Three reports relating to the Hastings water : with an appendix of letters, &c. / Ordered to be printed by the Hastings Local Board of Health.

  • Taylor, Alfred Swaine, 1806-1880.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Three reports relating to the Hastings water : with an appendix of letters, &c. / Ordered to be printed by the Hastings Local Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    3. The customary fee for a quantitative analysis of water is ; but in this case, the analysis of each water, including the search for lead, (the determination of the proportion present, if any,) and the action of the water on lead, would not exceed . If more than six waters were examined, the fee for each water above six, would be , provided several could be examined at once. Should, however, the number of waters requiring ex- amination for the Board of Health be so great as to render the expense very heavy, I shall be most happy to recon- sider the amount to be charged. The largest analysis of the kind that I ever had, was in conjunction with my late colleague, Mr. Aikin. We examined for the Corporation of Leicester 42 waters. The customary fees were reduced accordingly. 4. The analysis of one water would occupy two days, as at least half-a-gallon ought to be evaporated : but I can make arrangements by which from four to six waters can he set in operation at once. 5. In cases of great importance to private and public interests, I have generally taken the samples of water myself, or they have been taken in my presence. I have gone as far as Sunderland on a mission of this kind. This, however, is purely a matter for the consideration of those who desire to have the water analyzed. It of course adds to the expense. My customary fee for that is for each day occupied, exclusive of expenses out of pocket.^ In important cases, too, another chemist has been ge- nerally associated with me. This is always desirable, where there are funds to meet the additional expense. In conjunction with my friend Professor Brande I have just completed an analysis of two waters sent to us from Melbourne, in Australia. The enquiry has been a most elaborate one in reference to the action of water on lead. Numerous cases of lead-poisoning have occurred in Mel- * [Upon the whole the Committee thought it unnecessary to incur this additional expense.]