The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-02

far reaching results.

ana Tar reaching results.
 If the stools are not properly disin- fected by the addition of some anti septic-carbolic acid, bichloride of mercury, copperas, etc, the bacteria are liable to be carried by some
 brook or Till into the source of tha | drinking water supply-then we have the disease epidemic
 It should be remembered that ty- phoid is not contagious disease. It l is not communicable except by means tenn.
 Therefore it follows logically that l if the food and water infected be pure and free from the germs of ty-
 phpid and typhus bacillus no possible
 danger of contracting enteric disease need be apprehended.
 | Failing to purify the source of sup ply, the next best thing is to ensure 1 it's sterility. This can be made cer- tain by subjecting all water for drink ing and dish-washing to boiling This
 kills the germs and effectually steril- l izes the water-for prevention pur- poses
 No vegetables or fruits should be eaten which have not been thorough ly washed. No food should be ex- posed to the menace of the typhoid fly and be it remembered that all
 house flies are typhoid f1ies.'' Care
 should 'be taken to prevent flies con
 dominating nipples and nursing bot
 ties and any vessels used in the nur- sery. Swat the fly is a splendid motto l to cut out and paste in your hat and | boil the water a war-whoop for the
 department of cuisine.
 The ideal method, of course, is to avoid the necessity of all this trou- ble and effort and expehse by ensur-
 ing a pure supply to start with. This is possible by means of a sys- tenn of filtration, preferably by sand. It has been proved in the recur-
 rent epidemics in Pittsburg and some other graft ridden cities that a tr1fling sum-trifling in comparison with the
 economic loss sustained in sickness
 and death-expended upon the con struction of sand and gravel filters will absolutely prevent the development of
 these devastating epiAemics. It should be made a matter of
 pride in any municipality to keep a high standard of excellence in the matter of it's water supply How ever, under the present, system of grab and hold" and "how much is l there in it for me" the venal legis- Elators who are elected to serve the people prove recalcitrant to the trust | interposed in them and as in the case of Pittsburg strangle measures which ] mean the strangling of water borne disease. If these traitor acts were made a penitentiary offense and a l few hundred of these potential mur- derers-for they are accessories be- l fore the fact-were given five or ten years breaking large pieces of stone into smaller ones meanwhile cogitat-
 gagged thusly-great good would be certain to follow.
 Or it might be enough if the com munities were enabled to instruct their representatives as to what they
 are supposed to get for their people,
 and failing to obey these instructions they might be taken gently but firm 1 ly by the scruff of the neck and the | seat of the trousers and assisted back I to pursuits less dangerous to the pub l lie.
 No man should be permitted to rep resent the people in legislative capacity unless he has intelligence enough to understand the causes and methods of prevention of epidemic
  failing to remedy them by seeking the passage of legislation compelling the | immediate installation of sand filters and purifcation of drainage he should I be incontinently fired.
 Thf0 would be the most certain I method of effectively stamping out
 the typhoid epidemic in Torrington. It might be little rough on nurses,
 doctors and undertakers to filter water, but the news that filters were | to be installed would be hailed as | 'tidings of great joy" to the long suffering, patient citizens who have 70 ! play host to a few million typhoid bacilli and their innumerable des- cendants.
 1 DIR. EDWIN F. BOWERS. | PERSONAT, MENTION