The water supply of Kent : with records of sinkings and borings / by William Whitaker ... with contributions by H. Franklin Parsons ... Hugh Robert Mill ... and J.C. Thresh ... Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

  • Whitaker, William, 1836-1925.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The water supply of Kent : with records of sinkings and borings / by William Whitaker ... with contributions by H. Franklin Parsons ... Hugh Robert Mill ... and J.C. Thresh ... Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From a later account, which also includes the above, we learn that in 1888 the powers of supply were extended to Brasted, Chevening, Cudham, Downe, Halstead, Horton Kirby, Lullingstone, Shoreham, Southfleet, Suudridge, and Westerham^1) The statistics of supply can best be taken from the state- ment prepared (by the Kent Co.) for the Koyal Commission on London Water Supply (1897), revised to June, 1903 (for the Arbitration). The figures, which stand for average daily supply in gallons, have been revised by a deduction of 7 per cent, for slip of pumps, etc. Every year from 1839 to 1902 is dealt with, a modest beginning being made in the former with 334,800 gallons, whilst the highest record is 18,506,233 in 1901. From 1873 onward the highest figure in the maximum month is 21,005,910, also in 1901, and the highest in the minimum month 17,284,093 in 1902. For the details of the figures the reader is referred to the original, the following is the general result: — 1839 to 1848 1849 to 1853 1854 to 1857 1858 to 1860 1861 to 1864 1865, 1866, 1868 to 1870 1867, 1871 to 1877 ... 1878 to 1880 1881 to 1883 1884 1885 to 1888 1886, 1887, 1889 to 1890 1891 to 1892 1893, 1894 to 1896 ... 1897 1895 to 1898 1899 to 1900 1901 to 1902 ... under a million. between a million and two millions 11 two and three 11 11 three and four 11 11 four and five 11 11 five and six 11 11 six and seven 11 11 seven and eight 11 11 eight and nine 11 11 nine and ten 11 11 ten and eleven 11 11 eleven and twelve 11 11 twelve and thirteen 11 11 fourteen and fifteen 11 11 fifteen and sixteen 11 11 sixteen and seventeen If 11 seventeen and eighteen 11 11 eighteen and nineteen 11 There were decreases on the figures of the year before in the following years: 1868, 1869, 1873, 1882, 1888, 1896 and 1902; but these were only slight breaks in the great increase. The estimated population supplied increased steadily from 33,600 in 1839 to 632,184 in 1902, and the number of supplies from 5,600 to 105,364; but in both cases the same figures are given for 1876 and 1877, presumably from no calculation having been made for the latter year. Constant supply began in 1873, when it was given to 2,000 houses, or 4*7 per cent., and it increased to 105,164, or 99*8 per cent, in 1902. These statements are continued in the Annual Reports of the Water Board, from which the following figures are taken: — On March 31, 1906, the number of supplies was 114,159, on March 31, 1907, 116,385. The population supplied on March 31, 1907, the latest record, was estimated at 680,980. 1 R. Comm. Metrop. Water Supply. Appendices, 1893, p. 53,