Note 141 — Chapter IV
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Harrison, Description of Britain, Appendix ii, lxxxi. In some manors, however, there were careful regulations for public health. According to the Durham Halmote Rolls, published by the Surtees Society, village officials watched over the water supply, prevented the fouling of streams; bye-laws were enacted as to the regulation of the common place for clothes washing, and the times for emptying and cleansing ponds and mill-dams.