Volume 2

First report.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the State of Large Towns.
Date:
1844
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: First report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANALYTICAL CONTENTS. Supplies of Hater:— 1’AGii The importance of keeping water always on in the mains under a high pressure, so that it may be thrown over the highest buildings in case of fire < . 2,67-132 ♦ Instances at Greenock and Paisley 2 ,, at Nottingham 65 , , at Philadelphia and New York . 136 ,, at Preston 146-148 Proposed application of this principle at Cork and Woolwich .... 16 Economy experienced by the introduction of a constant supply into the houses at Nottingham 27, 33, 46 At Hyde 99 At Preston 148 Objections to this system stated 17 Statements in reply founded on actual experience 44, 48-149 Facilities afforded by a constant supply for the introduction of baths . . 30-60 For public fountains .............. 62 For watering and cleansing streets 63, 64 The expense for the above purposes compared with the present charges . 64, 65 Estimated additional expense of weekly for giving a constant supply in Southwark 115 The facilities afforded by the reduction of expense for the introduction of water into the houses of the poor by the abolition of water tanks 30, 148, 306 Applicability of waste water from steam-engines for warm baths for the poor 81 The expediency of combining under one system a supply of water for domestic purposes, and for the removal of all refuse ..... 107,136 Statement of the cost of raising water by steam-engines 13, 34, 41 Of the cost of supplying water 44