Report upon inquiry as to the truth or otherwise of certain allegations contained in a memorial from the vicar and other inahbitants of Barking, in the county of Essex, calling attention to the pollution of the river Thames by the discharge of sewage through the Northern Main Outfall Sewer of the Metropolitan Board of Works / by Robert Rawlinson... together with minutes of proceedings, abstract, and index.

Robert Rawlinson

Date:: 1870

Credit: Report upon inquiry as to the truth or otherwise of certain allegations contained in a memorial from the vicar and other inahbitants of Barking, in the county of Essex, calling attention to the pollution of the river Thames by the discharge of sewage through the Northern Main Outfall Sewer of the Metropolitan Board of Works / by Robert Rawlinson... together with minutes of proceedings, abstract, and index. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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I. Ilford : No injury from paper mill at, Marchant, 28, 29, 36-42. Insurance Offices : Object to vessels entering the creek in consequence of the obstructions, Deveson, 371. Injunctions: To restrain pollution of rivers, Hawkskaw, 1775-1778. Irrigation : If sewage were used for irrigation, the pollution and silting of the river would be prevented, Burstal, 981- 984.—Is not impossible ; whoever can utilize the sewage of London will be a national benefactor, Bidder, 1872- 1879. See also Birmingham. Italian Rye Grass : Dressing used for, on Lodge Farm, Hope, 1U33, 1034. K. King Bridge : Mud bank formed near, since the London sewage started, Deveson, 521. Kirkstall Rag : Birmingham macadamized with, Haywood, 2479. L. Land Floods: Do not come down so heavily as formerly, through Hainault Forest being divided into farms ; they clear the channel, Deveson, 505-508. Lawes' Artificial Manure Works : No bad smells from; cattle on the marshes near the works soon fatten, Pyner, 183-188. Number employed, Crowe, 326. Stench from, Bidder, 1803-1805. Shoal off, has been there time out of mind, Hawksley, 2139, 2140. They are very offensive, Hemans, 2383-2338. A great smell from, at times, especially with a south-east wind; coast-guard vessel was removed because the building obstructed the view of the river, Tobey, 2589- 2593, 2597, 2674-2681, 2695-2708, 277^-2784. Smell from, when the wind blew from southward and westward ; fumes of acids affected the eyes of the coast- guard men, Deay, 2823-2828. Leach, Mr. S. W. (Engineer to Thames Conservancy Board): Evidence of, 813-955. Lee River : Tidal portion of, is dirtier than the Roding, Bazalgette, 1501-1505. Mud at mouth of, is of much the same character as at the mouth of Barking Creek, ib. 1628, 1629. Letheby, Dr. : Report by, on Thames water and mud, Appendix,page 108. Lloyd's Paper Mills : No sediment from them; they contaminate the water, Honey, 664, 667. Local Board of Health : One much wanted in Barking, Crowe, 323«. Lodge Farm. See Metropolis Sewage and Essex Recla- mation Company ; also evidence of Hope and Pollard. London, City of : Sewers in, have very fair gradients, taking the average; as good as in any parts of the metropolis, and better than most; road drift lies in the sewers notwithstand- ing ; minimum sewage flow in sewers of, in dry weather, and minimum scour; any material from the roads would lie in the sewers, with certain exceptions, Haywood, 2485-2488. M. McDougall, Mr. J. (Surveyor and Assistant to the Metropolitan Board of Works): Evidence of, 1067-1418. Main Drainage : Plans for, of Messrs. Simpson, Galton, and Blackwell, Bidder, 1790. If sewers for, were carried further down they must be tidal, unless the expense of pumping were incurred; the cost would be enormous, without any advantage, and the sewage would have been carried past land where it might be utilized, ib. 2005- 2015.