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 Eton / by Edward Cresy, Superintending Inspector.

  • Cresy, Edward, 1792-1858.
Date:
1849
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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 of Eton / by Edward Cresy, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (11 and 12 Vict, cap. 63). Re])ort 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 Eton. By Edward Cresy, Superintending Inspector. My Lords and Gkntlemen, I.N consequence of the Greneral Board of Health re- ceiving a petition from the town of Eton, in the hundred of Stoke, the deanery of Burnham, and county of Bucks, signed Dy 76 out of 420 rateable inhabitants, I had the honour to be named the Superintendant-Inspector to visit the town and sxamine its state of drainage, supply of water, and other matters upon which the sanitary condition of its inhabitants iepends. After giving proper notice, by advertising in the :ounty papers, by affixing the same to the doors of the several public buildings, a general meeting was held at Mr. Turnock's rooms on Monday, 15th January, 1849, at II o'clock, to receive evidence upon the necessity of applying the Public Health Act to that district, which is bounded on the north by Barne's Pool and Cotterell's Close ; on the east and south-east 3y the Tangier Mill Streams, and partly by the river Thames; Dn the south by the other part of the said river; and on the ivest by the Brocas, the little South Meadow, and the great South Meadow respectively. At the room and hour appointed several of the most respect- able inhabitants were in attendance, among whom were Mr. William J. Sanders, Mr. William Vaughan, Mr. E. C. Vaughan, Mr. Henry Ingalton, Mr. Thomas Ingalton, Mr. C. P. Barrett, Thomas Bacheldor, Esq., and several other gentlemen. The town of Eton is built upon an almost level .site, its form )eing a parallelogram, about 1600 feet in length from one bridge to the other, and about 700 feet in width, altogether comprising about 25J acres, or 1,120,000 superficial feet. The High-street extends from the Windsor Bridge, over the Thames, in a north-westerly direction, to another small bridge )ver Barne's Pool, beyond which are the College and the resi- dences for the masters and scholars of that renowned establish- ment. This street is about 33 feet in width upon an average, and almost level throughout, its surface being 6 feet above the ['3.] , b2