Second report from the Select Committee on Ventilation and Lighting of the House : together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Ventilation of the House.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Second report from the Select Committee on Ventilation and Lighting of the House : together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    D. B. Reid, tral portion of the river front ?■—-Yes ; those I consider to be m. d. a mere make-shift, and not to be compared for a moment 26 March w^n t^ie supplies which I am deprived of from the Victoria 185,2. Tower. One of those sources may be subject to emanations from the river, and the other from the churchyard. 408. At the same time you have sources of supply from different sides5 according to the state of the wind ?•—Cer- tainly, 409. Is there more than one access for the air into the Clock Tower ?—No ; only one at the high level, but I have never seen the details for the finishing of the top of the Clock Tower. They ought to be shown in time to admit of proper arrangements being made to take advantage of the air there. 410. Viscount Ebrington.~] Do you mean that drawings of the drains have been refused you, and also drawings of the flues and passages proposed to be made in the Houses of Parliament?—Certainly ; I have been refused access to draw- ings under what I consider to be very extraordinary circum- stances. 411. Are you at all acquainted with the arrangements for the drainage of the Houses of Parliament?—I have not been so since 1846, except from what I have seen incidentally. 412. You have given a good deal of attention to the subject of drainage and sewerage, have not you? —I have, and I have written some reports connected with the Houses of Parlia- ment since that, but entirely upon limited points. 413. What was your opinion of the plan and arrangement of those drains at the time you saw them ? —At the time 1 saw them, they were so unaccountable, that if I am asked my opinion of them, I can only state that I began to think it was time to see whether I should continue any longer at the Houses or not. I did object to them strongly. When, how- ever, it was agreed to construct ventilating flues that would give me the power of acting upon them, then I said, this will be some remedy at all events, though not so desirable as another system of drainage. 414. Are you aware of the areas of any of those drains?— I know the areas of the first series of drains generally; but not having given any specific attention to the subject for many years, I do not know that I can state them with minute correctness. 415- I s it your opinion that they were unreasonably large, or defective as to their slope and arrangement?—The objec- tions which I entered on were those which were connected with my department. The point which I considered was, whether they would affect the ventilation or not. I did not so
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