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 Bridgend / by Geo. T. Clark, Superintending Inspector.

  • Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898.
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 town of Bridgend / by Geo. T. Clark, 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 Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, Drainage, and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Bridgend, zn the County of Glamorgan. By George Thomas Clark, Superintending Inspector. My Lords and Gentlemen, London, soth August, 1849. In obedience to your instructions, and after notice given as directed by the Public Health Act, I proceeded, on the 8th instant, to inspect the lower hamlet of the parish of Newcastle, and on the 11th instant, the lower hamlet of the parish of Coyty, called also Oldcastle, both in the county of Glamorgan, and I employed the above days and the 10th instant in holding public sittings in the Town Hall of Bridgend, in the inspection of the two hamlets, and generally, in collecting the materials which I have now the honour to lay before you in the following REPORT. 1. As the lower hamlet of Newcastle and the lower HAMLET OF CoYTY, though parochially distinct, enter into and wholly compose the town of Bridgend, and are placed under circumstances in many respects similar, I have included them in one Report, and have applied to them the same recom- mendations. The inquiry was, in fact, into the town of Bridg- end, and one of the chief benefits of the' application of the Act will be to confer upon that town a distinct legal existence and a responsible local government. 2. The inquiry took place upon two petitions, one from each of the hamlets above specified. I have to acknowledge the assistance of the Rev. John Harding, Rector of Coyty; the Rev. Robert Knight, of Tythegston, and Wm. Llewellyn, Esq., magistrates of the county; Captain C. F. Napier, Chief Constable of Glamorgan, resident at Bridgend; Mr. Thomas Stockwood, clerk to the magistrates; Mr. Lewis ; Mr. Price; Mr. Edwards, and other residents in the town. I have also to acknowledge the support of the Rev. H. Lynch Blosse, Vicar of Newcastle, although absent at the time of the inquiry on account of ill health. The tythe maps of the two hamlets were [81.] B 2