Sewage disposal. : Report of a Committee appointed by the President of the Local Government Board to inquire into the several modes of treating town sewage. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Local Government Board.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Sewage disposal. : Report of a Committee appointed by the President of the Local Government Board to inquire into the several modes of treating town sewage. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The systems, to whicli the Board refer, are those for the disposal of sewage ; 1. By sewage-farms, 2. By land-filtration, 3. By precipitation and by chemical processes: And in order that they may obtain reliable information as to the results of each of these processes, they have determined that Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., one of their secretaries, and Mr. Rawlinson, C.B., their chief engineering inspector, in conjunction Avith Mr. Smith, the secretary to the late Rivers Pollution Commission, as their assistant, shall, as early as practicable, visit a limited number of localities in which the processes in question are in operation, and report fully to the Board thereon. The points to which attention must be directed and upon which the Board are desirous of obtaining information, are mainly the following :— 1. The nature and character of the works and their actual cost; the rateable value of the district, and the population for which the works are available. 2. The length of time during which they have been in operation. 3. The effect of the works on the sanitary condition of the district, so far as it can be ascertained generally. 4. The efficiency or non-efficiency of the works as a means of disposing of the sewage of the district, and the quality of the effluent water in relation to its purification and deodorization. 5. Whether any nuisance is or has been occasioned by the works. 6. The annual outlay required for their maintenance and working, as distinguished from repayments of principal and interest, which should be shown separately. 7. In the case of sewage-farms, the acreage, description of soil, system of cultivation, the kind of crops, and the financial results. 8. In other cases the amount realized by the sale of the sewage. The Board consider that at least four examples of each system should be included in the inquiry ; and they are desirous that the separate reports should be accompanied by a general report on the merits of the different systems. (Signed) G. Sclatee-Booth, Local Government Board, President. June 17th, 1875.