Remarks on the water supply of London. / by Sir William Clay.

  • Clay, William, Sir, 1791-1869.
Date:
1849
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Remarks on the water supply of London. / by Sir William Clay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. The water supply of the Metropolis is a subject sufficiently important, even apart from the adven- titious interest with which the recent epidemic has invested all questions touching the sanitary condi- tion of the community, to preclude the necessity of any apology on my part, for calling the attention of the public to the statements contained in the following pages. Having for some years taken much part in the management of two of the metropolitan water com- panies, I have had the opportunity of becoming possessed of information not generally accessible, and it seems to me, that at the present moment it may be useful to make that information more widely known. That on a subject not devoid of com- plexity, and not lying within the ordinary routine of men’s thoughts or occupations, much misappre- hension should prevail—is no more than might have been expected—but it is not a little important that all such misapprehensions should be dispelled, if we are about to take any steps with regard to this matter. We may, otherwise, instead of apply- ing ourselves to effect those improvements which iv 2
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