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TABLE XVI 



CONSUMPTION 'PER CAPITA FOR DOMESTIC USE IN BOSTON, 

 BROOKLINE, NEWTON, FALL RIVER, AND WORCESTER, AS 

 DETERMINED BY METER MEASUREMENT 



In Newton, 490 families, averaging five in a family, had 

 an average consumption of 26.5 gallons per capita. The 

 houses are modern, with every plumbing convenience, but 

 small grounds. 



The amounts used in Fall River and Worcester are very 

 much less, partly from the manufacturing character of the 

 cities and the resulting class of residents. 



For the future water-supply of Boston the quantity required 

 for domestic use, based on the table and facts above given and 

 on the known local conditions, proportions, and numbers of 

 the various classes of residents, and with due regard for future 

 growth of each class, was assumed to be 30 gallons per capita. 



Elaborate studies made in New York City upon the con- 



