The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-06-18
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF HEALTH BOARD
Reported Condition OF City Water
Causes Much Worry To City
Health Officer.

Health Officer.
Pending the action of the City
Council in regard to what they will
do to improve the town drinking wat
er, following an examination on April
II, by Engineer o N Harrub Of the
state health department, from which
he reported the water to CONAN B CO.
Ii and ito be low grade, dangerous
and unfit for use", causing the pro-
hibiting by the local railroads Of the
waters being put on trains passing
through Paris in compliance with i'm
terstate traffic laws, it is consoling to
the public to be advised that the city
health department is doing all it can
to safeguard the public health.
Some excellent suggestions were
made to the worthy city fathers at
their meeting last week through the
city health officer DR. A A Miller. DR.
Miller states that the aldermen con-
sidered his suggestions favorably
sSemingly, and that they will deter
mine the course to pursue upon re-
ceiving the analysis of the third
sample of the city water sent to
Nashville for examination, but which
is now reported to have been lost in
transit
DIR Miller recommended to the
council the suggestions made to him
by the. state health department that
chlorine filtering apparatus and
rapid sand filters instead Of the
present settling pools be put into use
here.
"But suppose Doctor" one of the
council member is reported to have
inquired, s'that this last analysis
proves the water o X and carries out
our theory that the heavy, dashing
rains blew this dangerous debris and
water into the settling pools, do you
then recommend these improve
ments?v
by all means,' responded the
Doctor, "in order to keep our water
right. ! was SUI prised to find 1t
wrong this time"
The Doctor admits that until "all
this" came up, he thought Paris had
filter, for which a bond issue was
voted, ,ut then doctors are awfully
busy most Of the time.
"Our water may continue to get
wrong" expressed the Doctor, dis
cussing the matter, land aside from
the health question, bad water gives
a town bad name. i haven't been
in the fotel for weeks but what some
travelling man has asked me what they
have done about the water and il it
is dangerous to drink. Nothing
builds up town more than good,
pure water. No water, no folks. 1t
will take this town six months to get
over allowing its water to get into
this fix, so that it had to be prohibited
for use on trains"
OF course, in case the city does
not see fit to act upon the city board
of health's recommendations, they
can as a board take action themselves
in regard to the situation.
Another worthy recommendation
submitted by DR. Miller was to the
effect that every house in town be
given the advantage of the city sew
er. It seems that at present only
SIS percent have availed themselves
of its use.
Z Other things asked of the city
fathers included:
1--WE also ask you 10 give us an
ordinance compelling every Citizen
inside the corporate limits, who has
pools of water, natural or otherwise
on his premises shall Immediately
drain same, or if it is impossible to
drain they shall be coal-oiled once a
month, through June. July and Aug
ust. We also recommend that the
Board of Public Works shall lay this
town off into districts, and that they
shall notify the people living in each
district, what day, or days, they shall
move their rubbish to the streets to
be carried away. And that all such
rubbish shall be in containers, such
as barrels or boxes, and shall in no
case be piled ON the street or in the
gutter.
We also insist as we have each
year, that property owners shall keep
their lots moved, briers and under
growth cut away.
We also ask that you re-gravel
around the court houe wnere the
horses are hitched. We think this
is absolutely necessary as water
stands there and dries up.
We also ask you to indorse us in a
general request that everybody, black
and white, screen their houses.
Finally gentlemen we would re-,
quest that everybody be vaccinated
against Typhoid Fever, during the
month Of June.p