Instances of the want of water in the houses, and of the effect on the personal and domestic habits of the lower classes of the population in towns 63 In Manchester, 64; in Truro union, 65; in Audley district of Newcastle-under-Lyme union, 65; in Dunmow union, 65; in Bishops Stortford union, 65; in Lexden and Winstree union, 65; in Wootton, Bedford, 66; in Edinburgh, 66; in Glasgow, 66; in Aberdeen, 67; in Stirling, 67; in Dundee, 67; in Greenock, 67; in Ayr, 67; in Arbroath, 67; in Renfrew, 68; in Dunfermline, 68; in Tain, 68; in Tranent 68 Inapplicability of the supplies of water to be obtained by fetching from the public wells 69 The supplies of water in London by machinery and pipes, and in Paris by cartage and hand carriage, compared 70 Cost of laying on water in labourers’ tenements and the economy of supply in such a mode 71 Supplies of water by private companies, not applicable to rural districts of small population 72 Complaints against the modes of supplies of water by private companies 72 Private companies do not ensure the best practicable supplies to the public 73 Instance of supplies of water obtained by the public without private companies 74 Necessity of general provisions of supplies of water 77 Unwholesome effects of bad water 77 _Sanitary effect of land drainage._ 80 General land drainage, effects of, on the health of the population, instances of in— The Isle of Ely, 80; the Newhaven union, 81; the Ongar union, 81; the Gravesend and Milton union, 81; the Eastry union, 81 and 82; the Dunmow union, 82; the Epping union 82 Instances of— In Scotland 83 Instances of the effect of land drainage upon the health of cattle 83 Instance of the effects of land floods and deficient land drainage in— The Langport union, 85; the Chesterfield union, 87; the Dore union, 87; the Bicester union, 88; the Leighton Buzzard union, 88; the Foleshill union, 89; the Malton union, 89; Lochmaben, Scotland 90 Foreign illustrations of the effect of drainage upon the health of the population 90 Interests opposed to the cleansing of Paris 93