Excerpt from Report of the State Board of Health Upon the Discharge of Sewage Into Boston, 1900Sewage is now discharged into Boston harbor at two points, * one being at the northern limit of the outlet of the harbor near Deer Island Beacon and the other in a more central position nearer the main land on the north side of Moon Island.At the outlet near Deer Island Beacon, which is four and two thirds miles from Long Wharf in Boston, and in the northerly edge of the main ship channel, sewage from the North Metropolitan dis trict is allowed to discharge as it comes at all stages of the tide. The quantity of sewage discharged in twenty-four hours now reaches about gallons, and this quantity, while distinctly visible along the northerly edge of the channel for a half mile toward the city on the incoming tide and toward the sea on the outgoing tide, gradually becomes less distinct at greater distances from the outlet, and disappears entirely within a distance of one and a quarter miles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.