CHAPTER VI.

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