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.

  • Great Britain. Local Government Board. Committee 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 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vlll EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT. Sewage.—The fluid refuse of a town. Sewer.—The main conduit for sewage laid within a town. Drain.—The tributary conduit for sewage from houses to sewers. Sewerage.—A system of sewers. Raw or Crude Sewage.—Sewage as it flows untreated from a sewer. Clarified Sewage.— Sewage deprived of solids and flocculent matters in tanks. Purified Sewage.—Sewage filtered through land sufficiently to have neu- tralized the salts. Excreta, used as a singular noun.—Faeces and urine combined. Dust.—The ashes and other dry refuse from houses. The A. B. C. Process.—Sewage treated with Alum, Blood, and Clay, &c. M. and C. Process.—Initials of the patentees. The ingredients used are lime, carbon, soda, per-chloride of iron, and ashes. The Pail and Goux Systems.—Moveable vessels placed beneath privy seats prepared to receive excreta. LIST OF MAPS AND DETAILS Bedford - Doncaster - Wolverhampton - Tunbridge Wells, North Farm North Farm Sewage Tank Details - Tunbridge Wells, South Farm South Farm Sewage Tank Details - West Derby - Kendal, General Plan and Details - Wimbledon - OF SEWAGE-FARMS. No. - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 9, 10, 11, 12 13, 14