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

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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$appeared in good earnest, with all his influence and his I powerful associates,—the Bank of England, all the great City Corporations, our Merchant Princes,—collectively and indi- \ vidually, were pouring in enormous subscriptions for the ; formation of Model Baths in London, and for the extension of ' similar establishments all over the United Kindora. H.E.H. j' the Duke of Kent, in his enthusiasm for the first Society, when f the remarks on the Ruins of Rome, and on the Recreations of] the Romans, were first submitted to him, loudly proclaimed in the Senate and out of it,— he saw no reason why the Citizens of England, should not be indulged quite as extensively as ^ the Citizens of Rome, in their salutary recreations and enjoy- f ments, and that he would use what influence he might pos- sess, in the encouragement of such sources of health and f happiness. Extraordinary large subscriptions, from all quar- ters, were occasionally announced,'—neither last, nor least, Her Most Gracious Majesty,—reigning in the hearts of her subjects,—inheriting the spirit and intelligence of her Royal Parent,—foreseeing the blessings likely to result to the most humble of her subjects, from the realization of the parental ideas,—full of filial piety and philanthropy, threw open her purse and her patronage, most hberally on the revival of the Societies, at their outset, and further exhibited her bounty and benevolence in large donations on all subsequent occasions, towards the accomplishment of the great boon. The great success of the paternal plans, now brought to maturity and general adoption, not only in England butfj through Europe and in America, under her royal auspices and through her active intervention, must prove a constant source of gratification to Her Most Gracious Majesty. The Emperor , Louis Napoleon has lately directed that warm baths and lava-W, lories, with all the English mechanism, may be introduced in F the Cit6 Ouvriere, or New Lodging House, for the benefit offP the industrial classes in France. The Clifton Baths, near'ff Rosherville, are of handsome erection and commodious, but'^^ nothing but the purest water should be admitted for the use *] of man, either externally or internally. The water of the C'om- g pany, near Windmill Hill, like most of the springs in Kent isi^^ very pure ; deep wells and spring waters, are everywhere desi-jie rable for health and comfort. Thames sewage manure isn scarcely fit for flushing the intended large tubular drains for k\ the purification of London ! m I lot$