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GLASGOW. YEAR. CHARACTER OF WATER. NUMBER DEATHS. RATE PER 10,000. 1832 Polluted water 2,842 140 1849 Polluted water 3,772 106 1854 Polluted water 3,886 119 1866 Pure water 68 1.6

In 1859 the present source, Loch Katrine, was first used for water supply.

PAISLEY AND CHARLESTON. YEAR. CHARACTER OF WATER. NUMBER OF DEATHS. 1849 Polluted water 182 1854 Polluted water 173 1866 Pure water 7

The testimony of Dr. Daniel Richmond, the medical officer of Paisley, before the Rivers Pollution Commission of 1874, in reference to the cholera epidemics, is of sufficient interest to be embodied verbatim:

“1. Have you any complaint to make of the water supply? No. The water that we have in Paisley is of a very superior character, and there is an unlimited supply to the whole of the inhabitants. The supply is constant, and I regard that as one of the greatest blessings the people ever received.

“2. Is there any water used which is obtained from wells? None. During the last epidemic of cholera the wells were ordered to be entirely shut up.