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 Kirkham, in the county of Lancaster
By: by William Lee, Esq., C.E., Superintendending Inspector
Contributors: Great Britain. General Board of Health
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1851
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Public health; Water-supply; Sanitation
Other titles: Public Health Act (11 & 12 Vict. Cap. 63)
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).
Table of contents: title: Copy of petition for inquiry; title: Gentlemen who assisted in the inquiry; title: Population, number of houses, &c.; title: Trade and manufactures; title: Geology, &c. as affecting the sanitary condition of the town; title: Disease and mortality; title: Drainage and sewerage of the town; title: Suburban land drainage and nature of Tillage; title: Present water supply; title: Insurance, fires, and means of extinguishing them; title: Condition of dwelling houses and their appurtenances; title: State of lodging houses; title: Inadequacy of nuisances Removal Act; title: Roads and surface cleansing; title: State of burial grounds; title: Watching, lighting, and gas; title: Remedies; title: Conclusions and recommendations.