The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-13

construction of the dairy and the bar
racks. In the matter of ventilation,
there is no adequate arrangements
in the barracks to get rid of the stag
nant air charged with carbolic acid
gas which must abound to an injur-
ious extent in such an unscientifcal-
ly constructed building with it's hun
dreds Of inmates. In addition the
water closets arc improperly located
and should not BE with the main
building, for the piping for the dis
posal of excretion is liable to be do
ranged by the gradual subsodence of
tho building, and by other causes,
which may loosen tho joints and al
low tho escape of sewer gas. Assum-
ing the number Of inmates of tho
barracks to be 800, the aggregate
amount of said oxcretia for IL
months would probably bo seven tons
and about $4,000 gallons of urine.
TO secure tho continuous and rap
id removal Of this excreta and to pre-
won't pollution Of air and soil by their
temporary detention, is an interest
ing problem in sanitary science. 10
accomplish this purpose the sewers
must be perfectly tight throughout,
so that whatever onters may pass to
the outlet without leakage. The
movement throughout tho sower must
be continuous from head to outlet
without halting to purify. Besides,
the sower must be perfectly vontilat-
ed, so that accumulated gases may
not form and force themselves
throug.. the traps to- the dwellings,.
Adequate means must. bo provided
for inspecting and flushing tho SOW
ers, the slze and form of which must
be perfectly adjusted to it's flushing
appliances, that tho usual dry wealth
or flow may bo mado to keep it free
from stllt and organic deposits.
Tho following conclusions havo
been reached by your committee:
First-That while it is not i'm
probable that there has been some
malarial fever at Clemson, it is un-
questionable that tho prevailing fe-
YER is typhoid.
Second--That the open privies
have been the prime cause of infec-
tion, and wo Wow with suspicion the
products of the dairy of which spring
water at that place is used.
| There arc several Recommendations
your committee would respectfully
make. Discontinue tho open privica
absolutely, and by systom Of SOW
ers have all tho cxcleta from the va
rious residences conducted to the riv-
or. Meantime enforce what is known
rs tho "dry SYSTEM" which consists
in tho admiXturo of driod earth or
coal ashes with tho excromont in suf-
ficient quantities for absorbing and
reducing it to an inodorous and
harmless form. III. material must
be perfectly dry, and applied i'm
modiately and in sufficient quantity
to covor the. oxcretions and to remove
all nuidity Of tho material. The wat,
er closet should bo detached from
tho house and Thorough ventilation
insured, and should bo frequently
inspected and kept in perfect work
ing order.
Tho dairy should be removed from
its present site, and constructed ir
obedience to sanitary laws, and per
haps it would be better to discontin
uo it's operations and avoid tho pos
sibility of its posing rs Il factor il
the possession OF diseases.
| Assuming that the barracks viii
DO continued as q home for the stu
dents, tho best recommendation We
can make is to underdrain the mar
row area between tho east side Of thu
building and tho high embankment
tho lattor to be faced with granite
An improved systom of ventilation
should be introduced, such as is uset
in army institutions north-for in
stance, at Johns Hopkins University
by which perfect ventilation is OBJ
tanned and regulated at will. Th'
most modern system of seworag'
should be used, and to prevent tn
possibility of contamination of tn