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 of Aylesbury / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • Ranger, William, 1800-1863.
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 town of Aylesbury / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    per house, and the expenditure for the labour of pumping at 3rf per diem; taking the remaining two-thirds of the houses to derive tlioir beverage wafer only at the charge of one-eighth of a penny per gallon, the pnce now pa.d, and each family^o be supplied with two ga Ions per diem, either by purchase or at the iost of their own labour; it follows that the expenditure unde this h ad ammints to IfcZ. per week for each of tli remaining Uvo-thirds of the houses. Upon an average, therefore, the total of these severa expenditures will amount to the sum of say 3224/. per annum the whole, of which may be diverted towards the payment of i^;resl and principal for new works. ^ <niere.sc In naming the charges per house for the works which are indis> pensably necessary for bettering the sanitary state of the town, and hereby relieving the rates and charges fo? sickness, I pkc; re- hance upon the known results of established water works, and the estimated cost of draining as recorded in the several reports, the accuracy of which I see no cause to question. These charges are for water supply k . per week per house for the poorer class, public dramage per week, paving and daily cleansin- Ucl per week ; making a total of ^d. per week per house. ° In order to carry out the necessary improvements contemplated by the Public Health Act, I agree as to the necessity of placing the whole under one and the same arrangement, all 'forming one part ot one system,iand not allowing the various parts of the com- bined system to be taken possession of by separate authorities irresponsible tor joint action, the tendency of which must be to damage the beneficial operations of the whole of the works, as well as to increase in a very great degree the annual expenditure, and in important details so to modify the works of construction as to add consideiably to the original outlay without producin<r one single advantage. ^ ° Th£ drainage of houses, situate in the numerous courts, alleys, and yards, may be accomplished, nearly in every case, with four inch tubular submains of glazed stone-ware, and each house sup- plied with a sink closet plan to privy, and all requisite syphon traps, junction pieces, and bends, together with service pipes for water supply (from mains), and cocks complete, for about 4/. 10*. per house, or an annual instalment of something less than 5a-. &d , and the larger houses, with the addition of a sink on the second A ^ annual instalment of 7s. 6d. per house. 1 he Act empowers the Local Board, with the consent of the breneral Board, to borrow any money required i'or works of a permanent nature, not exceeding the assessable value for one year on the premises assessable under the Act within the district, in respect of which the money shall be borrowed. The net annual 17 ^^l^^'^ property in Aylesbury has been estimated at i/,m^l. Ihis IS, therefore, the amount which may, with the sanction ot the General Board, be borrowed for the purposes of this