... distributed in courts by stand-pipes on intermittent days. The fatigue of fetching it was so great that they only used it for purposes which they deemed of absolute necessity, such as cooking; they rarely bestowed much of it on their own clothes or... Parliamentary Papers - Página 1por Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1848Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Great Britain. Metropolitan sanitary commission - 1848 - 460 páginas
...extremity of Burr-street. The shipping, chiefly Scotch smacks, lay close to this outlet ; on board of which vessels many cases of cholera occurred. How...from the water Company, distributed in courts, by starfd-pipes, on intermittent days. The fatigue of fetching it was so great that it was only used for... | |
| Charles-Edward Amory Winslow - 1923 - 88 páginas
...of the city, "the supply was very bad; it was an intermittent supply from the water company, it was distributed in courts by stand-pipes on intermittent...days. The fatigue of fetching it was so great that they only used it for purposes which they deemed of absolute necessity, such as cooking; they rarely... | |
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