The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-07-17
ADVANTAGE OF
ARTESIAN WATER,
New Iberia Euterprise-Leader.

ny urged thai a supply OF water from
deep wells be provided for this city in
order that the health of the people be
preserved. With the last few days
the State has published a report of
the investigations of the Geological
Survey and among other things it
gives data with relation to the health
fulness of settlements before and after
the establishment of such wells. In
order that the people here may under
stand the benefits derived from deep
wells and artesian water the reports
as presented are reproduced as fol-
lows:
Pine Bluff Ark.-Wells 800 to 900
feet deep.
Before the deep wells were cOmplet-
ed 40 to 80 of the 437 men employed in
the shop were on the sick list during
the ummer. After the deep-well water
was used there was practically one
on the sick list"
RustOn, La.-425 feet deep.
''There has been "A very noticeable
decrease in the number of cases of
malarial sickness where the people
confine themselves to the use of
hydrant water. OF the $500 people in
Ruston it is estimated that 945 are
using deep-well water. We had 81
cases of typhoid fever here this year,
and not one has occurred in families
where the people have used deep-well
water altogether"
Spring Hill.-Welis 270 feet deep.
''The general health of our people
has been immensely improved since
we have used the well water entirely
for drinking purposes in the Mills. If
we could compel our employees to
universally use it we could further
decrease the sickness. The percentage
of sickness here is much less than in
the surrounding camps and FARMS"
Zimmerman, La.-Well lis feet
deep.
Before we had the artesian well
the sickness among our people at
Zimmerman was quite discouraging.
but since we have put in the. well chills
and fevers have almost entirely disap-
peared. The comparative amount of
sickness before the we'll was put down
was ten sick to one now.
Before the we'll was put down
malaria was very prevalent. There
was much more sickness in thinner
man than in the high pine-covered
hills to the south. After the we'll was
put down we had at least 30 Or 40 per
cent less sickness than previously. II
had no TYPHOID and very few cases of
continual fever among the people at
Zimmerman; and almost my entire
practice was in the neighboring hill
region, where the people depended on
surface water. My conversation with
neighboring physicians and people
from adjoining towns ELECTED the fact
that much fever existed when thinner
nan was comparatively immune
Boyce, La.-Wells 300 feet deep.
ITO my certain knowledge the
health Of Boyce has been greatly
benefited by the use of artesian water.
your letter to our two
Doctor Sewell and Doctor
Texsda, both stated the same. They
been praticing here only since
the wells we're bored. but from infor-
nation from former physicians have
no hesitancy in saying that sickness
has decreased al least so per cent.
Formerly there was considerable
fever; now there is rarely
ease. Doctor Sewell, who has had
Tour Of typhoid fever in Boyce
that time. All four cases were
In one family, who used only cistern
Doctor Texada, who has been
here about the anne time, has had
Ehree cases-two at q house where
water. was used; not certain
about the other. They both agree
hat while there has been very little
sickness in Boyce this year, and no
fever, there has been consider
lble sickness, and many cases of
fever in the surrounding
where cistern and surface
taters are used. They attribute the
health of the town to the use of ar
esian water for sanitary regulation
ire no better now than formerly. I
There has been no sickness among
abroad employees this year." I