Robert Brown Evidence
Sunderland Mayor, Robert Brown, gives evidence towards the 1847 Sunderland Improvement Bill. Continued discussion regarding the carts used to remove waste.
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Robert Brown Evidence
1847
Parliamentary Archives HL/PO/PB/5/13/10
Transcript
A: I have frequently had occasion to make enquiries upon that point, and I have found that they are exceedingly irregular in the time
Q: Supposing a poor person misses the cart, what happens
A: It is left in the house till the next time the card comes round
Q: Or I believe thrown into the street
A: There is no other mode of getting rid of it
Q: What is it that in your country you call a Mittenstead
A: Do you refer to private Mittensteads or public?
Q: Private first
A: They are usually in the yards adjoining the dwellings
Q: Open
A: Open