ON THE TREATMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE. 



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The largest amount of water supplied is in the case of Lynn, where it is 

 stated to be 56 gallons per head daily, and the smallest amount is said to be 

 supplied in the case of Stroud, where it is only 4 gallons per head. 



DisjMsal of Excreta! Refuse. — Of the 107 places there are 42 where the 

 old system of using privies with pits for collecting the refuse is general, and 

 25 where it is partially adhered to. In 42 places water-closets are general, 

 and in 25 places they have been adopted partially to a greater or less extent. 



Sewerage. — Out of the 107 places there are only 11 where no system of 

 sewerage exists ; in the remainder the sewerage of the towns is either 

 general or partial, but in some instances very defective. 



107 



Of the places which are completely sewered there are,- 



29 where water-closets are general, 

 privies 



12 



7 



5) 



both are used. 



Of the places which are only partially sewered there are,- 



12 where water-closets are general. 



22 

 14 



privies ,, 



both are used. 



Of the places which are not sewered there are, — 



1 where water-closets are general. 

 6 „ privies „ „ 



3 ,, both are used. 



Disposal of L'quid Seivac/e and Contents of Pits ^r. — At 71 places 

 out of the 107 the liquid sewage, consisting either of the discharge from 

 water-closets, or of the drainage and overflow from pits and cesspools, ia 

 discharged into the adjoining stream or river, and in two instances it is dis- 

 charged into pools of water. At a few of those places the sewage is first 

 submitted to some kind of treatment, chiefly with the object of preventing 

 or mitigating nuisance. At Bury St. Edmunds the liquid sewage is partly 

 got rid of by means of dead wells. 



In 38 places the contents of pits and cesspools are carted away. 



At 15 places the hquid sewage is applied to land, either wholly or partially, 

 and at 2 of those places it is previously subjected to treatment. 



The number of towns where these dififerent plans are adopted is shown by 

 the following Table : — 



