. Second Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland. January, neficial. To secure the best results in this,and at the same time improve the sanitary condition, anefficient under-draining of the land adjacent to the asylumis indicated, wliile the excretal-waste should be devoted toits enrichment. The removal and disposal of the excrements of four hun-dred people, and of fifteen thousand gfillons of water perday, is not an inconsiderable affair. For this oflensive totalnot only requires to be speedily and regularly removed, butwhen once started it must go somewhere, and this
. Second Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland. January, neficial. To secure the best results in this,and at the same time improve the sanitary condition, anefficient under-draining of the land adjacent to the asylumis indicated, wliile the excretal-waste should be devoted toits enrichment. The removal and disposal of the excrements of four hun-dred people, and of fifteen thousand gfillons of water perday, is not an inconsiderable affair. For this oflensive totalnot only requires to be speedily and regularly removed, butwhen once started it must go somewhere, and this some-where does not mean anywhere, but must be a pointand condition which includes convenience, freedom frominjury to life, property, health or comfort, small expenseand the largest utilit3\ Tlie soil of the grounds about the asylum is filled withwater and cannot well in its present, state absorb more, andif it could, would only act injuriously upon health. The n ts y- fy arn- lO- it-eclheen he)d-ir, er-id, ed3k. by ro- ity nd LDg islire- i^y omrge iul-the SHAFTIM9 FROW ENGINE. DIAGRAM OF PNEUMATIC SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXCRETA,BY 1 OR 3 VACUUM TANKS, SPRING GROVE. AMES ON INVESTMENT FOR THE INSANE. 131 sewa2:o is rctusod admission to the stream. Eartli-elosetscan })rovi(le only for the excreta, and do this amount is too large for possible cess-pools and vaults,vphich too, are expensive, objectionable, and only temporary•expedients. It becomes necessary to seek other and peculiaraids to effect the desired end. The steam engine of the in-stitution is of considerably larger power than its uses de-mand, and greater service could be derived from it at slight-ly increased cost. The buildings are already well sujipliedwith water-closet conveniences, including soil pi}»es. Theuse of these water-closets was necessarily discontinued whenthe stream was prohibited as an outlet for their waste.—Ample space and favorable location of the engine near th
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