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 parliamentary borough of Devonport, in the county of Devon
By: by Robert Rawlinson, Esq., 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: 1854
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Public health; Sanitation; Water-supply
Other titles: Public Health Act (11 & 12 Vict. Cap. 63)
Notes: P. 11/12 is folded, and contains table showing numbers of houses and inhabitants in Devonport.

Reproduction of the original from the The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Notice and heads of inquiry; title: Inquiry; title: Topography; title: Local geology; title: Remarks as to sewers and drains; title: Meteorology; title: Crowded state of the towns; title: Abstract of evidence, remarks, and suggestions; title: Sewerage and drainage; title: Supply of water; title: Watering streets; title: Cleansing; title: Slaughter-houses; title: Burial-grounds; title: Street paving; title: Lighting; title: Particulars as to gas works; title: Watching; title: Particulars as to police force; title: Sanitary condition of the inhabitants; title: Overcrowding; title: Sanitary works required in Devonport; title: Notes made during an inspection of the district; title: Local customs and practices as regards the dead; title: Conclusions and recommendations.