The earth in relation to the preservation and destruction of contagia : being the Milroy lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in 1899, together with other papers on sanitation / delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London on February 23rd and 28th and March 2nd, 1899 by G.V. Poore.

  • Poore, George Vivian, 1843-1904.
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1899
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Credit: The earth in relation to the preservation and destruction of contagia : being the Milroy lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in 1899, together with other papers on sanitation / delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London on February 23rd and 28th and March 2nd, 1899 by G.V. Poore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and cemeteries of Manchester. These nurseries appeared to be most flourishing and contained a large variety of shrubs. The rhododendrons were extremely vigorous. Mr. McDonnell assured me that the farm as a place of residence is by no means damp and that the rain which falls upon his lawn quickly drains away to the reservoir beneath and leaves the surface dry. He and his family and the employes on the farm have always enjoyed excellent health. There lias been one case of enteric fever m nine years, the cause of which is doubtful. Of the 1100 acres of land occupied, 372 acres are farmed by the committee, 639 acres are let to tenants, and the rest is occupied by roads, wharves, plantations, &c. The rental of the portion which is let amounts to £1516 19s., or about £2 7s. 6d. per acre, while the rent of the amount retained by the corporation is put in the accounts as £933 (i.e, £2 10s. per acre for the 372 acres farmed, or just £2 if the roads, &c., be included). In the year 1897 on the 372 acres farmed by the corporation there were produced : clover and clover hay, 430 tons ; carrots, 250 tons ; oats, 5500 bushels : potatoes, 2500 loads ; swedes, 90 tons ; mangolds, 90 tons : and straw, 200 tons. The value of this produce would appear in the accounts for 1898. In the year ended March 31st, 1897, orf7c ° tbefarm produce amounted to £3632 or about £9 15s. per acre while the net profit on the farm appears to have been £1041 or £2 16s. per acre. The amount paid in wages was £1520 and the rent, as stated, was £933. If we may assume, as we have every right to assume, that the land rented was as productive as the land retained by the corporation, then the value of the produce of the 1011 acres under cultivation would, at £9 15s t)er acre tZHL^ fi^n^^L^' then'arrive at the coLlusTon that each of the 49,342 tons of refuse sent to Carrington Bnt'now^fwP.'^^^.'*^ ^^^'^^^ ^- worth of ffod But now that the Moss is entirely reclaimed it will not ^nnnn ,T ^^^^ ^^^^ ^o the acre, or, say, tu;2 Mn^T ^T- ^^^ ^ well-considered expend^ ture Manchester has provided itself with (trud refuse^a f o?*evranTi?'L^^^ ^^^^^ lOoCns per Slm nearrhalf arSll ln .'''^^^^^ Absorbed nearly naJt a million tons of refuse of which the citv had of uBed. Land wSch'pSlJnoYJra^r^b cT lei SrT on the yield T^ ^in^SyLl l^^fi^T years' average is S to I,,!.! ^J •'■■■8: ondor a 10 £10 worth If rooduce fromT„ ■ ..l hand, sive return. My S to r„ ■ Sj ''^ i«y nm to Carrington Moss left upon me