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 borough of King's Lynn, in the county of Norfolk
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: 1853
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Sanitation; Public health; Water-supply
Other titles: Public Health Act (11 & 12 Vict. Cap. 63)
Notes: Includes full-page engraving of "Purfleet below High-street."

Reproduction of the original from the The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).
Table of contents: title: Public notice of inquiry; title: Memorial from medical practitioners, praying for the application of the act; title: Memorial from 430 inhabitants against the application of the act; title: Preliminary proceedings at the inquiry; title: Complaints publicly made of sanitary evils; title: Gentlemen who assisted in inspection of town, &c.; title: Epitome of the chief topics of inquiry; title: Description of the Borough; title: Purfleet below high-street; title: Population, number of houses, &c.; title: Trade and manufactures. Evidence of William Armes, Esq.; title: Disease and mortality; title: Vital statistics; title: Drainage, sewerage, &c.; title: Waters supply; title: Condition of dwelling houses and appurtenances; title: State of the lodging-houses; title: Nuisances; title: Roads and surface cleansing; title: State of the burial grounds; title: Watching, lighting, and gas; title: Local acts of parliament; title: Recapitulation and recommendations.