Protective multiple earthing in England

INVESTIGATIONS to ascertain to what extent consumers of electricity in rural areas of England are protected from risk of shock with methods of earthing at present in use, and what changes in practice might be desirable, with special reference to “protective multiple earthing,” were reported in a paper by H. G. Taylor entitled “The Use of Protective Multiple Earthing and Earth-Leakage Circuit Breakers in Rural Areas” which was read before The (British) Institution of Electrical Engineers, April 14, 1937. The term “protective multiple earthing” as used here means the connection to earth of the neutral conductor at some or all consumers´ premises and the connection of metal frameworks to the neutral, using a separate insulated earth-continuity conductor that is run through the house and connected to all metal-work of appliances, to a separate earth, and to the neutral service conductor on the service side of the fuses at the meter board.