Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| No. | Name of town or district. | Number of tanks. | Distinctive name or number of each tank. | Whether the tanks are open or closed. | Dimensions of the tanks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area. | Depth. | Capacity of the tanks. | |||||
| Feet. | Feet. | Gallons. | |||||
| Burslem | Open | ||||||
| Bury | None used. | ||||||
| Cambridge | |||||||
| Carlisle | No septic tank | ||||||
| Croydon | No septic tank | ||||||
| Darwen | The septic experiments were not very successful. | ||||||
| Epsom | |||||||
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