Personal Details of Reginald Percy Hicks
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| Buried: | 01/09/1902 |
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Death
| Name at death | Reginald Percy Hicks | ||||||||||||
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| Age at death | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Gender at Death | Male | ||||||||||||
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Reginald Percy Hicks | ||||||
| Age at Death | 12 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 01 September 1902 | ||||||
| Abode |
London Road
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | G H Newton | ||||||
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Burial Register entry for Reginald Percy Hicks
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Burial Register Entry for Reginald Percy Hicks
Newspaper Cuttings
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Reginald Hicks
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 04/09/1902 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | Hicks.— Aug. 29, Reginald Percy Hicks. youngest and dearly beloved son of George and Emily Hicks, aged 12. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Excerpt from minutes of the monthly meeting of the Newbury Corporation
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 25/09/1902 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | Coun. Gould called attention to the case of illness which had occurred at the Pumping Station, which had caused an expenditure of £30. The fever had been caused by the bad water from the well, and he should like to know if there had been any analysis made of the water, and if so, whether it had ever come before the Sanitary Committee. He thought such a case of illness ought to have come before the Sanitary Committee, and asked the chairman to give some details of it. Coun. Jackson asked if anything bad been done. to provide a better supply of water. Ald. Ravenor said the accounts for the illness at the Pumping Station did not come before the Sanitary Committee or the sub- Committee. Ald. Long said unfortunately the son of the engineer at the Pumping station bed contracted typhoid fever, and the poor little fellow had died. He did not know that any fault could be attributed to anyone, because before the man went to live there as analysis was taken of the water and it was pronounced to be good for domestic purposes. Coun. Gould.- Not for drinking purposes. The committee felt they ought to some extent compensate the parents for the expense to which they had been put, as well as sympathise with them in their trouble. This was the reason why the amount came before the Finance Committee. Ald. Smith said the items for nursing were the ordinary weekly wages paid to the nurses. Coun. Elliott — I am in full agreement with the payment of the £10, but what does Councillor mean by £30? |
Biographical Information
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Reginald Percy Hicks
Reginald was born in 1890 to George and Emily Hicks who lived in Enborne Road, Newbury. He was their fourth child of what would be ten chikdren according to census information.
In 1901 they were living and working at 9 Greenham Mills Cottages.
The following year they moved to new lodgings at Newbury Pumping station, London Road. The Pumping station had been built as Newbury’s first sewer and drainage system between 1894-1896 and the large house was added to the buildings in 1901.
The family had not been there very long when Reginald was taken seriously ill and died on August 29th 1902.
An inquiry into the death by the drainage committee of the council, determined the Reginald died after drinking water from the well on the site and contracting typhoid fever.
Asked if the well had been tested before the family had moved in, to which the Town Clerk said that it had, being a chalk stream, it was remarkably free from impurity.
However, after the death, it was checked again and found to be badly polluted. The reason for this was believed to have been due to street refuse being dumped on adjacent land and the impurities seeped through the ground to pollute the water.
Reginald was buried in Newtown Road Cemetery on September 1st, 1902, but there is no marker or memorial.
The family remained at the pumping station after Reginald’s death and were still there on the 1911 census but left sometime in next 7 years when the Cuddy family took over the running pf the pimping station. The 1939 census shows them living in Eldon Street in Reading.
Author: Paul Thompson
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