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pendent of the common sewers, be immediately adopted and enforced 
throughout the city. 
6. That the use for domestic purposes of water from cisterns supplying 
water-closets be absolutely forbidden. 
In the event of it being found necessary to purify the river— 
7. That the whole drainage of the city be taken into main intercepting 
sewers, and conducted to a suitable point; and, after having been rendered 
clear by precipitation and filtration, passed into the Clyde. 
8. That the sludge obtained in the precipitation process be got rid of 
in the cheapest possible manner. A part of it might be utilized in making 
up waste land, and a certain quantity might be taken away by farmers, but 
the greater part would probably require to be disposed of in the same man- 
ner as the dredgings of the rivers. 
The report entirely discards the idea of utilization of the sewage itself, 
or the precipitate obtained by the action of lime or other chemical agents. 
The sludge obtained by many of the patented processes is dried at such 
cost, and its value when dry so trifling, that all hopes of disposing of it for 
manurial purposes—at a price that would be remunerative—is entirely 
illusory. 
The report concludes that, while they consider the purification of the 
Clyde important, yet for the health of the city, the sewage works are of 
greater consequence, which they hope will be carried out without un- 
necessary delay. 
Attached to the Glasgow report are appendices, containing the opinions 
of the Local Government Board, and the Health and Sewage of Towns Con- 
ference Committees, which closely coincide with the above in their recom- 
mendations, and they pointedly insist “that no one system for disposing of 
sewage could be adopted for universal use; that different localities require 
different methods to suit their special peculiarities ; and also that, as a rule, 
no profit can be derived at present from sewage utilization, but for health’s 
sake, without consideration of commercial profit, sewage and excreta must 
be got rid of at any cost.” 
* That the pail system, under proper regulations for early and frequent 
removal, is greatly superior to all privies, cesspools, ashpits, and middens 
and possesses manifold advantages in regard to health and cleanliness ; 
whilst its results in economy and facility of utilization often compare 
favorably with those of water-carried sewage." : 
* That for use within the house no system has been found in practice to 
take the place of the water-closet.” 
vd And that all middens, privies, and cesspools in towns should be 
