Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
SOME EXCELLENT PsEvEErIvEs
Or Porter Makes Suggestions TO Prevent conts-
glon and fer Pure Water.

Ep,roR CENSOR; am told that
| typhoid fever prevails In Viroqus, and
| that one young mother of beautiful
character has suecumhed to Ii and others
are sick with it. The doctors of the
city are fearful that IL may not stop
where il is and the efficient health of
| ficer has sent samples to the bacteriolo-
gist at Madison, who says the water
| from the hydrant is suspicious. lie
found no typhoid bacilli, but did find
the colon bacillus, which indicates that
fecal matter or sewage has found its
way into the water supply. The well
is some 400 feet through solid rock, and
it is an interesting question as to how
the sewage got into the water. No
doubt there are many seams, creyiees
and large holes down through the rock,
and in this way TIE surface water goes
below TO contamins q the SUPPLY raised
into the stand pipe, Down at Hard
serabble" farm one well il $50 feet deep,
and within 100 feet of IL is hole Ia the
rock where once all the wash from the
hog pens wen6 be ow. had hard work
to stop it. The water was always good
in the we'll, but suppose the flood Of
filth had gone into the well instead of
going down the valley tow 2rd the north?
Viro0ua ought TO be an ideal city for
health Typhoid ought not to occur
here. What Zion City is from moral
point Of view, Viroqua can easily be
from a hygienic or physiological point
of view. The doctors o. the city, tand
Viroqua has seven ur.to-date, sober,
iirst.cIass physiciansh the doctors say
that q system of sewerage Is needed be.
fore perfect safety can be assured The
privy vault Ia q source of danger here aa
everywhere and needs attention. ! had
occasion, Yesterday. to remove from tho
privy the nine months accumulation of
matter and it took forty minutes OF
time. / choose dry day when road dust
could be had, and used n wheelbarr0w
load Of 1t. Il is no more disaEreeable to
clean out a farm privy than IL is sta
BILE. 1t ought 10 be a crime to dig q deep
privy vault. Instead let ths matter be
removed every few months and wheeled
ont to the garden or land where Ii viii
do no danger In the forty minutes
laid in a supply Of road dust for the
coming year A small amount ts thrown
into the privy every day or two. ANAL
keg of dust will last year and keep the
oder down wonderfully.
Now must be paIdo1ed for writing
about this subiect II concerns our very
Ives. The condition Of your priyy is
an index Of Your civilization. ! saw q
Young kitten yesterday paving dirt over
its excrsment How much ahead Of bu-
man beings, thought, Notwithstanding
the Law giver commanding every sol.
dier of the army Of Israel to carry q
paddle to bury his excrement, and that
command enforced would save thou
sands of valuable lives In the world to.
dey. The Department of Agriculture
, has done much for the farmer. II has
dome much. toe, fof the sanitarian.
What can be done to keep slime from
water cress?' asked the veDdsr of cress
of the department. An expert found
that Bordeaux mixture would do IT,,
and incidentally discovered that It woHld
kill the bacilli Of typhoid II ore mil
/ lionth part of 1t were added 70 water
| containing typhoid germs. 70 MAKE
| Bordeaux mixture On small scale take
6 ouuces Sulphate Of Copper ana dis
| solve IN g. quartz water IN glass jar.
| Take ounces freshly burned lime ard
/ add to 61 quarts water strainiDg care
| fully. Keep the solutions separate until
ready 70 use. have eight c1stsrns
which / believe contain pure water But
| I propose to add 10 the water Of each q
mint Of this mixture for every 100 bar
rels Of water. which is 40 times the roii-
| lionth part. and be sure. When have
the two solutir made ! will take an
equal quantity Of each and mix them
and use at once, as the copper and ths
| lime should be freshly mixed. HoW
easy. now that the discovery is made
and how cheaply 10 disiBfect the water
in a large stand pipe or reservoir with
| this mixture Of copper and lime AZ
DR. Tom Butt told me in st Ionic, q
millfonth pert added 10 water savors OF
| homeopat ~. but never mind that. The
gentle homeopath has been a great FAC
! Tor in preventive medicine and will re-
| iojce that the Agricultural department
has made shis discovery.
Ter had to drink water that was under
sasnfe;on I would add lemon mice and
make il into lemonade, or boil 1t or else
while travelling would nave 2 small vial
/ Of conner solution and another Of lime
water and add a drop Of each 70 glars
Of water which would be q thousand
times the amount necessary to Kill the
haeiIIi The house fly. let the people
remember. Waits the privY and then the
table. tracking germs on the food. By
/ All means where typhoid Ia have plenty
| 81 drst Hsed la the privy daily have
| aias kept out Of the privy and odt OK
| the house. Mosquitoes carry malaria
and yellow fever Flies carry typhnid
| Hotel bed bugs slept last nightwith TWO
/ men in A bed. One man had syrdilis,
the other consumption. You sleep there
tonight and the bugs suck Jour blood
and incidentally inoculate you with
/ those two vile diseases Down with
| bugs flies. mosquitoes. G. Y, PORTER.
| DR.. Morley, health officer assures the
/ CENSOR shat what little Of sypbo bsa
| prevailed in the city il aha6ed. and the
/ thrse patients afflicted ara rapidly re.
covering The physicians agree that our
water supply ia not ia. 1ted, 80 far a.
/ they are able 10 determine a thorough
/ analysis in expected from tie University
/ laboratory by every mail.
Said OF Written 20 the Censor
/ Perley J. Brye, Msllette 8outh IN
/ kosa ] have located hers. and ask Cd
/ have my CENSOR sent 70 this address
/ Crops are good in this eOunory, but thers
/ a-a fvr0 huudrad men 70 every lob