—About 4,000,OOOZ. has been spent upon the works. Hayioood, 2441, 2442. Manure. See Dung. Maplin Sands : Scheme for utilizing sewage on, Hope, 1016. Money would be forthcoming in 24 hours, if Metropolitan Board gave a guarantee, ib. 1020-1023, 1049, 1050. Capital of company 2,100,000^., ib. 1052. Works and cost of construction; operations are now stopped, ib. 1053- 1059. If works were carried on there would be no financial loss, 1060. Scheme will not answer commercially, Bidder, 1999- 2004. See also Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Company. Marchant, Mr. (Resident in Barking and Smack Owner): Evidence of, 1-114, 322r<-323. Mfdway: Receives some sewage, but in small proportion to the volume of water in the river, Odling, 2340. Memorial from Barking: Of vicar and other inhabitants of Barking, page 1. Handwriting of; was taken round lor signature, Deveson, 430-440. Allegation as to loss of 11 feet of water in the channel of the Thames is true as regards the depth of mud, but not as to its position, Burstal, 964, 965. Allegation that the dangerous condition of the Thames is owing to discharge of sewage is imaginary and contrary to fact, Bazalgette, 1427-1428. Statement in, as to danger of health from sewage outfall has no foundation ; no part of the memorial is correct, Cooper, 2548-2550. Evidence taken in support of allegations in, see Evidence of Marchant, 1-114, 322o-323; Davidson, 115-136; Pyner, 137-201 ; Quash, 202-266 ; Horsley, 267-322, 801-812; Crowe, 323a-331; Deveson, 333-568; Watts, 569-602; Honey, 603-681; Hale, 682-711; Harvey, 712-765 ; Templeman, 766-800; Leach, 813-955; Burstal, 956-1002. Evidence taken in refutation of allegations in, see McDougall, 1067-1418; Bazolgette, 1419-1/53; Hawk- shaw, 1754-1785; Bidder, 1786-2025; Gregory, 2048- 2116; Hawksley, 2117-2207; Miller, 2208-2273; Odling, 2274-2362; Hemans, 2363-2428; Haywood, 2429-2504; Grant, 2505-2524; Cooper, 2525-2550; Barnes, 2564 ; Tobey, 2566-2814; Deay, 2815-2911; Brown, 2912-2914, 2923-3221; Clark, 3222-3316; Powell, 3317-3410; Hall, 3411-3452; Hallett, 3453- 3543. Notice of public inquiry into allegations of, Appendix, page 106. Mersey', River : Velocity in mid-channel at half tide; rise of tide is higher than in the Thames, Bidder, 2024, 2025. Metropolitan Board of Works : Have no apparatus for dredging sediment from the reservoirs, Burstal, 972-974. Contemplated utilization of the sewage from the com- mencement ; encouragement given to the Essex Re- clamation Company, Bazalgette, 1654-1663. Opera- tions of, have not injured the navigation of the Thames or affected the foreshore of Barking Creek; they have rather improved the navigation, ib. 1686. Never put any difficulties in the way of the Sewage Company; on the contrary, has given everv encouragement, ib. 1707-1724. Metropolitan Outfall Sewers. See Barking ; Mud; Navigation ; Northern Outfall Sewers ; Sewage j Southern Outfall Sewer ; Thames, River. Metropolitan Sewage : Should be utilized and kept out of the Thames if it can be done successfully, Hemans, 2403, 2404. As to assumption that 700,000 tons from main outlet sewers—assumes that not an atom has been decom- posed; 700,000 tons is entirely supposititious as applied to London, Haywood, 2488 et seq. Metropolis] Sewage and Essex Reclamation Company7 : Lodge Farm.-—Is an experimental farm of 220 acres, Hope, 1012; Bazalgette, 1724.—Results as to produce satisfactory, Hope, 1017, 1018. Per-centage payable to Metropolitan Board, ib. 1019. Crops irrigated, ib. 1027. Dressing for Italian rye grass 4,000 tons per acre per annum, ib. 1033, 1034. Complaint as to stagnant sewage on; this has been remedied; it was no very great affair, ib. 1006, 1007. Sewage is ap- plied for agricultural purposes; nothing offensive in its application, ib. 1008-1010.—Sewage from, has run into a fishpond and killed the fish; it is smelt in hot weather, especiall yduring east and south-east winds, Horsley, 294-299, 315-321.—Cannot deteci; any smell from sewage deposited on land of, Powell, 3335.

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