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Eradicating Filth: Public Health in Victorian Times

Further Sources

Topic Areas
Wolverhampton
Bilston
Wednesfield
Heath Town
Willenhall

General

Census returns 1841 - 1901 give details of individual households that can be used to measure overcrowding, population density etc

Wolverhampton Chronicle from 1789

Express and Star from 1883

Social Conditions in the Black Country 1800-1900 G Barnsby 1980 (S3)

Wolverhampton

Town Commissioners minutes 1777-1848 (CMB-WOL-C-TC)

Wolverhampton Council committee minutes :

Artizan Dwellings & Streets Improvements 1875-1887
(CMB-WOL-C-ADSI)

Health Committee 1894-1974 (CMB-WOL-C-HEA1)

Health Sub Committee 1894-1911 (CMB-WOL-C-HEA2)

Health of Towns (later Sanitary) Committee 1850-1894
(CMB-WOL-C-HOT)

Miscellaneous Committees 1848-1987 (CMB-WOL-C-MISC)

Sewerage Committee minutes 1858-1969 (CMB-WOL-C-SEW)

Streets and Sewerage Committee 1848-1949 (CMB-WOL-C-STR)

Sub Sanitary (Inspection) Committee 1876-1894 (CMB-WOL-C-SUB)

Team Committee minutes 1872-1961 (CMB-WOL-C-TEA)

Waterworks Committee minutes 1869-1974 (CMB-WOL-C-WAW)

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Other records:

Report on the Health of the Borough of Wolverhampton, H Malet, 1887 (L614)

Public Health and Wolverhampton - Collection of Archive Sources, 1985 (L614)

Report to the General Board of Health on a Preliminary Inquiry into Sewerage, Drainage, and the Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Conditions of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Wolverhampton, and the Townships of Bilston, Willenhall, and Wednesfield, Robert Rawlinson 1849 (L614)

Report on the Sewerage of Wolverhampton, T Curley, 1863 (L628)

Report of Henry J Marten on the sewerage of Wolverhampton 1885 (CMB-WOL-CE-19/41)

Report on Wolverhampton Sewerage by Borough Engineer, 1886 (L628)

Paper on Wolverhampton Sewage Works in The Public Health Engineer by Borough Engineer, May 1899 (L628)

REW Berrington Wolverhampton Sewerage, a report 1886 and A short account of the Wolverhampton Sewage Works, with some remarks on the pan system, 1891 (L628)

Report of the General Purposes Committee on the Water carriage System V the Pan System (CMB-WOL-C-COU 1894-5 pages 607 - 614) (L352 SR)

Short History of the Wolverhampton Sewerage Scheme, with a few hints on the ventilation of house drainage, REW Berrington 1878 (L628p)

Sewage Disposal in Wolverhampton JP Barnes 1963 (L628p) and 1970 (CMB-WOL-D-PH-1/26)

Wolverhampton Sewerage Works, British Architect, December 1890 (L628p)

Report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary condition of Wolverhampton, Edward Ballard, 1874 (L628)

Report of the Town Council on the report of Dr Ballard, 1874 (L628)

On the Sanitary Condition of the Town of Wolverhampton by J Dehane 1840: from the Report of the Royal Commission for the Inquiry on the Sanitary State of Large Towns and Populous Districts 1844 (L628p)

Annual Reports of the Town Council 1850-1875 (L352)

Annual reports of Medical Officer of Health 1889 - 1923, 1925 - 1938, 1944 - 1973 (CMB-WOL-C-COU)

School Medical Officer of Health/Principal School Medical Officer: annual reports 1909 - 1939, 1945 - 1970 (incomplete series)
(CMB-WOL-C-EDU) (L3717)

House of Commons Select Committee 3rd August 1877, (L3391)

Health of Towns map, 1852 (Map 388)

Sewer plans of the borough of Wolverhampton, c.1854 D-DRA/5

The Water Supply of Wolverhampton 1847-1947 (L628)

Evidence of Henry Marten before the Select Committee on the Metropolis Water Bill concerning the Wolverhampton Waterworks 1851 (L628p)

Peter Edwards: The Water Supply Question Explained and commented on in a series of letters to Walter Hampson, esquire, 1856 (L628p)

Statistics on water supply in other towns c. 1894
(CMB-WOL-C-CE-19/17-19)

Regulations to prevent waste, misuse, undue consumption or contamination of the water supplied by the Corporation Waterworks 1893 (CMB-WOL-C-COU/12) (1892-3) pages 157 - 171

Brief History of the Water Undertaking and description of new works opened 1911 (L628)

Borough Engineer's report on the condition of the old wells, Wolverhampton Journal, April 1905 (L07)

Wolverhampton Waterworks scale of charges 1895 (C-UD-HT/32/95)

History of Housing in Wolverhampton 1750-1975 G Barnsby 1976 (L3391)

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Bilston

Bilston Town Commissioners/Bilston Local Board records

An Act to establish a Local Board of Health for Bilston 1850 (DX-808)

Sanitation and General Purposes Committee 1887-1898
(TC-BIL/1/2/10)

Nuisances and Public Health Committee minutes 1851-1852 (TC/BIL/1/2/12)

Sanitation and Streets (later Sanitation, Streets and Sewers) Committee 1857-1901 (TC-BIL/1/2/13)

Report to the General Board of Health on a Preliminary Inquiry into Sewerage, Drainage, and the Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Conditions of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Wolverhampton, and the Townships of Bilston, Willenhall, and Wednesfield, Robert Rawlinson 1849 (L614)

Bilston Waterworks prospectus 1826 (DX-479/28)

Specification of sewerage works 1857 (LB628)

Annual reports of Medical Officer of Health 1890 - 1930, 1945 - 1949, 1952 - 1963 (LB614)

Monthly report book (Sanitary Inspector, Medical Officer of Health and Housing Inspector) 1911 - 1932 (C-UD-BIL)

Annual report of the medical inspection of children in elementary schools 1908 (LB370)

Baths and Washhouses Bilston, The Builder 18th September 1852 (LB7972p)

Bilston and District Provident Society records 1861-1875 (D-SO-44/1/1)

Social Concerns of the 19th Century Pastorate, Dependence, Drains and the Demon Drink, West Midland Studies,
Winter 1984 Vol. 17 (S9)

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Wednesfield

Report to the General Board of Health on a Preliminary Inquiry into Sewerage, Drainage, and the Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Conditions of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Wolverhampton, and the Townships of Bilston, Willenhall, and Wednesfield, Robert Rawlinson 1849 (L614)

Wednesfield Heath Local Board/Urban District Council records
1866 - 1966 (D-WED)

Vestry Book 1809-1901(C-WCP)

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Heath Town

Wednesfield Heath Local Board/Urban District Council records
1866 - 1966 (D-WED)

Report of John Spear to the Local Government Board upon the General Sanitary Circumstances of the Heath Town Urban Sanitary District 1884 (C-UD-HT/32/364)

Draft reply to Dr Spear's report 1884 (C-UD-HT/32/677)

Reports of the Medical Officer of Health for Heath Town 1876-1889
(C-UD-HT32)

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Willenhall

Township of Willenhall Plan and Reference 1838 (D-NAJ-E/1/2)

Report to the General Board of Health on a Preliminary Inquiry into Sewerage, Drainage, and the Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Conditions of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Wolverhampton, and the Townships of Bilston, Willenhall, and Wednesfield, Robert Rawlinson 1849 (L614)

Since 1966 Willenhall has been part of Walsall: for further information concerning the history of Willenhall please contact Walsall Archives

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