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The principal supply is got from an open ditch which crosses the road leading to Coldrife. This water is raised by the pumping engine, about a mile and a half west of Radcliffe colliery houses. Several drains at Togston House and Hall run into it. This quality of water is quite unfit for any domestic purpose or whatever.
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From that I assume Togston Colliery is pumping water into the burn, and the cottages dumping their waste into it as well.
In that same article Mr. Cowans, the lessee of Togston Colliery, is mentioned for the lack of sanitation at his five cottages.