Volume 1

First report.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the State of Large Towns.
Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: First report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Abstract of the Replies from 50 Towns to Questions 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 19, 26, and Supply ot Ashton « , Bath Bilston Birmingham Bolton (Little). Bradford . Bristol. . Burslem Burt . Carlisle . Chester Chorlton . Coventry . DRAINAGE. 6. What are the regulations for draining the town or districts? .Are the streets, courts, and alleys laid out with proper inclinations for the discharge of surface-water, or are they uneven and unpaved, and favourable to the retention of stagnant moisture, and accumulations of refuse thrown from the houses? Arc there any stagnant pools or open ditches contiguous to the dwellings, or in the vicinity ? 7. Are tliere any arrangements for tinder-drainage, and are they ef- ficient or defective ? Are tliere any severs or branch drains in the streets? . Regulation contained in the Local Police Act. Sewers good. Efficient main sewers and branch drains in nearly all the streets. . No settled regulations . Under-drainage partially effec- tive. , No regulations One main-drain, cross-drains in two instances only. . The greater part well drained * t • • • Regulated by trustees. Efficient ....... No regulations ; accumulations of refuse thrown from the houses. No arrangement for under- drainage. , Commissioners appointed under a Local Act; power only in the city. There are main sewers and branch sewers. Principal streets well paved and drained ; in courts and alleys there are stagnant pools and open ditches. Sufficient sewers in principal streets, but defective in the others. No regulations ; good sewers in some streets ; stagnant open ditches in many places. No arrangements for under- drainage. No regulations ; surface water fre- quently stagnates. No systematic drainage ; manv drains made without artificial bottom; frequently filled up. Badly drained; powers seldom en- forced. Not enforced for want of funds ; great portion wholly without under-drains. Sewers commenced nine years ago ; many stagnant pools in the semi- rural districts. Under-drainage of the finished streets good. No regular system No arrangements for under- draining ; some sewers in prin- cipal streets ; drainage very defective.