AMOUNT OF SEWAGE PER CAPITA 



113 



sumption of water in separate residences, seems to indicate 

 that even the Brookline figures may be largely exceeded. Thus 

 in 1900, Mr. J. J. R. Croes was permitted by the owners of 

 25 residences in Manhattan and of 12 residences in Brooklyn, 

 to measure the amounts of water used in each house. Meters 

 were used to secure the records, but no penalty was attached 

 to the discovery of careless waste or wilful leakage. Table XV * 



TABLE XV 



SHOWING RECORD OF TWENTY-FIVE WATER-METERS IN RESI- 

 DENCES IN MANHATTAN. AVERAGE FOR THREE WEEKS 

 IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1900. 



* Report to the Merchants' Association, p. 132. 



