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 municipal borough of Brecon / by George Thomas Clark, 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 municipal borough of Brecon / by George Thomas Clark, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which it is the indication, is principally confined to cer- tain undrained localities, ill supplied with water, with few or no privies, and about which, refuse of various kinds is allowed to collect and putrify. 3. That the natural advantages of Brecon are very con- \ siderable, and that there is nothing in the employment of the people calculated injuriously to affect life or health. 4. That the causes of the excessive mortality may be I\ removed, and a proper water supply, drainage, and house accommodation given, at an average charge of 3d. a-week on each house. 5. That the proposed outlay will be in lieu of the sum paid at present for water, and by diminishing sickness, and the consequent poor rates, and by providing manure in i a saleable form, will tend to reduce the existing expenditure. 6. That proper burial accommodation is much needed in the town, and that it is desirable that a cemetery common to all should be provided in the suburbs. 82. Recommendations.—T have therefore to recommend : 1. That the Public Health Act be applied by Pro- visional Order to the municipal borough of Brecon, and to the extra parochial districts of Christ's College and the. Castle, contained within it. 2. That the Local Board be composed of nine persons, J besides the mayor, to be selected by the Town Council,. and three persons to be elected by the rate-payers of the* extra-parochial districts. 3. That one-third of each number do go out of office annually, one year after the first and each successive election.. 4. That the qualification of each member of the Local Board be a rated rental of 251. or the possession of pro- • perty of the value of 800/. 5. That the day for the annual retirement of one-third of the members of the Local Board be fixed for the 25th •of March, commonly known as Lady-day. G. That the provisions for lighting the town and levying a lighting rate, be transferred from the Local Act,. 16th Geo. III., c. 56, to the Public Health Act, as here recommended to be applied by Provisional Order. 1 have the honour to remain, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, The General Board of Health, Geo. T. Clakk fe. Src. c^c London : I'rinled by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Slrtvt. « For Hor Majesty's Stationery Office.