The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-10-04
CITY WATER IS
SCORED BY STATE
/ BOARD OF HEALTH
State Health Board Issues Special
Bulletin on Maysville Water Sup
ply Including DR.. Harrub's
Report and Rather Warm
Statements.

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Through the mail today most every
citizen In the city of Maysville and
throughout Mason county received
from the Kentucky State Board of
Health special bulletin which is en-
titled "An Appeal to the citizens of
Mason county In regard to the Water
Supply and Sewage DISPOSAL System
of the City of Maysville." The bull
letin is the complete report on the To-
cal situation as written by Captain c. !
N. Harrub, IT, s. Sanitary Engineer,
which has been read by the most in
Maysville and Mason county and pre-
face signed by the officers of the State
Board of Health which contains some
pretty warm stuff.
Among other things the State Board
of Health states that "the water sup
ply and lack of sewage disposal ia
cilities in the city of Maysville are
archaic and disgraceful" and again,
with the exception of few homes
which use properly protected cisterns
exclusively, the drinking water sup
ply is reeking with filth"
In the back of the bulletin there is
a splendid map Of the city of Mays
Vile. The complete statement Of the
State Board follows:
To the People of Maysville and Mason
County:
The State Board of Health is pub
fishing herewith, and is sending to
the citizens of Mason County. care
full survey Of the water supply made
by Captain c. N. Harrub, Of the Unit
ed States Public Health Service, who
has been Acting State Sanitary Engi-
neer for the past few months.
The people Of Mason County, out
side of Maysville, have made one Of
the most important contributions to
sanitary science that has been made
anywhere. In many other States sim
liar attempts have been made, but in
no one of them have the health author
tiles received, to a greater degree,
the cooperation Of a whole people.
Due to the fact that the Mason Coun-
lty work was considered as demon
stration, the State Board of Health
has been able to finance 1t largely thru
the cooperation Of the United States
Public Health Service, and at COM
paratively small cost to Mason County
and its people. It is interesting to
know that a majority of the homes in
Mason County, outside of Maysville,
have safe water supply, and thor
ough and satisfactory method of sew
tary Privy. 1t is earnestly hoped that,
within another year, 1t can he an
nounced that every home In the coun-
ty Is so provided. Those who have
already built sanitary privies have a
right to expect their neighbors to
build them now.
The citizens of Maysville have been
very generous In assisting In financ-
ing this movement, but have not SEEM
ed to realize, either as individuals or
as a city, that they have far greater
responsibilities than the people in
q their more isolated homes in the coun-
try. The water supply and lack Of
sewage disposal facilities in the city
OF Maysville are archaic and disgrace
full. With the exception Of few homes
which use properly protected cisterns
exclusively, the drinking water supply
is reeking with filth and is an evident
frequent cause Of disease. This pub
lication Is made by the State Board of
Health, so that every citizen in the
County may know these conditions.
When they are realized, 1t Is our be-
lief that they will be remedied, Just as
the citizens of the County are remedy
ing theirs.
In the meantime the State Board
advises the people of Mason county,
when they go to Maysville, to carry a
sufficient supply of drinking water
with them to use during their stay,
and 1t would regret the necessity Of
directing the railroads and steamboat
lines to inform all passengers pur-
chasing tickets for Maysville that the
drinking water offered them there Is
filthy and unsafe and that no adequate
disposal of sewage is provided for.
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
John G.. South, President.
A. T. Mccormack, Secretary.