The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-26
Nc TYPHOID.
Louisa Has No Cases and Her
People Ar Enjoying
Good Health.

During the past few days there has
been some tall; in this community re-
earding the drinking Va er ased ia
Louisa. This talk was caused by I,-
port currel, here ,hat n animation
of the a'er from he reservoir inow-
ed that / contained myriads of nj
crobes ard bacilll, of various poris,
Including the typhosus, Or tne germ
which, when taken ilo the ..uman
system produces typhoid fever.
AS this report is calculated 10
cause undue alarm amolg those Nao
Go not entirely understand The MAJ
ter, the News deems it proper ID
say a word or two on The subjec
and TO speak little more iully
than has been spoken on very inn
portant matter; the diilking water
OF this locality. This paper Goes no
Question the correctress II me al
ysis made Of the water from city
hydrant, Ever stree the wafer has
been offered to our people as water
fit for use as beverage the News /
has lifted its voice in warning in
warning not OF the water furnished
by the wa,er company in particular
but of all water used for drinking
purposes. 1t has published articles,
original and selected, on typhoid
fever and its causes, naming as a
fruitful source of infection water us
/. ed for drinking. 1t has repeatedly
arged the vital Importance Of look
ing to, not only the supply itself
but the source of the supply. IL
has told how water, apparently safe
from all probable contamination
could become polluted, and it has
pointed out the remedy. 1t has told
rhe people that boiling nil drink
ing water destroyed LIS liability 20 in
!, feet the drinker The typhoid germ
could not possibly survive the 21e
degrees of heat necessary to caus .
water TO boil, and II one persisted IN
drinking any water without taking
this simple precau,ion-one cvident-
III; puts but little value upon his life,
CT, certainly puts but little ::aiih in
tne teachings, not of science only,
but Of plain everyday common sense.
! SO far as absolutely chemically Jure
E water is concerned there is really rot
very much of It. The ideal pure
: water is tasteless, oderless, Iolorless,
Where do you find s.? Yet, there
5 are many wa ers which have taste,
: color and smell and are also entirely
: fiji to drink. Take the water on
+ Sullivanls grocery corner for instance
:, II contains mineral of some tort,
e probably iron in combina.i ion with
d an acid, and possibly some, sul-l
: phur, but so far as wholesomenes,.
q is concerned you may drink it with
: perfect impuni y and in quantities
: sufficiently large 10 cause greal
d sense of fullness.
A There is, not the slightest Ground
: for any one to be alarmed over q
o condition, known by all, or most OF
! US, since the day the water ooursed
!. rs way through our streets. There
\ Is no law human, moral or divine
n which compels any one to drink tn,
Z water furnished by, the water COM
n pany. For years and years the
n wells of Louisa have been noted fol
the coldness and palatability OF
= their waters and their
u freedom from contamina-
n ton and infecio ion. These wells are
I. numerous and deep. and few II any
/ of' them are sufficiently close lc
vaults or closets TO become unfit fol
a. use as supply of drinking water
IS and the family must be very awk-
IT wardly situated indeed II it can
trot from some of these sources ..
supply, procure an abundant and
sufficient amount of water iit iou
drinking. The number who drink tn,
+ reservoir water must not be measured
by the number who have the water
N In their yards and dwellings. Com
: raratively few drink it, and most ol
3 these not because they can get no
. other.
u What the News has SO often and
so emphai ically and truthful,
said Of the desirability and health
>, fulness of Louisa as 4 place Of resi-
u dence It says again, and 1t mas cold
$ hard unyarnished facts 10 su1
y toip Us claims. One Of these facts
J, lis that typhoid fever has never pre-
y vailed In Louisa nas nm Epidemic
y \ Thereihave been cases which trlSina,
'e &c here. there Is no doubt Of that
+ Hut people have been brought 20