Person Houston; Sir; Alexander Cruikshank (1865 - 1933); water supply and public health expert Houston Alexander Cruikshank Sir water supply and public health expert 1865 - 1933 British Male Mysore, Karnātaka, India, Asia 18 September 1865 18650918 Hampstead, London, England 29/10/1933 19331029

Public health official Sanitation Bacteriology Public health Education: MB, CM (1889); BSc (1891); DSc (1892) Career: Studied lead poisoning within water supplies for the Local Government Board (1893); began working for London County Council (1898); employed as a bacterioologist with the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal (1899); became Director of Water Examinations to the Metrpolitan Water Board (1905); studied effects of water supply on specific plants and milk production as well as establishing links between typhoid and water supply; worked on the Belfast Health Inquiry and established safe water suppy for Cairo, Egypt (1907); in collaboration with Sir Alexander Binnie visited Ottawa, Canada, to report of the water supply there (1913). Honours: KBE (1918); CVO (1919) Memberships: FRSE Parents: John Houston, Surgeon General of the Indian Medical Service (IMS), and Isabella Mitchell. Spouse: Ethel Hartley (1899) Expert on water supply and public health Fellow 07/05/1931 66 Frederick William Andrewes; William Bulloch; James Alexander Murray; Mervyn Henry Gordon; William Whiteman Carlton Topley; Stewart Ranken Douglas; Walter Morley Fletcher Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 335-344, plate, by Mervyn Henry Gordon International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 18 Sep 1865 - 29 Oct 1933 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 31/01/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1428 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 18632d17-089c-4bca-ba7c-b7a623ed09f2