Robert Brown Evidence
Sunderland Mayor, Robert Brown, gives evidence towards the 1847 Sunderland Improvement Bill. Evidence relating to whether the waste is a source of profit for individual owners.
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Robert Brown Evidence
1847
Parliamentary Archives HL/PO/PB/5/13/10
Transcript
Q: And for what purpose
A: For receiving ashes from the houses
Q: And filth of every kind
A: Yes
Q (By a Lord) Are they pits
A: No, they are not pits, they are heaps walled round, but open at the top
Mr Paget: Those magazines of abomination I presume are not emptied every two days
A: No, they are retained for a considerable length of time
Q: Are they actual sources of profit
A: Not the private ones - there are public Mittensteads which are sources of profit
Q: But the private ones are sold are they not
A: Yes, they are sources of profit to the individuals undoubtedly
Q: Can you tell me whether in some...