Folios 236-241. To: The General Board of Health. From: Thomas Webster Rammell, Burnham [Burnham on …

Description: Folios 236-241. To: The General Board of Health. From: Thomas Webster Rammell, Burnham [Burnham on Sea, Somerset]. Letter reporting the first day of the inquiry and the peculiar problems relating to drainage in Burnham, Highbridge and Edithmead. Suggests a plan of drainage for the entire parish would be best, although there may be opposition, and asks advice on the extent of the powers of the Public Health Act in agricultural districts.

Date: 02/02/1849

Last import: September 11, 2017