First report of the commissioners appointed to inquire whether any and what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metropolis : with minutes of evidence.

  • Great Britain. Metropolitan Sanitary Commission.
Date:
1848
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Credit: First report of the commissioners appointed to inquire whether any and what special means may be requisite for the improvement of the health of the metropolis : with minutes of evidence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    No. 3.—Dr. Murdoch, Rotherhithe. Choleni in Rotherhithe in 1832 . 113 No. 4.—M. F. JFa(/slaffe, 'Esq. Surgeon, Lambeth. Cholera in Lambeth in 1832 15 District not improved, fever constantly present The poor unwilling to go to Cholera Plospitals No. 5.—T. R. Leadam, Esq, Surgeon, Southwark. Cholera Hospital in Southveark in 1832 . Cholera and typhus track identical ' No. 6.—William Simpson,'Esq. Surgeon, Bloomsbury. Places most visited, without sewers or house-drains New street in St. Giles'—effect of removal 120 No. 7.—/. French, Esq. Surgeon, St. James's. No. 8.—Edward Douhleday, Esq. Surgeon, St, Saviour's, Sanitary condition of St. Saviour's, Southwark ^21 No. 9.—Thomas Taylor, Esq. Surgeon, Bethnal Green. District of Bethnal Green Deficiency in supply of water—want of sewers—cesspools general—houses without drains Economy of good supply of water and water closet 1-6 Demoralizing effect of uncleanliness in houses ^27 Sanitary condition of Bethnal Green district ^^^ No. 10.—Dr. John Wright, VVestminsler. Sanitary condition of Westminster 131 Dread of contagion—abandonment of patients by their friends 132 No. 11.—Tables, Cholera cases in the Metropolis, 1832 133 Typhus 134 Table of cholera and fever within the same district 135 Coincidence of cholera and fever- I'i'j No. 12.—L. C, Hertslet, Esq. Clerk to the Court of Sewers for Westminster and part of Middlesex, Westminster Commission of sewers 136 Insufficiency of present plans and levels 137 Necessity of suspending works, until a general survey is completed . . .138 Inconvenience and expense arising from the numerous boards for paving and cleansing . 140 Distribution of charges—unnecessary size of sewers 1<I '- Great economy to be effected in the size and form of sewers 143 Houses flooded with sewer water 1'14 Evils of separate jurisdiction 145 Confirmation of Mr. rhiliips' evidence 140