12 REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.
Bellary. —The station well yielded poor results. The Municipal supply
was recommended.
Hospet. —The results obtained did not show any improvement over the
previous years but the railway reported that arrangements -were under way to
separate the loco from the drinking sources, so that the latter could be efficiently
chlorinated.
Narasaraopet.—In February evidence of recent serious excremental
pollution was found in the water as supplied through the taps on the platform.
Systematic chlorination was again recommended.
Tenali. —The quality of water supplied still being very poor systematic
chlorination was again recommended.
South Indian Railway.
Arni road.—The well water at this station was found to be very heavily
and seriously polluted at both the examinations during the year. No action
seems to have been taken (vide last Annual Report).
Chingleput. —The supply is derived from a stagnant pool—a maduvu as it
is called—and liable to gross excremental pollution. In spite of repeated advice
there seem to have been no attempts at chlorination.
Kumbakonam. —The well here is liable to serious pollution, besides
yielding a water which is chemically of poor quality. Either systematic chlorination
of the water from this source or the tapping of a new source was suggested.
Mangalore. —The Railway dispensary well, constituting the source of
supply, yielded a highly polluted water. There are no taps on the platform.
Water is therefore drawn by ropes and buckets and retailed by water carriers
after chlorination. The provision of taps on the platform would greatly reduce
the chances of contamination.
Mayavaram.—At this Railway station bleach solutions are added to the
well periodically in the hope that the polluted water from these sources would
be purified. The total uselessness of this procedure and the false sense of security
induced thereby, have been repeatedly pointed out as also the necessity for
chlorinating the water in the elevated tanks.
Tanjore. —Again, as at Mayavaram, bleach solutions continue to be added
to the wells once in three months in spite of repeated advice. The sanitary condi-
tion of the old well which has been the subject of constant adverse criticism
continues to be the same (vide last Annual Report).
Tiruvannamalai. —The well water yielded nitrites—evidence of recent
and serious pollution—on the two examinations done, at an interval of six months.
No attempt has been made so far either to remedy the existing conditions or to
chlorinate the supply at this most important pilgrim centre.
Trichinopoly Junction.—Municipal water which is stored in railway
reservoirs was found on both occasions to have deteriorated in quality. The
reservoirs should be cleaned out more thoroughly and more often.
Tiruvarur.—Systematic chlorination was found to be essential in view of
the poor quality of the well water and a recommendation was made accordingly.
Bengal-Nagpur Railway.
Chicacole road. —The new source that was brought into use yielded water
of poor quality and the chlorination as practised was inefficient. This well is also
reported to get dry during the hot weather.
Simhachalam. —The supply was poor. Chlorination was recommended.
Samples of water as supplied on the platforms at Arkonam, Bangalore,
Bezwada, Katpadi, Mangalagiri, Nandyal, Renigunta, Samalkota and Tirupati on