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Credit: The quality of the Perth water supply. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Department of the Registry of Births and Deaths for London; and (13) the late Dr Budd, F.R.S., of Bristol. Moreover, the future historian of the water- supply of Perth ought to be in possession of a complete series of documents showing the action and attitude from time to time of so important a public body as the Water Commission. And undoubtedly the non-publication of the Commis- s.on’s appeal to Dr Lindsay would form a Mnissing link in the chain of historical evidence. For all the reasons above given, we have pleasure in submitting to our readers, in their proj)er concatenation, the three documents that constitute the correspondence between the Water Commission and Dr Lindsay as regards the quality of the Perth water-supply:— I. The Request of the Water Commission [which is addressed—facetiously, we presume—to Dr Lindsay, at “ Murray’s Eoyal ^ssylura]. Perth, 23d June, 1876. Deak Sir,—At the monthly meeting of the Perth Water Commissioners, held on d’uesday last, I was instructed to send you, which I do, enclosed copy analysis made the other day by Dr Stevenson Macadam as to the jiresent state of the Perth water-supply;—and I beg also to refer you to the annexed excerpt from the Commissioners’ meeting authorising me to send the report; and I remain, dear sir, yours truly, (Signed) Alex. Wilson. Clerk to the Commissioners. [Excerpt from Minute referred to.] The Clerk read the report which had been received from Dr Stevenson Macadam, in regard to the analysis of tlie water, and which was considered by the meeting as highly satisfactory. Instruct the Clerk to transmit a copy of the report to Dr Lauder Lindsay, and, having regard to the terms thereof, to ascertain from tlie Doctor, for the infor- mation of the Commissioners, and with the view solely of arriving at a reliable and unmistakable state of the present Perth water-supply, Avhether he still adheresand continues to be of the same opinion as had been announced by him in his recently-published report on the subject. II. Reply of Dr Lindsay. Perth, June 24, 1876. Dear Sir,—I have to acknowledge receipt this morning](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21966965_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
