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. Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876 : report to the Local Government Board / by R. Angus Smith.

  • Great Britain. Local Government Board. Committee to Inquire into the Several Modes of Treating Town Sewage.
Date:
1876-1882
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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. Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876 : report to the Local Government Board / by R. Angus Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Yearly Cost of disposing of the Sewage. Capital 16,550/. at 6 per cent, to repay principal and interest _ _ . Yearly instalment ^993 The working expenses of the farm _ _ _ 927 ^1,920 Less amount for produce sold - - - 84/ „ rent received for part of Kingsley’s farm with sewage - - - - 90 -- £9d,7 .£983 The daily mean flow of the sewage is about 500,000 gallons = 2,232 tons or 814,680 tons yearly. The annual cost to the Improvement Commissioners in disposing of the sewage is 1,920/. or at the rate of ffths per ton ; they receive for the produce of the farm, 93//., an amount equal to about ^fths per ton of sewage, and consequently lose 983/. or about ^fths per ton, or at a rate of I5. per head of the population. The yearly loss on cleansing privies _ - _ £523 ,, ,, in disposing of the sewage - - 983 £1,506 or at a rate of about Is. 6d. per head of the population, or about 7d. in the pound on the rateable value of the district. The volume of sewage is at a rate of 25 gallons per head of the population, or about nine persons contribute to every ton of sewage. The capital 16,550/. will be paid off and then the annual payment of 993/. will cease, when the rates will be relieved to the extent of about 4^d, in the pound on the present rateable value. Doncaster. Population (about) . - - - Rateable value - - - - - Houses ------ Waterclosets . - - - - Privies ------ Quantity of refuse removed from privies yearly (tons) - 20,000 -£68,721 - 4,300 - Not known. - 3,078 - 4,400 Cost of cleansing privies yearly, or at the rate of 2s. 5ic/, per ton . _ - - £539 Amount received for refuse - - - 310 Consequent loss on removal - - - 229 Or at the rate of I5. 0|c/. per ton, or 2\d. per head of the population, or about Id. in the pound on the ratable value of the borough. Expenses incurred to Dispose of the Sewage. Outfall works, including pumping-station, engines, pumps, pumping-main, and laying out farm* - £20,000 The Yearly Cost of disposing of the Sewage. Capital 20,000/., taken at 6 per cent., to repay principal and interest. Yearly instalment - - £1,200 Annual cost of pumping sewage to farm - 300 1,500 Less improved rent for farm - 470 1,030 * The land is part of a much larger estate which is the property of the corporation.