The sewage question : comprising a series of reports being investigations into the condition of the principal sewage farms and sewage works of the kingdom / from Dr. Letheby's "Notes and chemical analyses".
- Henry Letheby
- Date:
- 1872
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The sewage question : comprising a series of reports being investigations into the condition of the principal sewage farms and sewage works of the kingdom / from Dr. Letheby's "Notes and chemical analyses". Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Total Quantities per Acre in Three Years (1861 1862, 1863). ' Sewage used per Acre. Green Grass obtained per Acre. Plot 1. 5 Acre ) „ 2. Field. 1 „ 3. „ 4. Tons. None. 8,064 16,417 24,140 10 acre Field. None. 7,388 14,803 22,229 Tons. Owt. ars. lbs. 22 8 0 0 65 0 0 9 96 9 3 0 102 7 0 7 33 9 1 3 68 13 1 2 85 9 2 10 93 5 2 25 - giaoo uubaiuea per acre pe aanuni on the two fields were as follows :— ^^ ^CRE PER Annum as Green Grass. Plot I. Without Sewage. Plot 2. 3,000 tons of Sewage per annum. Five acre field . . Ten acre field . . Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. 7 9 19 11 3 0 10 Tons. cwts. ors. ]hs. 21 13 i J 2 22 17 3 1 Average .... 9 6 0 24 22 5 2 7 Plot 3. 6,000 tons of Sewage per annum. Plot 4. 9,000 tons of Sewage per annum. Five acre field . . Ten acre field . . Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. 32 3 1 0 28 9 3 13 Tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. 34 2 1 12 31 1 3 18 Average .... 30 6 2 6 32 12 0 15](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20411704_0186.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
