482 The Public Health. [Oct., 
the town is collected before nine o'clock in the morning, and 
deposited either close to the boundary, or in the case of the most 
important parish, Sculeoates, beyond the boundary, and the depots 
are shortly to be still farther removed. 
It is to be regretted, however, that there, as in all other large 
towns from which we have gathered information, it is not the 
practice to use disinfectants. 
Hull was formerly iil-provided with water, but we believe its 
wants are now tolezably well met. Its low situation is very 
disadvantageous for sewerage, but, as far as we can learn, its 
arrangements in that respect are good. Very extensive drainage 
works are being carried on, and the sewers of the old town are 
flushed by the docks from which a sufficient fall is obtainable, and 
in the remaining parts of the town they are cleansed by the 
admission of the tide; the whole being periodically swept out. 
Formerly the town had to suffer much from the boiling of 
whale-blubber, but with the departure of what was at one time 
its staple trade, the whale-fishery, the nuisance referred to has disap- 
peared, and in ‘its place the visitor experiences the healthy and not 
disagreeable odour of its numerous seed-oil and cake manufactories. 
Let not the inhabitants, however, relax their exertions to keep 
their homes healthy, for even there it would not be difficult to pot 
out unhealthy courts, alleys, and streets. Hull does not, however, 
suffer from any monstrous evil, or train of nuisances, which is more 
than can be said for Bristol. 
There is no want of sanitary government at Bristol, but rather 
the reverse; and a certain old proverb concerning an excess of 
chefs-de-cuisine is verified. There is a Board of Health, and also 
a Committee of Health. The former constitutes the “Sewer 
Authority,” and has performed much useful work m sewerage, 
the erection of drinking fountains, public boxes for the reception 
of refuse, &e. The other sanitary body, the “ Health of Towns 
Committee,” emanates from the Corporation of the Poor, and has 
an officer of health for the whole city with the somewhat meagre 
salary of 200/. or 3000. a-year; besides, there are subordinate 
health officers in each district, medical men, who, if we understand 
aright, have no salaries beyond those dependent upon their inade- 
quate poor-law appointments. The Clifton Union have also ap- 
pointed an officer of heaith for that district, with a separate salary. 
The Health of Towns Committee is prompt and energetic in 
emergencies, such as visitations of typhus or cholera, but, as our 
readers will doubtless have anticipated, the two Sanitary Corpo- 
rations here (as elsewhere under divided authority) are often at 
variance. And when this article was written it was found that the 
Privy Council order affecting towns such as Bristol, would create 
ereater confusion and squabbling. 
