On the drainage of Glasgow : with special reference to the disinfection of sewage, the ventilation of sewers, and the trapping of house drains / by John Honeyman.

  • Honeyman, John, 1831-1914.
Date:
1873
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Credit: On the drainage of Glasgow : with special reference to the disinfection of sewage, the ventilation of sewers, and the trapping of house drains / by John Honeyman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE DRAINAGE OF GLASGOW. Theee is, I think, a peculiar fitness in the Glasgow Archi- tectural Society considering and discussing this subject. It is in many ways forced upon the attention of architects and builders, and they especially are bound to give it their most serious consideration; indeed, they cannot neglect to do so without an obvious and culpable neglect of duty. Moreover, I think that, to use the words of Mr. Bright at Edinburgh, when alluding to another important question of reform,— at a time like this every man who has studied this question with care, and who thinks he at all comprehends it, is bound to give the result of his study and examination to his country- men; if, perchance, it may be of use to them in the delibera- tions which are now being carried on; and I am tempted to hope that a consideration of a different aspect of the subject from that which was so ably illustrated at our last meeting may not be unproductive of some benefit to the cause of sani- tary reform. Looking at the extent and the accuracy of the information which is now within our reach regarding the various com- ponent parts and properties of sewage and of sewer gases and their effects, with which, no doubt, most of you are conversant, it would seem that what is now most required is a practical application of the knowledge we possess. In other words, I believe we have been furnished, through the investigations of the most eminent chemists and engineers, with a sufficiency of reliable data on which to construct a practicable method of overcoming the evils of our present system of drainage. For,