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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    Act. But from the best attention I have been able to bestow upon the subject, the total amount of capital required for the construc- tion of permanent public works, so as to effect the objects recom- mended as necessary for bettering the present unsatisfactory state of Aylesbury, and hamlet of Walton, will be for— Waterworks .... £9,000 Street sewerage . . . 5,000 Irrigation.—A considerable portion of the town is of sufficient height above adjacent lands for the application of the sewerage manure by gravitation ; but for the lower parts of the town, and in order that no portion of the sewerage may in future be discharged into the brook or river, engine power will be necessary to effect its distribution. The surrounding district, to a much greater extent than will be required (for distribution), is favourable to its application; the area necessary is estimated at 6000 acres. Local Acts of Parliament.—Inspectors of Lighting and Watching were first appointed under the PubUc General Act of 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 90, about the year 1833. An Act for rating tenements under the value of lOZ. to owners instead of occupiers, passed in 1846. The General Highway Act. Conclusions.—Having carefully investigated the facts brought before me, upon the subjects to which my inquiries have been di- rected, as well as the facts disclosed in the course of a recon- noissance and personal examination of those localities where epidemic, endemic, and other diseases prevail, I am of opinion that a very large amount of the excessive sickness, and the great excess of premature mortality, may be materially alleviated, and the numerous existing accumulations of filth that at present abound be prevented in future, by the application of the pronsions of the Public Health Act to the township of Aylesbury and hamlet of Walton. In furtherance thereof I recommend— First. That the drainage area as showii by the Plan No. 1, be adopted as the most eligible; in which case it will not be neces- sary TO enlarge the existing boundaries. Second. That powers be taken for carrying out the following correlative measures:— 1. For an abundant supply of pure water upon the constant system, filtered, and carried into every tenement, for domestic use, for cleansing and household purposes, the cost of which, I am of opinion (judging from the cost of existing water-works), will not exceed the amount of Id. per house per week. 2. For converting existing privies into water-closets, and, in the numerous instances where neither privies nor water-closets exist, for erecting water-closets. 3. That nowers be taken for draining, by means of tubular or