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 parish of Wigston Magna, in the county of Leicester
By: by Alfred L. Dickens, Esq., C.E., Superintending 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: 1855
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Sanitation; Public health; Water-supply
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: Opening statement; title: Report; title: Average and rateable value; title: Local geology &c.; title: Ram-Fall; title: General description of the villae, drainage &c.; title: Evidence on sewerage; title: Remarks on the sewerage; title: Water supply; title: Evidence on water supply; title: Analyses of waters; title: Burial grounds, Evidence; title: Population; title: Houses; title: Rateable value of houses; title: Deaths; title: Tables of causes of death for seven years; title: Abstract of tables; title: Evidence on sanitary conditions of the inhabitants; title: Poor's rate, &c.; title: Certificates of ... clubs; title: Table of the size of rooms of cottagesin which fever occurred; title: List of better class of houses in which fever occured; title: Extracts from notes made during a personal inspection of the village; title: Local government; title: Highways; title: Lighting; title: Watching; title: Remedial works to be executed; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendations.