Fever in agricultural districts : being a report on cases of fever occuring in the parish of Great Horwood, in the county of Buckingham / by Henry W. Acland.

  • Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Fever in agricultural districts : being a report on cases of fever occuring in the parish of Great Horwood, in the county of Buckingham / by Henry W. Acland. 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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    have a small ladder to the bedroom, instead of conve- nient stairs; have one bedroom window a fourth of the proper size on the floor below the wall-plate, or on the floor, dormerwise, instead of two against the ceiling; and allow in some instances but half of the cubic air space for two adults, which should be allowed to one. Every such fact may be seen at Wigwell, and many of the individual blemishes may be noticed in other parts of this and most agricultural districts, which have not been thoroughly taken in hand by influential land- lords. Nor is this all: the exterior of many of the dwellings is no less unsatisfactory than the interior. In some in- stances, even if the dwellings were better than they are, the gardens might cause disease. Into one an open privy overflows : into another the refuse of the house is thrown near the door, and forms a putrescent henp round which the children play ; from it the father, as he re- turns home weary from a breezy field, inhales foulness which blasts the energy that the hours of night should give. In Ilorwood, as elsewhere, these heaps are treasured up to be carried away to the allotments. 17. The evils which are here alluded to, and which might be much enlarged upon, were pointed out long ago of Buckinghamshire houses in the Sanitary Reports of 1842:— Those who are ignorant of the habits and dwellings of our rural populations, would be surprised to find how little the la- bouring classes interest themselves in improving their cottages. It' a drain be out of repair, it is usually left untouched until the owner of the property becomes aware of the defect; and if the privy becomes full, it is left uncleaned until the increase of the soil renders the accommodation inaccessible. To the state of the