A paper on drinking fountains / by Charles P. Melly.

  • Melly, Charles P.
Date:
1858
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Credit: A paper on drinking fountains / by Charles P. Melly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A PAPER ON DRINKING FOUNTAINS. BY READ IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAI ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, LIVERPOOL MEETING, OCTOBER, 1858. My attention was first called to this subject durmg a visit at Geneva, in 1853, by observing the beantifol stone ™ter Fountains which are so abundant in that city, indeed in every town m Switzerland, and on the Continent generally The system for the supply of water for general purposes is on quite There the water « the property of the town authorities, and is di tnbuted by them to the citizens through the means We pubUc Fountains, free of cost. Formerly every householder wa! bhged to get all the water be wanted from the Fountains, Z 'erints oiT' T '^ ^'^^ »™ abom This is stiU the general custom on the Continent