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Newspaper
Freeholder
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 01, 1851
Page
3
The speaker notes that the action has ended, was performed perfectly, and produced no buildup or accumulation. They claim familiarity with many similar cases and emphasize the absence of ongoing effects.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Charles Wood argues for a uniform 9d duty on dwelling houses and 6d on shops, exempting homes under £20 annual value. The plan repeals the light and air tax while easing overall taxation, aiming to improve housing for the laboring poor and provide unrestricted access to light and air.
A French engineer plans a railway from Athens to Pireus. A critic derides metropolitan sewage waste, citing millions lost to rivers and agriculture. Mexico houses are described as courtyard-centered, flat-roofed, with large entryways and extensive rain gutters channeling water through street fronts.
An editorial urges better water supply systems to avoid cisterns and warns lead linings pose poisoning risks. It promotes gutta percha as a safe, durable cistern lining, citing tests by W. Bird Herapeth and detailing installation steps and material resilience to acids and alkalis.
Henry Morley argues for public baths and washhouses to improve health and cleanliness. He proposes government takeover of water companies, funded by their own earnings, to provide soap, water, drainage, and ventilation in large towns, with expected benefits to the poor and a potential drop in gin imports.
A Manchester youth, John Marshall, a tin plate-worker living at 183 Great Ancoats Street, presented a copper tea-kettle made from a farthing and a silver tea-kettle from a silver twopence for inspection. Both items showed precise craftsmanship, with copper weighing 47 grains and silver 14 grains, diameters of 0.5 and 0.25 inches respectively.
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