The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-25
Orders the Hypochlorite
Plant Installed as
Levy Urged.
FOUR NEW CASES
ARE REPORTED
City Health Officer Snubbed and
State Health Experts Thanked
for Pleading That Levy's
Advice Be Followed.
Beck Wants No
Advice.

In response to the demands OF the
State and city health authorities and
physicians of Richmond. the Admins
trative Board yesterday abandoned it's
former attitude toward DR.. L. G. Levy's
Recommendation and voted unanimous
ly to have Acting Superintendent Of
Water, William Lawton, Jr., install a
hypochlorite plant at the Settling
Basins for tho prevention of typhoid
Serms in the city water supply.
AT the belated instruction of the
board. Superintendent Lawton quickly
got Into conference with Chief Health
Oficer Levy yesterday afternoon. or
dered by telephone a large quantity of
hypoohlorite OF lime from Philadelphia
and made arrangements TO give the
Settling Basin water It's first treatment
OF the germicide this afternoon. when
Richard Messer. the State Health De-
srtments sanitary engineer, arrives in
the city.
Four New Typhoid Cases.
Four fresh cases OF typhoid fever
were reported by inspectors of the
Health Department yesterday. bringing
tho total number of cases received dur
Ing the month OF June to thirty three
During the month of June. 1912. there
were reported only eighteen cases OF
typhoid in the city The new cases
widely separated sections Of the city;
one case is at tho Grace Hospital for
treatment. one ut 3i6 Government Road
ore at 24s Taylor Street. and another
AT 7l5 West Grace Street Their. have
been Ave deaths from typhoid this
month. and forty-nine cases are now
on the Health Board chart
VIII Relieve Suspicion.
BY unanimous verdict OF the State
and city health departments. tho in
stallation Of the hypochloritc plant
Viii positively purify the water and
Kill the typhoid germ DR. Levy. while
hlaming the water for a portion of the
present fever outbreak. is of the opin-
ION that at this time il is practically
free from contamination. The purpose
the hypochlorite plant is to prevent
recurrence Of the infectious condt-
ton existing at the time of the cleans.
ing OF the coagulating ba sin in Nav
which is held responsible for the case.
now appearing. by destroying any "
phoid bacteria which may rcappear in
the water in the future
In its resolutions ordering the in
stallation OF the plant. the board took
occasion TO deny the statements of
the state health authorities that the
water was bad in May and to declare
that the step is now being taken TO
allay the wave OF suspicion Shortly
after the routine business OF the ses-
sion was concluded Mr.. Hirschberg in
troduced the following resolution.
which was adopted without dissent:
Quotes "Bcst Authoritics.v
In view of the alarm and excite
ment OF the people of Richmond
caused by certain publicatio that the
city water supply is impure and al
leging that II is the cause of the un-
usually large number of typhoid fever
cases. which, in the opinion of the best
authorities. is not a fact and DR. r
Z. Levy, Chief Health Officer himself
now states that the water is safe and
pure. we, the Administrative Board in
order to arrest all suspicion and allay
all fear. hereby instruct William Law
ton, Jr., Acting Superintendent OF Wa
ter. 10 install at once hypochlorite
plant at the Settling Basin for emer-
gency purposes. and the Board of
Health Is hereby requested to instruct
DR. Levy 10 assist Mr.. Lawton in the
Continued On Third Pace