Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health. Medical Council.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 'sis I. House akd *«EMISES. n. Ik HABITANTS. iSltuatlon Wafer. Keccasnries. General Stale of Complaints of No. of Employmonta and nnrl No, or House. No. of Hooma. Source of Wlicnco drank. Ventilation, Dustbins. Outward Nuisances. Inmates, (ircBt si(lc)> Grand Junction Co. . From premises; Tamily who died, occnsiou- nll)' from Droad Street. Waterclosct not verj- (.'ood condii A (.■uttcr-nipo r up from clofct, Iu ind Sink in yard smells oce Gionally, al^o sink basement (l>nck kitchc smells, .unless trap] Sink opposite tho house, windows cannot be kept open in hot weather. The nmell was parti- Tailor Bmells, but docs not communicnta witli floor on which deailia occurred. \ (with saucepan cove A drain in front kitcl wan so bad that it 1 to be stopped up w cement; the water sink has to Lo baled o ). id th in ut. cularly oSensivc at timo of outbreak on opening door. Occupier of 2d fioor throw lime down, and covered etnk with matting. 62 Do.. rrcmiBes gaQernlly . Sink opposito 51, noticed OS particularly offensive on Thursday, August 31, Z3 ? 12 or 13 Do, . Pump in Brond Street Watercloset, pipe- Hrnined rceentlyJ Fair In yard . Good Sink at comer of Portland Street. 9 54 (vfcst fliJe). Do. .W 1 Oin \ltcl Do.. Pump in Broad Street .IS to deccnseil; wire found it bad-taatcd. ■Watcrcloaet . Fair In ynrd Good Smells from gratings 6 Tailor . dO 13, including kitchens. Imtt on picmif C9 Water laid on ftbOTe, not below, hut pnvy clean ; all drains trapped. ^ Somewhat confined Do. Do. Tailors, dressmakers. Sic. 57 12, bcaidcs kitchens. Grand Junction Co. ; cistern nnii butts. Premises, water said not GO Kood n!i iu Broad Street; thick Bcdiment complained of. Watercloaet, drrans trapped. > 1 Gooil Do. Do. . Sink at corner of Poland Street, especially when hot refuse from brewery turned in. IG CS 69 U, including Kitchens. Omnd Juncl on Co, . Butt, denned every 3 months. Fanned privy, not offensive, though water not laid on. 1 Chapel nt hack, itself well venti- tilated; lime- whited twice a- year. In basement, Good u Plymouth Bi-ethren i^Ieeting House, tea. No disease to the south of this numljer. 4 I'nrtiouhrs j s to liooms attacked. 1st floor back; back (ittio Particulars as to I'craons utimked. Porter, hia wio, and child, particularly temperate auil well-conducted. Hair worker and son. Jtaslcr tailor, was alarmed. Dressmaker, husband, and child, well-conducted. Tailor, apod 40, not cleanlv, out laiu at nifrbta; car- penter's wile, sickly, had sntly had tw. Observations. D. Erase R.