The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-06-02
.TYPHoID FEVER AND R0T.s
LUTED " ATER

He declares that 4 the disease y e e trace
able tc polluted Il water sSr. and stibstan-
tiates his claim ~ giving tne experl-
ences and statistics q the cities OF
lthe United states thRt nave had e
cope with typnold scourges: l1i -
Inhabitants Of cltles use for driniing
purposes WAFER tnat contains y I their
Gown oifscour1ngs OF tllat o. cities
npon geog meal = level above them
mainly because they labor under the
qmisconceptlo,na 4. that running water aaSr
Epnrities itself ~ every sever miles
s sll says. !, Il
Y To prove that 3. tins il latter popular
belief IS q mere 1ailacy and that "
phoid lever ls caused py diluted
water, MI. Adams gives the follow
Sing illustrations. I. q he says
has more typnsold lafa s1 9 than any
sosaer CITY o. tne z. ..2a sal
has q DEAN rae ts. o. TON ! z % q
m every lVV,VVV mnanltapts from
that cause. Jresqen' winch obtains
ITS wafer supply ~ tn !, s same an e manner
as Plttsp'lrg nas | 2 d ,8g I. tate Of 4 4
in every loo'Vg ~ ln9apit ants from
typhoid lever. hne sierI T. = CITY (, be-
ing situated on . large a. natural ss sewer
as Plttsburg puritles the winter it
takes take theretrom TOT g, con mptlon ;
flttso'rg orln ls's. 19e sewage a g K Il
comes. IN Pliiadeipnla though
hamperea ny tne macnlns las q
corrupt ponncl a1,s, 2 new ili eE !,
system was lnstalie ga ana after i i
was put ln1o use tneg DEAN record Y. Z :
from Inas cause rapioiy declined;
! l l, Mass for years got
.ne Oeagne o. lne sewage from yon-
cord cord glan s,1 : asnaa, Elte q
gp, ,s.,s 49, All osasL sssslsns /.
an Sa a s.s. a = ~ 'llas
!; ;hs ~. @assA Il paals aIss w.
tho We ,,,Las sl'a. W. $3.50
ont Avail ~, ~ = - { -
inv =, = w. sVAi M pvn
nlsoos ~ aka,,t = \ se' ~ IVY :.
ftar $50 a :, . ! se, 4 aps.a /.
nas no ass - s n,.tas ..,' ,.l,
anS last;n, y 5ao,;na ~ LA =. s .l.oa
tha aass a, M usS e = W" y
Wick .S Sa set W. ,,ano sa A. ~, r. =: Z
r S e a. tb s sssra = e ., lis rS.oaae
MA Ma M ~ W. 800 .ss az; !. - ,asag t.
Tom; ; O ,,oa ,.p hss t.ss 800 apvs ~
a , tha 10, a;t. q ~ ~: a,nas SUI.
t5a 5rs;ns - St Y y ~ ql gssap:e
,n a atS Il s as..s 10y s'i.y y
a Ina.e a. ~ r M .ss'ss,p 4 iisef
&C., aoo CO. l M, y way "a si.s 1ra.n-
s ase a fsa. ~ n.sa -: es is Ma'er
sapp. iV ~ .Ne q, naicisan ous eA.
islsuvs @usns w ~ people q ta ns
e cry no' 70 get tnen wafer s, supply Y
rom tne same source Iney dumped
q thelr drainage. st Louis CLAIMS
t !. wafer a, aiter running ooo miles
from Chicago gives it injection.
lthlca, ~ g had 9 ! terrible typhoid
ana atter .tne tragedy was
over the 1nvestigatlon showed that
tne water shed whicn supplied the
clty was lined with pig styes, manure
piles, garbage heans, cattle pens and
out houses. At Butler, "a, where
the awful epidemic ragged q year ago
it was discovered that the cause OF
it was due to the dumping OF slops
from a house where typhoid cases
were, within site OF It's water pump
ing station INTO q creek which car
RED d, IT down stream INTO the intake n! 9,
These Illustrations, embelllshed.
with statistics, and many more are
given by Mr.. Adams; 1.-The average
city OF 100000 inhabitants, SAYS
Mr.. Adams, wastes perhaps a half
million dollars a year on the luxury
OF having IT (typhoid feyerl and
a hundred thousand dollars
more in efforts to avoid it. That
amount OF money properly spent
would practically eradicate the dis
ease"
The city OF Clarksburg is at pres
emf woeffilly deficient in liza water