St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-09-04
.(By Hin X. Ba.row)

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l. Sewage 10 any foul, waste
liquid.
;. Sanitary sewage IL the fou
wastes Of human or animal origil
from residences, stables, stores, pub
lie buildings. and other places Of hu
man or animal abode.
5. Historical Review. Sewers
and drains are Of very early origin
Among the ruins Of al ancient civil
ixations, are found the remains Of
masonry and tile conduit sconstruct'
ed for drainage purposes.
1. From Ferguson's History Of
Architecture, are shown the remains
of . large masonry sewer or drain
built by the ancient Assyrians In the
eighth or ninth century, b. c., fol
one Of their palaces 1T Nimrud. This
Is one of the earliest examples found
of the use Of the arch In masonry.
s. Importance and Value of Sew.
erage and Drainage. The impor-
lance and value of the construction:
Of sanitary engineering can hardly
be exaggerated. Upon them abso-
lutely depends the health Of every
city. One needs but to read de-
scriptions Of the great modern cpl
denies Of yellow fever ut Memphi:
and New Orleans. or Of cholera 81
Hamburg, or to have been engaged
to visit - sanitary engineer IN
American town during one Of the
numerous recent outbreaks Of ty
phoid, to understand the truth Of the
scripture. All that . man hath will
he give for his life.'' Yet not only
could sanitary engineering absolute
" prevent every such epidemic. but,
in addition. 1t could annually save
Thousands upon Thousands Of othe:
lives which now succumb to bad
sanitation.
s. Already very much has been
accomplished In this direction by i'm.
proved sanitation, though ideal con-
ditions are yet seldom attained. A
prominent sanitary engineer estimat-
ed from actual statistics, that
early as 1885 there was . saving
from this cause Of 100, 900 lives, anl
100000 cases Of sickness. annual
~. in Great Britain. In . total popul
alton Of only 3U,OOO,O00 Figuring
on the basis o. the money valu.
alone Of the lives saved, and Of thu
sickness and loss Of time avoided
the money value Of the above resul
would be almost incalculable.
Z. In many individual cities, sta
tistics have shown In death rates a.
lowering, due to the con-
struction Of sanitary improvements
more than sufficient in money valu.
to the community to pay for the en-
tire cost. Funeral and sickness ex
penses saved, alone. often max
enormous sums.
In this connection, It should ha
said that pure water supply and good
sewerage are both essential, and that
u Is impossible to separate the value
o1 one from that Of the other.
pointed water supply may spread
disease, no matter how perfect the.
sewerage, and IN abundant water
supply IL essential to the nroner
working OF sewers. On the nthe,
aand without sewers and drains. =,
sDundant water supply serves "A !,
9en1cle to enable unmentionahla 1T.
20 saturate more deeply and morf
completely the soil under citv
cesspools are even more d.nva-n.'.
han privy vauNs. e.ou'
.. In addition to direct nreva,
non OF communication Of disease =,
1asanitary conditions, modern se.,
9Ia6e facilities are 10 1raa< -.
'enience that this adyanf... ., Ivn
. usually more than worth sha .o..
rms 10 shown BY the incras. aS 80,
ING and rental value az nrs,n, 81
Implied with sewerage f.c,i,4 I.s.
No sooner IL . partial ~ nc.n,N
ever system constructed n . 80
nan prospective buyers or rert .r'
'o8in to discriminate ..w.e,'
'sainst property not supn,,sS r,,.n