. A treatise on hygiene and public health . FiG. 8. luted well-water. Figs. 8 and 9 represent the situation of two wells inLynn, Mass. The figures are taken from a paper by Dr. Pinkham, in theEighth Annual Report of the Massachusetts State Board of Fig. 9. Five cases of typhoid fever occurred in 1875 in the house shown in , and seven more, with one death, among other persons using the house became the centre of infection for the whole neighborhood. 244 ON DRINKING-WATER AND PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES. Analysis proved the water to be highly polluted, and the figure showshow f
. A treatise on hygiene and public health . FiG. 8. luted well-water. Figs. 8 and 9 represent the situation of two wells inLynn, Mass. The figures are taken from a paper by Dr. Pinkham, in theEighth Annual Report of the Massachusetts State Board of Fig. 9. Five cases of typhoid fever occurred in 1875 in the house shown in , and seven more, with one death, among other persons using the house became the centre of infection for the whole neighborhood. 244 ON DRINKING-WATER AND PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES. Analysis proved the water to be highly polluted, and the figure showshow favorably the well is situated for receiving both surface-drainage andsoakage from the privy. In 1876 five cases of typhoid fever occurred inthe house which drew its water from the well shown in Fig. 9, and led tothe examination of the water, which proved to be badly two cases are but illustrations of what exists in hundreds of otherlocalities. In digging shallow wells the site should be chosen so as toavoid, as far as possible, all contamination; the top of the well should beprotected by a cover, and the upper portion of the well-hole should bethoroughly cemented in order to prevent the direct entrance of surface-drainage. It ough
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