DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
Position of a town with respect to the surrounding district--
Sale of refuse to farmers and others the most ready and
economical means of disposal--Site of the refuse depôt--Loss
of bulk in the refuse at the depôt--Difficulty in
disposing of old tins, crockery, &c.--Replies from 90
towns on the question of disposal of house refuse--Condemnation
of practice of building over tipped house
refuse--Destruction by fire--Fryer's patent carboniser--Dealing
with house refuse on a gigantic scale at Manchester 31