Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-01
WATER SUPPLIED
BRECk'S LANE is
FOUND POLLUTED
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grant such applications upon payment
of the fixcd charge which is $50 n year
Tho city charge is SO. These are
rates long established and in force
The directors Of that department have
no control over the water supply he
yond the city limits so that they are
rowerless 20 do anything with the
dangerous conditions which DIR. Nc
Hirnoy points out and which he says
y thorough investigation revealed. II
Il thought 20 ho a matter Of the State
Board OF Health authorities 10 handle
Or McRirney's letter which re-
Ncals a rather unusual and dangerous
condition Of affairs at Breck's Lane is
ne follows:
Recent outbreaks of typhoid fever
IN the vicinity Of Brock's Lane. and also
within the city Of Wilmington, and
cases brought 20 our attention by
being admitted 60 our hospitals have
brought about investigation and study
Of this most infectious and prevent
nhlc disease. a study Of the situa-
ton about procke Lane shows that
they are being given a highly polluted
water for drinking purposes through
the old distributing system known as
the du pont Reservoir.
"A recent examination Of this water
~ the state Bacteriologist from SAM
pies collected az the houses on Brooks
Lane. from the spisots inside the
houses. which supply du pont water.
and from several of the wells outside
the houses. and from the pumping
station which supplies the du pont
reservoir. shows them all 70 be a high
~ polluted water and unft for house
hold purposes. Furthermore investi-
cation reveals the fact that II a house
holder wishes 20 use the city water
and use II from only one spigot for
drinking purposes and DO not use 50
for toilet or bath that the charge is
90 but II this householder lives just
outside the city limits the charge for
Tho same equipment is $50
Not wishing 10 enter into the sub
sect or the question of tho cost Of
This water as 20 whether or not 81 is
fair. the Board OF Health looks upon
the subject as one involving the pub
lie health in the city Of Wilmington
and ~ would seem 10 be good thing
20 extend that area of the city water
supply outside the city limits so that
oil houses immediately without the
city limits could have the benefit OF
pure and unpolluted water and thus
avoid what SO often happens from the
private well water. due largely 10
scarcity of proper sewage outside the
city limits and the nature OF the soil
about this city which Is OF a clay or
loan variety making Il a highly dan
sorous coil IN which 20 find an unpoi-
luted water.
IL is a well known fact that per-
hans twenty years ago two or three
cases % typhoid fever did not make
OIL epidemic but in this day. with our
knowledge az typhoid fever, one or two
cases is sufficient % cause alarm and
,ho question arises. not so much as
where did Il come from. as why DO we
have 70 az all, when II Is so easily pre-.
vented. And as & Is well known that
one caso % typhoid fever Is a source
of danger. not only 90 the immediate
household. but 20 others. as well, anC
That the recent cases which we have
had al been due 20 polluted well water
and these cases are al a menace 70 III,
neishborhood. II not Immediately, they
will be the next year or the year after
and We would like 20 close up IN.
various wells about the city and i'm.
mediately outside of the city limits anC
deprive them OF a source OF infection
In order TO DO this one must finC
another source Of supply. And in 81
doing know that IL is pure unpollute,
water like this city enjoys and W,
would Ike 90 supply all OF the peopl,
immediately surrounding the city with
this supply o; water at a cost wher,
possible, the same as the city enjoys
In other words we should like to re
move the constant danger OF beini
surrounded by a ring OF typhoid fevel
cases outside our city limits. Tn.
Board Of Health is anxious 70 see thil
disease brought down 20 a minimum
OF cases, for just as the city Is II
danger OF having one or two cases ,
year OF typhoid fever within It's en-
Nironx Just 30 Ions is the whole cit,
liable 90 infection. disease, and wha
sometimes follows IL. From a publ
health standpoint Il Is highly desira
hle that some arrangement can b.
made whereby the water supply OF tn
city can be extended 20 all the peopl
;n the vicinity. From an economi
standpoint Il is just as desirable"
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