﻿Thomson. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Cleansing 
  of 
  Towns. 
  68 
  

  

  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 
  reqmre 
  to 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  as 
  the 
  dredgings 
  of 
  the 
  rivers. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  entirely 
  discards 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  utiHzation 
  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 
  entu'ely 
  

   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 
  locahties 
  require 
  

   different 
  methods 
  to 
  suit 
  their 
  special 
  pecuHarities 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  that, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  

   no 
  profit 
  can 
  be 
  derived 
  at 
  present 
  from 
  sewage 
  utihzation, 
  but 
  for 
  health's 
  

   sake, 
  without 
  consideration 
  of 
  commercial 
  profit, 
  sewage 
  and 
  excreta 
  must 
  

   be 
  got 
  rid 
  of 
  at 
  any 
  cost." 
  

  

  "That 
  the 
  paU 
  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 
  facihty 
  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." 
  

  

  <' 
  And 
  that 
  all 
  middene, 
  privies, 
  and 
  cesspools 
  in 
  towns 
  should 
  be 
  

  

  