The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-03 00:00:00

CiCANTITY ItiQVIIIITII.

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"la respect to the quentity of water actually sup• lied,
and to the quaatiry needed for the domestic ase of the
metropolitan popalation, and for other purposes, we have
to report—
" That in consequence o, statements made by several of
the tt..aspenies of toe gnu:tines of water which they pumped
far the se. of the metropolis, quutitie which appeared to
be inconsistent with **known habits of the population and
the apparent amoact of water consumed tar dowitie
purposes, we deemed it desirable to casse the consomption
of water in different districts, by different classes of the
popalvion, to be gsug.d from -he cisterns and butts, sod
also the run throne Wine drains ar.d sewn on days when
there we no rainfall.

"From than °tornadoes it appears—
' " 21. That, whereas it warn returned, is 1532, that the li
an rage quantity of water delivered to dud: reopecive saw
*maim by the several companies was 220 salon per h. on
or dwelling ; and more recently, as returned to us, wee
stated to be 164 gallons per bones or dwelling; that is. 44
/11111101111 of gallons per Mom for the whole of the metropolis
—making allowames for a coatilerable ard injurious waste
of water by pennants through badly scastructsd chant. is,
the results of the gauging cf the run of water through drains
and sewers, on days when there is no rainfall, do not appear
materially to differ from the later statements of the severe.
companies as to the quantity of water which is ae:ually
pumped into their several districts ; while from the paging
of the quantities of water consumed from cisterns and butts
during the intervals of the intermittent delivery, and from
toe esporty of the storage receptacles themselves, it appears
that the avenge daily consumption does not tined lye gal-
lons per head an tha populatlnn; and that, with ell alley-
ances for the quantities and tor manufactures, stoma engines,
and other purposes, the gross quantity commood doss not
exceed one-ball of the quantity delivered.
"22. That this mists is a consequence of the present in-
termittent moor of supply ; and does not take Islam to any
suck extent whets ths mutant system of supply has boon
substituted; and probably nay be prevented altogether
where the house envie* pipes en properly provided and
arranged under a natal of combined works.
" 23. That this waste, as now ascertained by official inns.
ligation, opposn to have gone on without any knowledge of
its great amount oa the part of the companies, although it
involves a doubt exposes of pumping, sad extends, as above
stand, the whole of the annual rainiall on the covered area
of the metropolis.
" 24. That this wane is of no equivalent benefit for the
cleansing of hoses drains and sowers, inasmuch as, from the
inaptitude of than works, owing to their bad onstraction,
Oa the discharge of water @amnia( matter in easpnialon
accumulations of decomposing matters do take plan in them,
Ito the groat injury of the public health ; accumalatioas
I which, notwithstanding the flow of the waste water through
them, require to be cleared away by bend-labour, by finite
iag, or by other means.
" that the waste water, having sewer matter mixed
up with it, permeates through the brick drains and sewers,
Waives tits sit.. of houses with polluted water, and keeps
up an excess of moisture which, rinag into the porous and
absorbent was and planar of the houses, contributes to
reader them damp even ia the driest weather.
" 28, Thai obi' axons of moisture is aggravated by the
extremely defective drainage in the low-lying and wont-
conditioned districts, where, as has been already stated,
epidemic Mon is is almost invariably present, and whore the
moat visitation of the epidemic cholera has been the mat
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"n. That, rattrap into consideration the actual domestic
eoniumption of watt r by the population of the metropolis,
rewarding also the (mitten ol the increased supplies needed
for the various purposes ol sanitary improvement not
hitherto contemplarad by companies, nor included in new
scheme, all the engineering estimates put lorwaid by
private companies of the quantity of water required foe the
reice of the population appear to be greatly in exam.
" 28. That thus appean to he no probable demand for a
metal average consumption of water exemiding the present
rate for Mame of the higher class—aamely, about 76 gallium
per hoses per diem, or in all 22 milli'dis of per diem,
welusivr of the facrearad supply which will be necessary cm
the a iolition of cesspools ; and that, eetimauag the adlitassal
requirements for baths, for street gleaming, for large eris-
rumen, for fins,and for other purposes, the whole gamut,
of water needed under an improved cyders of distribatios
does nor exceed forty maltose ror galloss per diem.
'' 20. That it appears that the ressiatiose of parochial
meetings sod eatestate of the promoters of mew companise,
alleging a dear:dewy in the totai amount of water already
iotroduted, and proposiag to bring in additional supplieli
Ilistre bees made I. ignorame of the seta! proem. diseased,
emearaptioa of the mulattos, sad of what tensity seeded,
amording to the best information, for the =gouda* of prat-
till smears of sa lazy improvement.
I" 30. That the several whams which propose to bring is
mare water in oddities to the quantity sow wasted, sad to
lank, sack additions maisly from the ease sewer whisk
supply the water sow generally crammed, without referees@
to Mprovemints In the eyries of &ramie distributioa, and
without omabinatioa with improved drainage works for the
removal eil the waste water, would aggravate the existing