ABSTRACT
The Sewage Works of Birmingham are situate at Saltley, about two and a half miles from the centre of the Town, to which place the whole of the sewage and rainfall are conveyed from every portion of the Town by gravitation, and discharged into the tanks from two main outfall sewers. The population of Birmingham is about 350.000 and the dry weather flow of sewage about 8.000.000 gallons per day. The lime process was used for some time, but the tanks being far too small for the volume to be dealt with, and the whole of the works improperly carried on, they became a serious nuisance, and an injunction was obtained1 which compelled the Corporation to take steps to provide a more complete defecation of the Sewage. The City of Coventry has a population of 40,000 inhabitants living in 8,000 houses, and has a large number of water-closets.
