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 Edmonton / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • Ranger, William, 1800-1863.
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 parish of Edmonton / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (11 and 12 Vict, cap. 63). Report to the General Board of Health on a Prehrmnary Inquiry into the Seioerage, Drainage, and Supply of Water and the Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of MONTON. By William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. London, July 10, 1849. My Lords and Gentleme-n, A PETITION for the application of the Public Health Act, 1848, having been presented to the Board, duly signed by one- tenth of the rated inhabitants resident in the parish, in accordance with your instructions, and pursuant to the terms of the Act, I gave the required notice of my proposed visit to Edmonton, and on the 29th day of March commenced a public inquiry. The report I have now the honour of submitting for your consideration is founded on the evidence of the medical practitioners, a per- sonal inspection of Orchard-street, Eaton-place, Claremont-street, Church-lane, Palmer's-green, Dog and Duck-lane, the places in which endemic, epidemic, and contagious diseases have of late been frequent, as well as several other localities. In conducting the inquiry I received the cordial support of Messrs. Hammond and Biddle, medical men, also of Mr. Whit- . bread, chairman of the Board of Surveyors of the Highways, Mr. Knight, Mr. Booker, Mr. Solomons, Mr. Bowser, Mr. Gossett, Mr. Ellis, Architect and Surveyor, and several other inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the north by Enfield, on the south by Tottenham, and the east by the Lea Valley, called Essex Marshes ; and traversed from north to south by the New River. It is also intersected by numerous roads in various dii-ections and several water-courses; but three principal ones, i. e., Salmon's Brook, the Biook, and Boundary Brook, all enter the parish on the western side, with outfall through a culvert under the New Cut, or Barge River, into the river Lea, which culvert is the boundary between Edmonton and Tottenham, and by no means sufficiently large to carry off the water after heavy rains. The parish is divided into four wards, viz. Bury-street Ward, Church Ward, Fore-street Ward, and South-street Ward, comprising an area of 7,480 acres. The Act contemplates the adoption of extended boundaries for the purpose of obtaining proper areas and outfalls for drainage. [03.] b2