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 township of Elland-cum-Greetland, in the county of York / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • Ranger, William, 1800-1863.
Date:
1851
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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 township of Elland-cum-Greetland, in the county of York / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX. Page iNTRODUCTORr REMARKS - - - - . . 5 General Description of the Township - - - r 6 LocAi. Government - - - - - . . q Personal Inspection of the District - - - - 6 The Removal of Solid Refuse - - - 9 The Existing Water Supply - - - - - 10 The Existing Sewerage and Drainage - - - - 13 The Lighting - - - - - ,. -15 The Burial Grounds - - - - - _.i6 Remedial Measures :— The Efifects of Sanitary Regulations - - - - 17 The Necessity for Comprehensive Measures - - _ _ 18 The Mortality and its Causes - - - - - 19 The Removal of the Sohd Refuse - - - - - 21 The Improvement of the Streets - - . . - 22 The Improvement of the Sewerage and Drainage - - - 23 The Useful Application of the Sewage - - - - 27 The Improvement of the Water Supply - - - - 28 General Conclusions:— 1st. The Mortality - . - - - - - 33 2d. The Condition of the Streets - - - - - 33 3d. The Condition of the Houses - - - - 33 4th. The Sewerage and Drainage - - - - - 34 5th. The Existing Water Supply - - - - - 34 6th. The Want of Puhlic Lighting - - - - - 34 7 th. The Overcrowded State of the Burial Grounds - - 35 Recosbiendations - - - - - - -36 Appendix. Copy of the Petition of Inquiry - - - . - 37 The Population of the Township - - - . _ 33 The Rateable Value of the Property - - - - 38 The Poor Rate Income and Expenditure - - - - 38 The Expenditure of the Highway Surveyors - - - 39 Medical Evidence:— Evidence of Mr. Hamerton - - - _ - 39 „ Mr. Slater - - - - - - 40 „ Mr. Hiley - - - - - 40 „ Mr. Stott Maude - - . ■ . 40 General Evidence: — Evidence of the Rev. D. Meredith - - . - 41 „ Mr. James W. Baker - _ . - 41 „ Charles Pitchforth, Esq. - - . - 41 Report of Mr. T. Smith, Inspector of Nuisances - - - 42 „ Mr. G. B. Baker, on the Streets and Houses - - 42 28 A 2