Benefits of Filtration.
THE beneficial effects of filtration seem to be strikingly shown by the experience of Girard College, Philadelphia. This is located in the district which has been for some years supplied by direct pumpage—that is, the Schuylkill river is thrown directly into the pipes. The typhoid death-rate for 1893 was quite high in that district, although apart from the bad water the sanitary conditions are very favorable. At Girard College, however, there is but little of the fever in a population of over 2,500. All the water supplied to the institution is thoroughly filtered.—Medical News.
THE beneficial effects of filtration seem to be strikingly shown by the experience of Girard College, Philadelphia. This is located in the district which has been for some years supplied by direct pumpage—that is, the Schuylkill river is thrown directly into the pipes. The typhoid death-rate for 1893 was quite high in that district, although apart from the bad water the sanitary conditions are very favorable. At Girard College, however, there is but little of the fever in a population of over 2,500. All the water supplied to the institution is thoroughly filtered.—Medical News.
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