Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-11
SAYS SOME WATER IS
NOT FIT TO DRINK
Chemist Furnishes Each Bottled
water Company with Report on
Water Made 10 CitN,

what ia considered 10 b" u vital
blow at IA" very heart ~ the ~.
pbo.d ana influenza cpidcmi" in mis-
c.'g waa struck Wednesday morning
wh'n Mayor e H. Hubbard called a
m'''InR ~ tho heads ~ the bottled
water concerns or Tulsa At his Of
nee
m" astonishing number ~ prl-
vat" wells IN thH riiy found. upon
Analysis 10 be infected with typhoid
rurms, was tho direct result of the
water situation being lookcd into
The result proves conditions 10 be-
ihr worse than was Anticipated
I'rh'UrAIty every shallow or dug
We, In the city iE polluted with
'yph0id Rcrms Az we'll ls most Of
the bottled water used In this city.
HH waS shown by the report from
vs. u IIolwav, chemist NJ the city
health department.
Copies Of this report were given
rnfh ~ tho managers ~ tho bottled
water concerns with Instructions 10
remedy conditions Immediately The
caH" was also turned over 10 Tho city
board Of health FOR u drastic clean
ing up
The chemists report roads IN part
AZ follows
honorable Mayor, Tulsa. okla.
Dear ir Acting upon your rc-
quest. have tested the bottled wa
iers which are heIng sold IN Tulsa
ai the present time
There are two recognized stand
ara tests which determine the safety
of water Tor drinking purposes:
first, IN" total number of bacteria
In u cubic Ccntimotor ~ tho water
which viii grow ~ hodv tomporn
iur". second, the presence Of the
colon bacillus In tho water Colon
hiccillus IN u bacteria which cause
typhoid, cholera. dyScnicry, etc,
livos In the intostincH ~ mankind
ana the higher animals Therefore.
wherever colon hhCclllus r. found In
drinking water. there ~ danger ~
typhoid and other intestinal Diseases
The standard so' by thc ttRItcd
Statca public health scry1gc requires
that water must contaifiN less than
one hundred bacteria per cubic CEN
timetcr and must show the absence
Of the colon hnccillus In All one GU
bic contimtcr samples and in nearly
all ten cubic Cenlimotcr samples
taken
Before making the tests on tho
bottled waters In this city. visited
personally each bottllnE station and
took two samples. one from tho mn.
ing station itself, and one from "A bot
tie ~ water which had Just been
filled and was ready to be sold. In
all cases hut two the sample ~
hat IA fYnFf, ha htIt l.
showed the presence Of tho colon
bacillus In n one cubic ccntlmcter
sample, while ali but three showed
its presence In 0.1 cubic centimctcr
sample
The following are the results Of
the tcs'S on the water as taken from
the filling station: Sand Springs, l60
bacteria per cubic Centimetcr, colon
bacillus, hscnt Eureka Springs, l20
bacteria per count, colon bacillus.
absent. Eureka water X shipped in
from Arkansas and stands in bottles
for several days, probably very near
" sterile At its source, STANDARD, so
bacteria per count, colon bacillus
doubtful. American. SIS bacteria per
count, colon bacillus. doubtful. Acme.
\ bacteria per count, bacillus colon,
present Purity 800 bacteria per
count, bacillus colon, present. Crystal,
$50 bacteria per count, colon bacillus.
present RHhiN, 100 bacteria per
count, bacillus colon, present.
The samp es taken from the bottles
showed the following sand Springs.
=. 600 bacteria per count, colon baCll-
lus, present. Eureka, 100 bacteria per
count, colon bacillus absent. stand
ard, 500 bacteria per count. colon
bacillus. present American, 500 bac-
tcria per count, colon bacillus, pres
ent Acme. 2I bacteria per count, CO.
lon bacillus, nnesent, Purity, 800 hac-
tcria per count, colon bacillus. pres
ont. Crystal. 500 bacteria per count,
colon bacillus, present RadiN. ..A0O
bacteria per count, colon bacillus,
present
These tests show first, that beyond
a doubt the Purity, Crystal and Rad
IN well wa 'crs are contaminated nrd
are. therefore. menace tO the health
Of tho city OF Tulsa II sold ms a
drinking water
Second, that the Acme and Ameri-
can may he contaminated
Third, that all hut the Eureka