The San Francisco call., 1904-04-11
Agricultural Department
Has Simple Solution That
Absolutely Exterminates
All Impurities in Water
ALSO DEALS DEATH
TO THE MOSQUITO
'Bordeaux Mixture" Is the
Preparation That Is Said to
Be a Certain Preventive
of Malaria and Kindred Ills
special plapatch to The CAL,

GALL BUREAU. HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, April 1e,-one of the
greatest strides IN recent years to-
ward improving the public health has
Just been made by the Agricultural
Department, An expert of the depart
neut has discovered that typhoid fever,
malaria fever and mosquitoes can be
exterminated absolutely. Experiments
have been made with the water sup
ply Of New York City. They hav- been
successful and are still In progress,
The water systems of great cities
can be purified and stagnant and Of
fensive pools can be eliminated. 1t
has been discovered that the utiliza-
ton Of a well-known solution viii ex-
terminate the typhoid fever germs in
drinking water, destroy the malaria
fever germs found in stagnant pools
and marshy places, as well as purify
and clarity the water supplies Of the
cities. This wonderful solution also
destroys mosquitoes, and as ii can be
prepared at practically no cost these
insects can be eXterminated absolutely
and life at the seashore and in the
mountains made more pleasant.
1t is the Bordeaux mixture, a prepa-
ration Of copper sulphate, lime and
water
Only experts should use this solution
for drinking water, as fatal results
might follow attempts Of inexperienced
persons to purify water and destroy
fever germs. But, owing to the cheap
ness of the preparation, the most in
experienced person. can use II in de-
stroying mosquitoes and fever germs
in stagnant pools and in removing the
green slime, or frog spittle, found upon
these pools.
The Bordeaux mixture is a prepara-
ton that has been in use for many gen.
erations in spraying fruit trees to kill
insects and diseases and the wonderful
extension Of its utility was but recent
ly discovered by the Agricultural De-
partment during an experiment TO find
some means OF destroying diseases
which attack the watercress and other
aquatic vegetation. The expert dis
covered also that the presence Of the
Bordeaux solution in water had no ef-
feet upon those who drank it; that t.
phoid fever germs were destroyed ab1
solutely within an hour.
ALBANY. N Y, April 10.-Millions
upon millions Of dollars annually lost
II the people of the State of New York
through preventa BILE diseases is the
keynote of the annual report Of State
Health commissioner Lewis 10 lnS
Governor. made public to-day.
IF the monetary value of a human
life is assumed to be worth $1,000" said
DR.. Lewis, the deaths from five of the
preventable diseases during 1903 in this
State represent a loss of S94 960, 900.
These figures seem appalling and yet
millions upon millions can properly be
added to this sum in the loss of wages.
the expense Of the care Of the sick and
many other expenses incidental to the
management Of these epidemics and in
fcctious diseases"
The Commissioner shows that there
was vast opportunity and abundant
authority 70 meet conditions, but alb
surdly insufficient appropriations with
which TO perform the necessary work,
for which he believes million dolla1 ;
/ a year could be used with advantage
10 the people Of the State.