Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-04
HOSPITAL SITE
WILL NOT HARM
WATER SUPPLY
No Danger of Contamination
of New BrunsWick's Water
Supply for tuberculosis Hos
pitaI on Cranbury Turnpike.

The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
in an opinion rendered by Philip P.
Jacobs, Phi. D., assistant secretary,
maintains that there Is no danger of
contamination OF New Brunswick's
water supply In the event of estab-
fishing a tuberculosis sanitarium on
the farm purchased last year by the
Board of FreehoIders on what is
known as the Cranbury Turnpike. In
rendering this opinion DR.. Jacobs
says: THE possible contamination of
the water supply through the injee
tlon into 1t of considerable number
of tuberculosis germs, is not in any
real sense a menace to the city of
New Brunswick. Infection with
tuberculosis through drinking water
Is very rare and In the case of
running stream where the water is
constantly exposed to the atmos-
phere, would practically not exist.
The site on the Cranbury Turn
pike was made by the Board Of Free
holders with the intention of erect
ing an institution of this kind, but
the project was evidently abandoned
when the residents of the city of New
Brunswick objected to the location
Of sanitarium there because of the
fear of contamination of its water
supply. A small brook runs through
this farm and eventually finds its
way into a larger stream, which in
turn feeds large pond from which
the city of New Brunswick gets It's
water supply. The location of the
farm is six or eight miles away from
the city.
Noting the increase in the number
of cases of tuberculosis in this city,
and fearing that It's growth would
be augmented with the expansion of
the population, the local Board OF
Health, at a recent meeting passed
resolutions to- be presented to the
freeholders, asking that they take
prompt steps to erect the proposed
institution.
In o., VII, wsfa srssas rsSsau eli eaaildisysst
p! ,ong. ~ even half Of thei es;s,nsiss -;
s-s,7-.s==ni.saf, f,sstahi z, -
o1nty y hcspiital asE 5as care q tubera I
ular patients, the EVENING NEWS |
irected a letter to the National
association for the Study and Pre- 8
ention OF Tuberculosis. The fore I
ding statements are from the reply =
iven by Assistant Secretary Jacobs. /
The entire question OF possible r
of watershed ! .
trough the establishment of a tu- ;
erculosis sanitarium upon it, has i
cen thoroughly aired in the last ,
ear, according to DR.. Jacobs, dur =
lg the hearings In connection with :
1e Westchester County tuberculosis !
[ospital. DR.. Herman M. Biggs, 7
Iealth Commissioner of the State of
lew York, has finally decided that .
here Is practically no danger of con-
animation and had granted permis- ,
ion for the establishment of a site !
4 thai county which is one of the ,
supplying the city OF !
lew York.
DR.. Jacobs says: I'm the first place. !
he danger of the pollution of the wa ,
er supply of the city Of New Bruns-
yick through the establishment of a ,
tuberculosis hospital on the site In
uestion, would not arise so much
rom the fact that the institution ,
a considerable number of hu- ,
nan being whose excreta, il not
roperly cared for, would eventually
rain into the brook and in this
manner contaminate the water sup
ly Of the city of New Brunswick.
iodern methods of sewage disposal,
owever, have been so perfected that
or an ordinary institution of the size
he freeholders would erect. at such I
distance from the reservoir, dis
osal plant could be established
Which would take care of all waste
naterial from the institution with
ut any danger whatever to the res
dents OF the city Of New Brunswick.
his question was fully established
n the case OF the Westchester Tu-
'erculosis Hospital"
The following is the decision rem
ered by Commissioner II. M. Biggs,
4. D., In the above case:
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