The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
PURE? THE CITY WATER HAS TO BE
 PURE.

Away back in '93, when you and were
 young Maggie, a man died in Ashland. Wiscon. | sin in fact several died there in 1893-1894 | from typhoid fever. But one of the victims left | a widow who didn't like it at all, and so she
 brought suit against the water company. and obtained eb,000 damages, for the typhoid tn- lection was traced to polluted water. ec The law assumes that any corporate body or
 private company which supplies water for hu- | man consumptions must exercise every reason- able precaution to keep the water pure and | free from pollution The Ashland case is by no
 means the only one in which this principle has l been recognized by the courts It happens to | be the first case of the kind and hence prece- dent.
 In the city of Mankato, Minnesota. person named Keever obtained an award of $5,00O damages in 1910 because of death from ty-
 phoid fever caused by pollution of the, water
 supply. .- Pittsburg, California. and the California ,su- preme court awarded nearly $33.000 in dam ages to 1s plaintiffs who had suffered from In a typhoid epidemic in Olean, N. Y.;sthree years ago there were over 200 cases and IS l deaths and the city had to vote, a bond issue i of $350,000 in order to pay the claims. That typhoid epidemic in Montreal three or | four years ago was traced to infected milk
 which, through somebody's criminal careless ness passed through the pasteurization plant without being pasteurized. If the city health department had charge of the pasteurization of milk for sale in the city, then 1t would seem that all the people who suffered from typhoid from using that milk would have good claim | for damages. A contractor designated a spring where his workmen were to get their drinking water. The water looked clear and tasted fine and was nice and cold, so the contractor assumed | it was as pure as spring water has always been
 assumed to be- Several of the men drinking the water presently came down with typhoid.
 The contractors profit on the job was soon eat | en up paying off judgments | Some day, expect, it will be possible to go l to court and collect suitable damages from the
 bird who hands you the cri under cover of a slight cold" But not until the present legion of old fogy doctors dies off. for altogether too
 many of the old fossils still believe. If they do not openly argue, that the germ or infection | factor is only incidental and the main cause oi whatever respiratory infection you contract is
 exposure to cold or wet. That is, they argue that way when the victim is not a member oi l household comes down with the cri he getl very angry if you try to tell him maybe the | youngster got his feet wet. when he knows per and why the blazes don't teachers send ,chil- dren home when they come with their coughs and sneezes.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tine Institute Trick II. \ ann told there is e institute here iE
 Would you advise me to 60 thefe abou,
 my trouble? (Afrs R. M.)
 Answer-No I advise you to go to some
 doctor who has the moral courage to practice
 under hs own name. ai Inese c,n,os hnaa,ss sr. | rackets,. no matter how well known or vel | advertised the various members of the gans | may be. This is my opinion.
 | Enlarged Turbnates
 As Jlathernsy is 90 successful tn the extir' | nation of fonsiis cannot the same method bs | used for treating 0r shrinking thickcned tur binates in the nose? e. O.
 Answer-Yes, many physiclans use, t fo' | that purpose with very satisfactory results. Cataract
 | Father has cataract on one eye. Old d0ct0l | nook says fo use blood root, h0g's lard. (B. E Tl
 Answer--The cataract ia IN the eye. not or | it Cataract ia e ciouding or opacity Of thu crystalline iens 1t would he tragic to experI
 ment with any old doctor book suggestions: T your fathers alse is not suitable for nur.ica
 keatment tie doctor will advise the next bes course fer him.