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  Ti'ansactions. 
  — 
  Miscellaneous, 
  

  

  ment 
  of 
  dry 
  collection 
  and 
  daily 
  removal. 
  The 
  Deputation 
  strongly 
  com- 
  

   mend, 
  on 
  sanitary 
  grounds, 
  the 
  tub 
  and 
  pail 
  system, 
  which 
  opinion 
  has 
  

   abeady 
  had 
  wide 
  effects 
  in 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Glasgow, 
  where 
  the 
  gain 
  in 
  health 
  

   and 
  decency 
  is 
  great 
  and 
  unquestionable. 
  

  

  The 
  Goux 
  system 
  was 
  in 
  operation 
  at 
  Halifax, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  recommended 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  want 
  of 
  simplicity. 
  

  

  The 
  earth-closet 
  is 
  supported 
  as 
  being 
  admirably 
  suited 
  for 
  country 
  

   houses 
  of 
  the 
  better 
  class, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  costly 
  to 
  work. 
  

  

  Lienur's 
  pneumatic 
  system 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  Holland, 
  was 
  not 
  inspected 
  

   by 
  the 
  Deputation, 
  as 
  it 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  adopted 
  in 
  England. 
  However, 
  they 
  

   advance 
  an 
  opinion 
  that, 
  theoretically, 
  it 
  is 
  perfect, 
  since 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   excreta 
  are 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  highly 
  portable 
  and 
  valuable 
  manure, 
  while 
  all 
  

   risk 
  of 
  sewer-gases 
  being 
  formed 
  is 
  entirely 
  obviated, 
  and 
  all 
  operations 
  

   being 
  conducted 
  in 
  vacuo 
  are 
  entu'ely 
  free 
  from 
  offence. 
  They 
  then 
  quote 
  

   from 
  a 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Local 
  Government 
  Board, 
  to 
  wit 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  As, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   pneumatic 
  only 
  deals 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  fraction 
  of 
  the 
  refuse 
  to 
  be 
  removed 
  

   from 
  houses, 
  leaving 
  all 
  other 
  forms 
  to 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  way, 
  

   so 
  Dutch 
  town 
  sewage 
  must 
  flow 
  into 
  the 
  rivers 
  and 
  canals, 
  as 
  now, 
  to 
  

   pollute 
  the 
  water 
  supply, 
  or 
  else 
  some 
  compHcated 
  mode 
  of 
  intercepting 
  it 
  

   must 
  be 
  provided 
  at 
  an 
  additional 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  local 
  authorities. 
  The 
  

   pneumatic 
  system 
  is 
  ingenious, 
  but 
  is 
  compHcated 
  in 
  its 
  construction 
  and 
  

   working 
  arrangements, 
  and 
  is 
  Uable 
  to 
  derangements 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  mend. 
  We 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  one 
  English 
  town 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  appara- 
  

   tus, 
  if 
  adopted, 
  would 
  be 
  other 
  than 
  a 
  costly 
  toy." 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Glasgow 
  Deputation 
  concludes 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  

   recommendations, 
  viz. 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  That 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  having 
  water-closets 
  for 
  public 
  works, 
  factories, 
  

   gaols, 
  workliouses, 
  infirmaries, 
  and 
  railway 
  stations, 
  should 
  be 
  forbidden, 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  water-closet 
  sewage 
  now 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  

   (Clyde) 
  ; 
  water-closets 
  in 
  small 
  houses 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  discom-aged. 
  

  

  2. 
  That 
  ordinary 
  privies 
  and 
  ashpits 
  be 
  altered 
  to 
  the 
  tub 
  and 
  pail 
  

   system, 
  to 
  be 
  cleansed 
  daily, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  Manchester 
  and 
  

   other 
  important 
  EngHsh 
  cities 
  and 
  towns, 
  and 
  that 
  special 
  accommodation 
  

   be 
  provided 
  for 
  children. 
  

  

  8. 
  That 
  all 
  drains, 
  soil 
  and 
  waste-pipes, 
  and 
  all 
  apparatus 
  connected 
  

   with 
  water-closets, 
  sinks 
  and 
  baths, 
  and 
  their 
  connections, 
  be 
  constructed 
  

   under 
  public 
  supervision. 
  

  

  4. 
  That 
  a 
  complete 
  system 
  of 
  ventilation 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  sewers 
  

   throughout 
  their 
  entire 
  length 
  be 
  immediately 
  adopted. 
  

  

  6, 
  That 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  ventilation 
  of 
  the 
  house-drains 
  and 
  soil-pipes, 
  inde- 
  

  

  