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 and parish of Brixham, in the county of Devon / by Alfred L. Dickens, Superintending Inspector.

  • Dickens, Alfred L.
Date:
1854
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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 and parish of Brixham, in the county of Devon / by Alfred L. Dickens, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX. PAGE Opening Statement - - - - - - -5 Names of Gentlemen present - - - - - -5 General Description - - - - - - 6 Description of Social and Moral Condition of the Inhabitants - - 7 Number and Tonnage of Vessels and Number of Crews - - - 11 (Geology, &c. - - - - - -14 General Description of the Present State of the Sewerage, Drainage, and Supply of Water - - - 14 Evidence on Sewerage - - - 18 Mr. Robert Adams - - . - 18 Mr. Webber - ... - - 18 Mr. Thomas Lakeman - - - 19 Mr. Caymbe - - 19 The Rev. Mr. Hill - - 20 F? Mr. Wolston - - - - 20 Mr. Calley - - - - - - 20 Mr. Brooking, Medical Officer - - ■ 20 The Rev. J. R. Hogg - - - 20 Mr. Soper - - - - - - 20 Supply of Water - 21 Evidence on Supply of Water ... - 21 Mr. Thomas Lakeman .... - 21 Mr. Wolston - - 22 Mr. Henry Chilcote - - . - 22 Mr. Henry Browne - - 22 Remarks - - - - - 23 The State of the Burial Grounds - - 24 The Number and Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants - 25 Table showing Number of Inhabitants, Churches, Chapels, Schools, &c. •• 26 Number of Deaths .... - 27 Houses and rateable Value ... - 27 Poor Rates, for Five Years . .. - 28 Financial Statement of Union, to face page - 28