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 city of Norwich, and the county of the same city / by W. Lee, Superintending Inspector.

  • Lee, William, 1774 or 1775-1853.
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 city of Norwich, and the county of the same city / by W. Lee, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table showing 'the Receipts and Expenditure of the Paving Commissioners for the City of Norwich. Year. Payments. local receipts. For Improvements. Repairs of old Pavement. Macadamized Roads. Lighting. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £• 8 • d. £. 8. d. 1847 6,998 11 4 956 16 11 586 8 5 367 16 0 2,643 14 1 1848 9,312 13 2 4,299 16 5 931 10 7 471 3 7 2,559 17 0 1849 6,951 12 2 1,049 5 4 1,126 3 9 467 15 2 2,381 11 0 Annual 1 Average / 7,754 5 7 2,101 19 7 881 7 7 435 11 7 2,528 7 4 Year. Payments. Balannn Dfthit- Total Cleansing. Miscellaneous. - - Expenditure. • £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 1847 115 0 0 956 0 8 « • 1,372 15 3 5,625 16 1 1848 60 0 0 990 5 7 1,952 2 5 • • 9,312 13 2 1849 84 14 2 3,037 5 1 1,195 2 4 • • 8,146 2 8 Annual 1 Average J 86 11 5 1,661 3 9 • • • • 7,694 17 3* I received from Mr. Darkins some evidence as to the nature, extent, and cost of the highways under the Commission. He says:— “ The paving is under my management now. I have understood that 20 miles of public ways are set with flints. Many of those in the inferior parts of the town are without footways, and some without kerbs. The length of the macadamized roads under the Commissioners is between four and five miles. The total length set with granite squares will not exceed a mile. We obtain granite from Aberdeen ; it costs 26j. per ton, and a ton will pave about 2% square yards. The labour is 7cl. per yard. There is no concrete used as a foundation, and the grouting is paid for extra when required. Sand is found by the contractor. Flint, pebbles, and labour complete, cost 2*'. per yard. Macadamized roads are repaired and watered and cleansed by contract, at 360Z. per annum. I will let you know the length, and give you a copy of the contract. There are 15 scavengers besides, whose duty is to sweep the streets and keep the cockeys clean, the total payment for which is 150Z. They are very poor people. I do not think we have scavengers enow to keep the city properly clean. If there were a few more scavengers, I think Mr. Clarke, the Inspector of Nuisances, would be able to keep them in order. Kerbstones from Aberdeen, 12 X 6 inches, cost 2s. per foot; laying down 2d. per foot. Flags cost 6d. per square foot. The flagged footways have been much ex- tended within the last 12 months. We keep extending them as fast as we can. The labour is 1 d. per foot for mortar, carting, &c. The