Sewage : to the chairman and members of the late Local Board, and the owners and ratepayers of Southborough, Kent.

  • Homersham, Samuel Collett.
Date:
[1875]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sewage : to the chairman and members of the late Local Board, and the owners and ratepayers of Southborough, Kent. 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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    as well as in the day, or on Saturdays, without the aid of an attendant. (d) . It seems to me this might be accomplished without much outlay. (e) . Some other chemicals besides lime aro sometimes used, especially in hot, dry weather, to mix with the outfall water from sewers. A chemist would, if necessary, advise as to this. (/). I do not know what amount of surface water from roofs, yards, and roads, now flow into the sewers ; but if the quantity should be considerable, no doubt, in heavy rains, a portion, as is the usual custom, might, after slight deposition of heavier particles, be allowed to run direct to the brook without creating any nuisance. I remain, yours truly, (Signed) S. 0. HOMERSHAM. E. N. Knocker, Esq., Member of Local Board, Southboro’, Kent. In accordance with one of the before-named recommendations, the Board had a weir erected for the purpose of enabling the quantity of water from the sewer to be at any time measured, and in June following I received from Mr. Delves, Law Clerk, a letter dated the 18th, forwarding me copy of resolution passed by the late Board “ that I be requested to attend and inspect the present “ system of sewage adopted by the Board, and advise them as to “ its more efficient working or otherwise,” In consequence, on the 28th of July, I reported to the Board as follows:— . ft A 19, Buckingkam-street, Adelphi, London, July 28th, 1874. To the Chairman and Members of the Local Board, Southborough, Kent. Gentlemen,—In accordance with the resolution forwarded in in your clerk’s (Mr. Delves) letter to me of the 18th of June,