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 parish of Bulkington / by George Thomas Bulkington, Superintending Inspector.

  • Clark, George Thomas, 1809-1898.
Date:
1849
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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 parish of Bulkington / by George Thomas Bulkington, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    county-rate), of 3s. in the pound, producing about 1,200J. net; church rate, l$d. to 2d.; highway rate, levied separately in each hamlet, and varying from Id. in By ton to 2\d. in Bulkington. The assessment upon which the rates are levied was made about 60 years ago, and is thought to be very low indeed, especially upon house property. Bulkington hamlet has incurred a debt of 300Z., the interest of which is paid annually out of the rates. 7. Population.—In 1831 Bulkington parish contained 1,792 persons. In 1841 the population was 1,831, of ^ whom 981 resided in Bulkington hamlet, in 214 houses, beside 20 then uninhabited. Ryton, which lies almost contiguous to Bulkington village, contained in 1841. 363 persons, dwelling in 87 houses, besides eight uninhabited. 8. Mortality.—Bulkington is one of a group of villages in which the mortality is excessive. Mr. Estlin, superintendent registrar, in forwarding a statistical statement of deaths in this parish for the five years ending at Lady-day last, observes, On j making a calculation, it appears there has been an annual average of 31 deaths to each thousand of the population according to the census of 1841. This of course is a little higher than the true mortality, but as the increase of population has not been con- siderable, it can be but a very little too high. The mean mor- I tality of the whole county in 1841 was 22-7, and that of the registration district of Nuneaton, including 40,341 persons, only 21 • 7 in the thousand. 9. Having heard of the prevalence of fever in the village, I applied to the master of the union-house for particulars of the expenses incurred in consequence. I subjoin his statement:— Nuneaton Union Workhouse, uSlR May 12, 1849. Hearing that you wished to know as nearly as possible the amount of expenses which have taken place in the parish of Bulkmgton from the commencement of the fever in January, 1847, I have ab- stracted from the relieving officer's relief lists and the medical ofhcer s book the following. ,..,.=. , c v„r « I have selected the able-bodied cases only that did not apply forreliet until some part of their family was afflicted with the typhus fever; the expenses are as follows :— £, s d Quarter ending March 20, 1847 24 2 7f June 19, 1847 35 12 Hi Sept. 18, 1847 14 7 7 Dec. 19, 1847 10 15 41 March 19, 1848 16 11 91 Half-year ending Sept. 23,1848 46 7 11 ,, March 24, 1849 51 8 1* £199 6 H I have, &c, „ Samuel Beacher, Workhouse Master.