Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-26

apply 10. to their aggregation !, !.
The city may not be abb - CON.
defilement Of the stream % Pe,s
competent to preserve :. 'a'a
swallowing their own 9Th \. ~, sd,.
rendered innacious therein iuta
lied system Of water ,unni, 10 ID
it is needless in writing II p'aa
made, as you have, the ~. - oae :
fever e, a part of the work Of Il, :; d
The water marked Island c "
which ! reported to You on ! yab :
surface water that received |. ne u
Of pirates and nitrites dur;,aa fss
ton through some fllterips IL
understand to be the river V ~.'.r
percolated through sapd.h,,a t' ss
other reservoier When ,bs 10, hNis
and turbid, the filteratior' n 1.s
rmoye the ,urbidity and tld
water. But clearpess eve
are not Synonymous N
applied to water supplies. ,sa
contains stryehnia nigh, be = we we
The Lansen water, in Ssi,,aE
referred to as having caTss .sAa'
epidemic, was perfectly cls..
present time the river wa,s, 1
The filtered water. They s,a 49,
no means the same waters. r. a''s
rains only II parts Of solid ma. q
00O-the other ~ parts. IT, e
the result OF the filtration :, 'a;'
nitra,es and ni'rites recenllr =" &c ~,
organic matter. The ors,. @.&
which yielded them did No, sue
the river water. 1t was. ,heref,..s
from the 6ltering medium .o1
from turbidi,y is purchased :, 80 .
Of dangerous change in the - - y
the water. | need not repea, Va
already said in my report az 70
Of this water. 1t is wholly pn,,;,,
patable watersupply, especially 4.
community, where the well.bei:, "
are al sake Sincerely yoCs
CHlRlEs S,r
Surgeon ISL
1t is thus seen how narrovlr
Wheeling escaped a posi,ivtlr s
water supply; and it is to be hoo.
er communities may prof, BY 4.
DR.. Smart's ANALYSIS OF the p,.,.''
water shows the probable p.essSs'
age, and his report when read bys 4
Of the facts ] have related, and
BY the light Of that urerr!ur ipj;,,,
character Of a water supply. The -
of typhoid fever, leaves 10 a.
subject.
An interrogation of the death -
file in the city Health Uticc ,bov,s
tie last ten years there have be-, Il. j
from typhoid fever and !.a is,,, j
diphtheria within the same period J
the disease ispresen, at all ,e.s,,
wears showing a much lar,,r
than in others. For eSauT. :,
year 1919 there were 20 death, i,.-,.
fever in Wheeling. while in l>,0,l.s1
but 81 deaths from the same ca.
same is true Of the prevalence O. 49,
Multiply 100 BY ! and W. have \. =,
bic number Of cases Of typhoid ~
Wheeling in ten years
There is an easy remedy "a, Il, ~,
impure water supply, namely The ,r,,,.
OF the receiving pipes three m.l,, y
river or 20 a point Above the tow q
tins Ferry. When this shall h,r /,
done, Wheeling may justly boas o, >,
an abundant supply Of the parrs' prs
Ohio river can afford, and lever ca,
typhoid fever
The next and Sas, city to be nsI
this record is Bellairc, o. the noriA,,
OF which is bu, mile belos the s,,
boundary Of Wheeling |, hSIS
lation Of 10000, and is suppEsl
water pumped from the Ohio rvcr q
half mile below the place used b, 4,
of Wheeling for dumping night 80.
other corruptible refuse. Ia olhu ,
the people Of Bellaire swallow WITH d,
ter they drink all manner of abOsl
filth fem the city Of Wheelin. 40!
pay a fearful penalty, Typhoid SeVs
diphthcria prevail in malignant form
seasons, and the death rate from lts,
diseases exceeds that from allOIhTa
combined.
Finally, it we're we'll il the boAHa
za,ion and refinement Of the y
century could be presented 4
ting contrast with the works Of d
Glen, Greeks and Romans who uhIs
Tie value Of pure water. NIirn.
forms us that as an evidence Ofit,l
cal wisdom Of the ancient RoHaa
were often regulated in their coai''
opinions = especially in military MAJ
by the Angus and Soo,hsayen, b.
lufhtly consulted the appearance F-
in The liyers and Splecns Of animab
view ofas, crtaining the state Of tie 8
the waters OF a country, the healihla.s
its food productions, its pastnrage e.
to regulate their choice Of sites I
building Of cities.
Even TO this day, though 70 IN
from her high estate, Rome is suPphs'
good water conveyed from a great d
by aqueducts which were built 10 II
OF her splendor and dominion.