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 city of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector.

  • Rawlinson, Robert, 1810-1898.
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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 city of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (11 and 12 Viet., Cap. 63). Report to the General Board of Health, on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Setverage, Drainage, and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants of the City of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland. By Robert Rawlinson, Esq., Civil Engineer, Superintending Inspector. CONTENTS AND DIVISION OF REPORT. Introduction—How Inquiry Originated Abstract from Petition . Inquiry—Persons present Early History ok City Ancient Form of Government Page, i 5 , 5 , 6 . 8 . 10 Present Municipal Government . « . . . .11 Permanent Salaried Officers . . • .11 Consistory Court of the Diocese, &c. . . . .11 Markets and Fairs . . . . . «. .12 Table of Population . . . . . .12 List of Local Acts in Force in the City of Carlisle—Remarks on ditto 13 Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Council of the City of Carlisle, from 1st September, 1848, to 1st September, 1849 . . 14 Geology—Remarks on Site, &c. . . . . . .17 Meteorology—Table of Rain-fall, as recorded by the Rev. William Rees - 18 Remarks, Observations, and Tables, by Thomas Barnes, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E, . . . . . . .18 Remarks on Meteorology . . . . • .27 Table of Mortality, &c. . . . . . . .28 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions for the Relief of the Sick Poor . 28 Charitable Medical Institutions in Carlisle, &c. . . .29 House of Recovery—Table showing the Number of Fever Patients ad¬ mitted into the House of Recovery during the year 1849—Remarks on ditto . . . . . . . .30 Table showing the Number of Patients admitted into the Carlisle House of Recovery since its Establishment . » .31 Rules to be observed in the Apartments of those who are confined by Contagious Fever—Abstracted from the Local Report . .34 Comparative Statement of the Number of Patients admitted, the Num¬ ber cured, as also of Moneys received and expended since the Institu¬ tion was established in 1810 down to 1848 . . . . 35 Statistical Table showing the Diseases of 2,403 Patients, registered on the Books of the Carlisle Dispensary from January 1, 1846, to January 1, 1847 . » • . • • .36 Statement of the Registers . . . . • .37 Table showing the Diseases and Ages of the Patients who have died . 38 Statistical Table, showing the Diseases of 974 Patients, registered on the Books of the Carlisle Dispensary from January 1, 1848, to January 1, 1849. . „ . . , .39 Statement of the Registers . . . . . .40 Table showing the Diseases and Ages of the Patients who have died . 41 Statistical Table, showing the Diseases of 1,839 Patients registered on the Books of the Carlisle Dispensary from January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850 . • , . . . .41 Statement of the Registers . • . . . .43 Table showing the Diseases and Ages of the Patients who have died , 44 [143 ] b 2