Suggestions for improvements in the sewerage of cities and towns / by Charles F. Moore.

  • Moore, Charles Frederick.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Suggestions for improvements in the sewerage of cities and towns / by Charles F. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    would now draw attention to the valuable letter of Lord Palmerston to the Synod of Edinburgh, wherein he enforces observance of the laws of nature, point- ing out, that by cleanliness and industry we may turn to our great advantage those things which, ne- glected, become the causes of sickness and misery. I would also beg to refer my readers to that most valuable brochure written by Mr. Bar dwell, and which I have before quoted as “ Healthy Homes,” in which the talented and practical author draws attention to the importance of the laws of health as maintained by the ancient Greeks, and by Mahomet, whose disci- ples at this day apply an epithet to us English, de- scribing us,-as I learned in the East, “ as those who do not wash in running water.” But, to return to Mr. Bardwell’s work, it is there shown how much benefit is derived from the Jewish cleansing still prac- tised by that people following their ancient laws. In conclusion, I will only add, that improvements in the drainage of buildings in Lambeth reduced the mortality by over 4 per cent., and a still more marked amendment was observed amongst the lodgers in improved lodging-houses in Wigan and Wolverhampton; and that the amount of fatal dis- ease still existing in London and many of our large towns is therefore over 4 per cent, greater than it ought to be were proper measures for drainage and ventilation carried out. THE END.