Report ... on the supply of water to the Metropolis.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health
Date:
1850
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    to make the change from the intermittent to the con- stant system: 56. That these advantages may be best given by the same means by which a more perfect and cheaper surface cleansing of courts, alleys, foot-pavements, and carriage ways than that by hand may be effected, namely, by jets of water distributed under high pressure. Having considered the most eligible administrative provisions for the execution of the required works, we concur in the principles recommended by the Com- mission of Inquiry as to the best means of Improving the Health of Towns, and confirmed by Parliament in the Public Health Act, viz.: 57- That the works of water supply, and those for drainage, or the removal of soil or waste water, should be carried into effect by one and the same adminis- trative body : 58. But that the magnitude of the metropolis, the diversity of its local jurisdictions, and its position as the seat of Government, and the occasional residence of persons from all parts of the empire, the large minorities requiring protection, and the unaccustomed magnitude of the requisite outlay, render distinct and special provisions necessary for it, and that the amend- ments required may be most speedily, safely, and economically executed by special or by provisional arrangements : 59. That a general survey under the direction of the engineers of the Board of Ordnance, and other surveys, trial works, and preparations essential to the safe and economical execution of combined works of water supply having been completed, under the di- rection of the consolidated Metropolitan Sewers’ Com- mission, such combined works may now be executed and maintained at a lower rate of charge per house than has heretofore been incurred for any of their various branches executed separately : 60. That the initiation and executive direction of such works by members, however highly qualified.
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