Facts respecting the drainage of London and the pollution of the Thames / from the reminiscences of an octogenarian, medical officer, in retirement.
- Este, M. L. (Michael Lambton), 1779-1864
- Date:
- 1858
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Facts respecting the drainage of London and the pollution of the Thames / from the reminiscences of an octogenarian, medical officer, in retirement. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![tivity and delay, viz. :— To carry out the main drainage and the other necessary improvements in London would cost some- thing like £12,000,000 sterling. This, of course, could not be paid for by the present ratepayers, but should be carried over sixty or even one hundred years\ as the object is 'to purify London for all time^ posterity should help to pay for an advan- tage so largely beneficial.'' By a Government guarantee, the! money could be had at 3^ or 4 per cent. Unless the Govern- ment lend their aid, the Metropolitan Board of Works will bei powerless for good. Next to the suppression of the Mutiny in India, the suppres- sion of the Cholera in London should occupy our thoughts. The sooner the sanitary measures are adopted, the more effective and the less expensive will they be found. No. VL ROSHERVILLE, KENT; | ITS HEALTH, BATHS, AND KECREATIONS. In the palmy days of Rome, when arts and arms were in thei o ascendant, with Virgil, Horace, and Mecsenas immortalizingfip their age, the Roman Emperors had been contending which) ii could contribute most to the comforts, the improvement, and! Ik to the recreations of the people. Vast amphitheatres fors'tie Olympic games were erected, warm swimming baths of vastlf^ extent, of pure water, were opened on the lowest terms andlm gratuitously, on great occasions, as after victories &c., to theiijlo people. Rural excursions were not suppressed, but wereii encouraged at that period on holy days, to charming situations, viol (such as Baja and Cuma), where the heavens were telKng the O glory, and the firmament showing the handiworks in full efful-iil gence. Virgil on his first visit to Baja, under enchantment and|fel lofty aspiration from the scenery he surveyed, exclaimed,— ] Ii NuUus in orbe locus Bajis proelucet amoenis. I id This ! this is the spot to live and die in. The remarks of! Virgil are as applicable to our British Baja Bosherville as the Baja of Italy. With a clear atmosphere and shining sunlit( when properly lighted up, the panorama at Rosherville sur-'pf passes the Italian in many respects. Baja and Cuma arejp remarkable, especially to a poet, for amenity, beauty, and tran-j i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22274467_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
