Board of Works for the St. Olave's district, Southwark : report on the sanitary condition of the district / by J. Northcote Vinen.

  • Vinen, J. Northcote.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Board of Works for the St. Olave's district, Southwark : report on the sanitary condition of the district / by J. Northcote Vinen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Church-yard and the old Burial-ground, has been covered with large quantities of fresh mould, which, with the vegetation growing in them, contribute very materially to improve the sanitary condition of these places. Of St. John’s new Burial-ground, I have made a special report to your Board some time since. Having now stated some of the sanitary evils of the District, I beg to submit to your Board those means which appear to me to be desirable for their removal, as well as for putting the District under habitual and systematic surveillance. First, with regard to water supply, I would recom- mend that the stand-cock system be abolished forthwith; and every house should, as far as practicable, have a separate supply of water; and that better receptacles should be provided, with taps and proper coverings, to protect it from external impurities. That every privy should be provided with a suffici- ent supply of water to properly cleanse the discharge-pipe at each application. That all cesspools be filled up as soon as possible ; and that better water-closet accommodation be provided than at present exists in many of the courts. That all the gully-holes in the District be trapped. That the periodical and punctual performance of the scavengers’ and dustmen’s duties, be strictly en- forced.