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 township of Broughton, in the county palatine of Lancaster / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector.

  • Rawlinson, Robert, 1810-1898.
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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 township of Broughton, in the county palatine of Lancaster / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be reduced by such an examination. j\1y objoct is to point out and indicate the maximum cost of such works; it will be for the < local authorities to devise and to execute them. The price per n. lineal yard is calculated to cover local difficulties in tunnelling,;,! compensation, &c., and to provide cast-iron mains where required.! i Estimated Cost of Intercepting Drains for Manchester, Salford,(. and the District. £. s. d.1 Main outlet sewer, from the site of old Hulme Hall to the banks of the river Irwell, half-a-mile below Throstle-Nesl Paper Mills 11,000 0 OO Intercepting tunnel sewer, on the line of the river Medlock, from the Ashton Canal, near Holt Town Reservoir, to the site of Hulme Hall 29,040 0 OC Intercepting sewer along the line of Corn Brook from Burgess Villa, near the London and North-Western Railway, to the main outlet as above 12,320 0 C( Intercepting sewer, from the mouth of the river Irk to the site of Hulme Hall 8,800 0 Intercepting sewer along the line of the Irk . . . . 5,000 0 Intercepting- sewer, for the whole of Lower and Upper Broui2;hton, into the sewer at the mouth of the river Irk. 1,760 0 Intercepting sewers for Salford 20,000 0 s'y.g'ao o Add for contingencies, 10 per cent. . 8,792 0 96,712 0 Works at the outlet, say 3,288 0 Total sum required, say .... £100,000 0 ( The experience obtained in the use of tile pipes ought to preven the local authorities from committing the error of arching ove any natural streams as sewers. The local surveyor will have n( difficulty in graduating sewers to their work, if the town's refuse alone is dealt with. On some of the streams a double line o intercepting sewers may be required, one line on each side of th. stream. This, however, should be the subject of careful con sideration wlien all the facts and difficulties of the case have beei ascertained. If the inhabitants of Manchester are to secur heahh, with commercial prosperity, the works indicated must b' accomplished. i London : Printed by W. Clowbs and Sons, Stamford Street, For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.