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Observations on the Movements of the Pollutions of the Tyne Estuary during the Summer of 1901

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. Noël Paton
D. Noël Paton
Affiliation:
Superintendent of the Research Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, etc.
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The present absence of any Statutory regulations as regards the discharge of sewage and other pollutions into tidal waters has allowed many estuaries in this country to be converted into receptacles for the filth of the sea-port and manufacturing towns situated near the mouth of the larger rivers. Only by an order of the Local Government Board, made after local enquiry and on sanitary grounds, can an estuary be declared a stream and thus brought under the various Rivers Pollutions Acts.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1902 , pp. 141 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1902