of some of the inhabitants. The Trustees were empowered by the terms of this Act to borrow the sum of 2,500Z., but they had not raised more than 2,050^. In the first instance, interest was paid at the rate of 5 per cent., but it has been since reduced to 41 per cent. The accounts of the Trustees are pub- lished and circulated amongst the ratepayers. The gross expenditure for the last six years has been as follows:— £ s. d. 1845 - 760 15 10 1846 - - - 866 19 11 1847 - 725 2 8 1848 - - - 864 5 7 1849 - 986 0 2 1850 - -1,196 6 3 ^'5,399 10 5