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IN a discourse to the members of the Royal Institution on the subject of the metropolitan water supply nearly thirty years ago, I stated that out of every thousand people existing upon this planet three lived in London; and, as the population of London has, in the meantime, doubtless grown at a more rapid rate than that of the rest of the world, it will probably be no exaggeration to say that now, out of every thousand people alive on this earth, four live in London; and therefore, any matter which immediately concerns the health and comfort of this vast mass of humanity may well merit our most earnest attention. Amongst such matters, that of the supply, in sufficient quantity, of palatable and wholesome water, is certainly not the least in importance.
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The Past, Present, and Future Water Supply of London1. Nature 53, 619–622 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053619a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/053619a0