Memorandum on Protection of Reservoirs
- Date:
- Sep 1939
- Reference:
- HALDANE/5/6/2/3
- Part of:
- Haldane Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Letter from David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, to Haldane regarding the potential threat to public health posed by the poisoning of reservoirs by enemy agents or the possibility of damage to reservoirs by explosives. Encloses a copy of memorandum by Lord Davies on the security of the Birmingham Water Works at Elan Valley and Liverpool Water Works at Lake Vyrnwy, and a copy of a letter sent by Lord Davies to several MPs on the same subject. Includes a letter from Haldane to Lord Davies in response to the above.
Publication/Creation
Sep 1939
Physical description
2 letters plus 2 enclosures 14 sides
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.