Brighton as a health resort / by Alfred Haviland.

  • Haviland, Alfred, -1903.
Date:
[1882]
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Credit: Brighton as a health resort / by Alfred Haviland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TF1E PUBLIC HEALTH. The Registrar-G-encral’s weekly return shows that the annual rate of mortality last week in 28 of the largest English towns averaged 18'4 per 1,000 of their aggregate population, which is estimated at 8,469,571 persons in the middle of this year. The five healthiest places in the kingdom were Norwich, Derby, Bristol, Plymouth, and Brighton.—Times, July 14th, 1882. The lowest rates last week ending the 15th inst. were 14T in Norwich and Brighton.—Lancet, July 22nd, 1882. EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF SIR JOSEPH BAZALGETTE, C.B., C.E., JUNE 27th, 1882. “ The branch sewers generally are too small to have enabled me to enter and inspect them, but having regard to their superior inclinations and the condition of the larger sewers which I examined,and which had not such rapid falls, and from the observations and inquiries I have made, extending over several days, I am of opinion that, with some minor exceptions, to which I have already referred, and for which I have suggested various remedies, the general condition of the sewers of Brighton is satisfactory, and there are no just grounds for assuming it to be an unhealthy place ; on the contrary, I believe it still deserves the high reputation it has always maintained as a desirable place of resort for those who seek enjoyment of pure and invigorating air.” RESOLUTION OF BRIGHTON TOWN COUNCIL, July 5th, 18S2. 11 The Surveyor is directed to forthwith carry out the suggestions of Sir Joseph Bazalgette to the fullest extent of the Council’s jurisdiction.” LETTER FROM DR. RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., TO THE MAYOR (W. H. HALLETT, Esq.). Eoyal York Hotel, Brighton, July 13tli, 1882. Dear Mr. Mayor,—My inquiries are yet far from being concluded, and the Report to be based on them is not yet commenced. I may, however, convey to you that in the Schools and Educational Institutions of Brighton, to which, naturally, my attention has been first turned, I have found up to this time a freedom from contagious, and, indeed, from all disease, which is quite exceptional in my experience. The attention paid to sanitary details and supervision by the heads of the scholastic establishments I have visited is admirable, and deserving of the warmest commendation. Faithfully yours, B. W. RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S.