AMOUNT OF SEWAGE PER CAPITA 



111 



TABLE XV 



SHOWING CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN VARIOUS LARGE CITIES 

 OF THE UNITED STATES 1905 



The examples cited in Boston are generally apartment- and 

 boarding-houses, the average number of persons per house 

 being 40. The consumption per capita varied from 59 gallons 

 in the more modern and expensive houses to 16.6 gallons in the 

 cheaper apartment-houses. 



Brookline, a wealthy residential suburb with a large number 

 of private stables, conservatories, and lawns, had the large 

 consumption of 44.3 gallons. 



