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 of Exmouth / by Thomas Webster Rammell, Superintending Inspector.

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

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    Annual Rateable Value. Under . . £5 £5 and under 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Total . . Unoccupied houses Total . . Occupied Houses. Liltleham. 421 169 92 36 42 21 10 2 4 2 • • 1 1 801 31 832 \yithycombe llawleigli. 99 63 39 11 1 1 1 215 13 228 ToUl. 520 232 131 47 43 22 11 2 4 2 i .1 1016 44 1060 It thus appears, that out of a total of 1016 occupied houses in the town, 520, or more than one half, are rated at a less annual value than 51.; that 752, or more than three-fourths, are rated at a less annual value than lOZ.; and that 883, or , nearly seven-eighths, are rated at a less annual value than 201. The rateable value, however, is in the proportion of two- thirds only of the real value; its gross amount being 10,705?., and that of the gross estimated rental being 15,8931. The average annual rental of the houses is 15Z. nearly. Government.—Exmouth is not a bprougli or corporate town ; nor is there any local Act of Parliament in force within it having relation to the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1848. A portion of the town, however, has availed itself of the powers contained in the General Act, 3 & 4 Wm. IV., cap. 90, for the purposes of lighting and watching ; but with this exception, this town, which contains nearly 5000 inhabit- ants, is, for all matters of municipal government, precisely in the condition of any village or rural district. • , r. n The want of a general governing body, mvested with full powers for the proper management of the public affairs, is much felt. Mr. Trenchard states :— I am a Guardian of the poor for the parish of Liltleham, and. have for twenty years past been intimately connected with the parish affairs, and taken an active part in their management; and I can. safely say, that I consider that a governing local body is very essential, to tlie welfare of the place; and that the application of the provisions of the statute known as the Public Health Act, 1848, would materially