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.

Date:
1876
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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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    ABSTRACTS From Special Reports. Page Cost of dealing with Sewage by Irrigation :— 1. Banbury ....... xxxvii 2. Bedford - -xxxviii 3. Blackburn - 4. Cheltenham - - - - - - xxxix 5. Chorley, Lancashire xl 6. Doncaster ....... xii 7. Harrogate ....... xlii 8. Leamington - - - - - - xliii 9. Merthyr-Tydfil xliv 10. Rugby „ 11. Tunbridge Wells ...... xlv 12. Warwick - xlvi 13. Wolverhampton ,, 14. West Derby ----- - xlviii 15. Wrexham ....... xlix Treatment of Sewage by Land-Filtration:— 16. Kendal I Precipitation of Sewage-sludge in Tanks :— 17. Birmingham ~ i Treatment of Sewage by Chemicals :— 18. Coventry ----- Hi 19. Bolton-le-Moors ...... Hii 20. Leeds -------- Hv 21. Bradford - Iv Treatment of Excreta by the Pail System :— 22. Halifax - - - - - - lv 23. Rochdale ....... lvi Comparison of the Loss of disposing of Town Sewage in proportion to the annual rateable value of the Town - lviii By Irrigation plus Scavenging By Chemicals plus Scavenging - - - - - „ By Pail System at Rochdale; the crude Sewage flows into the River „ By Land-filtration at Kendal -----„ Analyses of Sewage-sludge as treated and Fortified with Chemicals. Report by Dr.jVoelcker, F.R.S., on the Fertilizing and Commercial Value of Town Sewage and Night-soil Manures - lx Theoretical or estimated money value of one ton of the treated Sewage-sludge ------- lxi Practical or market value of one ton of the treated sludge - - lxiii