. Annual report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. ing fromthis decomposing mass was so offensive as to render it necessary, in warmweather, to keep the windows most exposed constantly closed. It was evident that the neighboring ground must be thoroughly chargedwith the soakage from the sewage and the manure, and, considering the loosenature of the soil, it seemed possible that a portion of this soakage mighthave percolated the ground and worked its way to the well, C. A sample ofthe water of this well was, therefore, obtained, an analysis of which (made67 A STABLE. [p/?/vv °o i ?-
. Annual report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. ing fromthis decomposing mass was so offensive as to render it necessary, in warmweather, to keep the windows most exposed constantly closed. It was evident that the neighboring ground must be thoroughly chargedwith the soakage from the sewage and the manure, and, considering the loosenature of the soil, it seemed possible that a portion of this soakage mighthave percolated the ground and worked its way to the well, C. A sample ofthe water of this well was, therefore, obtained, an analysis of which (made67 A STABLE. [p/?/vv °o i ? r ^6 B. The house in which three cases of typhoid occurred. C. Well, with pump. D. Old well, now usedE, i\ Heaps of manure. as cesspool. 530 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. [Jan. by Prof. Wm, E. Nichols) shows a considerable degree of pollution, sufficientto condemn its use. Analysis. [Results expressed in parts per 100,000.] Ammonia, Albuminoid ammonia, Solid residue «^|g Mineral matter, . ganic and volatile matter, Chlorine, Equivalent to chloride of sodium,. [The same results expressed in grains to the United States gallon of 231 cubic inches.] Ammonia, Albuminoid ammonia, Solid residue, j Organicandvolatile matter, Chlorine, Equivalent to chloride of sodium,
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