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Eradicating
Filth: Public Health in Victorian Times
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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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