OFFICIALS FIND TYPHOID NOT DUE TO WILMINGTON WATER.

OFFICIALS FIND TYPHOID NOT DUE TO WILMINGTON WATER.

卫生和水官员最近在德拉斯顿威尔明顿的水务部门举行了一次会议，并声明该市的伤寒不是由于城市水。董事会主席T. Allen Hilles参加了会议；首席工程师Edgar M. Hoopes。Jr.，Albert Robin博士，州卫生委员会秘书A. E. Frantz博士；威尔明顿卫生委员会秘书J. Austin Ellison；H. J. Watson博士，国家细菌学家；YM博士。迈尔斯，城市医师和细菌学家。水务部门的前细菌学家罗宾博士说：“从没有想象力的情况下，这座城市的伤寒可以被收取到该市的饮用水中。”在卫生部对城市水进行了对城市水进行的分析后，以及纽瓦克州州实验室卫生委员会的细菌学家H. J. Watson博士进行了检查。 city water is 99 per cent. pure. Edgar M. Hoopes, Jr., chief engineer of the Water Department, stated the object of the conference to show what was being done by the Water Department to furnish pure water to the citizens. President Hilles said; "In my opinion the city is very near the danger line in its water department because of the need of more filtering and storage capacity. Should an accident happen to the equipment it would be a serious thing. Extra filtering plants and storage is what is needed.” Dr. A. E. Frantz, in discussing the typhoid cases, also declared that it could not be charged to the drinking water. “From the examinations of the bacteriological tests made of the city water,” he said, "which data is here and has been checked up, it is our opinion that the water that has been supplied by the Water Department has been and is as free from typhoid contamination as it is possible to have the same. It is my opinion that any typhoid fever that has existed in Wilmington has not had its origin from the city drinking water.” He added: “The present equipment of the Water Department, so far as filtration beds and storage capacity at the Porter Reservoir plant, is inadequate in respect to a permanent supply of pure water to the city in case of any breakdown or accident to the present plant. The filtration plant should at least be doubled and the same should apply to the storage reservoirs. There is but one large main carrying filtered water to the pumping plant. There should be an additional main from the filtration plant to the pumping station to guard against any break in the supply of pure water in case of accident to the present single main. The city has been fortunate in not having had any serious accident to the single delivery pipe. The Water Department has protected the Wilmington water supply as well as it is possible for any department so to do. Their bacteriological tests have been checked up and found satisfactory." Mr. Ellison stated: "In the opinion of the board, after thoroughly investigating the water and milk supply of the city, we are perfectly satisfied that what typhoid we have cannot be attributed to the above sources,” and added “that there are fewer cases of typhoid in the city than a year ago and that many of the cases reported were from out of town.”

卫生和水官员最近在德拉斯顿威尔明顿的水务部门举行了一次会议，并声明该市的伤寒不是由于城市水。董事会主席T. Allen Hilles参加了会议；首席工程师Edgar M. Hoopes。Jr.，Albert Robin博士，州卫生委员会秘书A. E. Frantz博士；威尔明顿卫生委员会秘书J. Austin Ellison；H. J. Watson博士，国家细菌学家；YM博士。迈尔斯，城市医师和细菌学家。水务部门的前细菌学家罗宾博士说：“从没有想象力的情况下，这座城市的伤寒可以被收取到该市的饮用水中。”在卫生部对城市水进行了对城市水进行的分析后，以及纽瓦克州州实验室卫生委员会的细菌学家H. J. Watson博士进行了检查。 city water is 99 per cent. pure. Edgar M. Hoopes, Jr., chief engineer of the Water Department, stated the object of the conference to show what was being done by the Water Department to furnish pure water to the citizens. President Hilles said; "In my opinion the city is very near the danger line in its water department because of the need of more filtering and storage capacity. Should an accident happen to the equipment it would be a serious thing. Extra filtering plants and storage is what is needed.” Dr. A. E. Frantz, in discussing the typhoid cases, also declared that it could not be charged to the drinking water. “From the examinations of the bacteriological tests made of the city water,” he said, "which data is here and has been checked up, it is our opinion that the water that has been supplied by the Water Department has been and is as free from typhoid contamination as it is possible to have the same. It is my opinion that any typhoid fever that has existed in Wilmington has not had its origin from the city drinking water.” He added: “The present equipment of the Water Department, so far as filtration beds and storage capacity at the Porter Reservoir plant, is inadequate in respect to a permanent supply of pure water to the city in case of any breakdown or accident to the present plant. The filtration plant should at least be doubled and the same should apply to the storage reservoirs. There is but one large main carrying filtered water to the pumping plant. There should be an additional main from the filtration plant to the pumping station to guard against any break in the supply of pure water in case of accident to the present single main. The city has been fortunate in not having had any serious accident to the single delivery pipe. The Water Department has protected the Wilmington water supply as well as it is possible for any department so to do. Their bacteriological tests have been checked up and found satisfactory." Mr. Ellison stated: "In the opinion of the board, after thoroughly investigating the water and milk supply of the city, we are perfectly satisfied that what typhoid we have cannot be attributed to the above sources,” and added “that there are fewer cases of typhoid in the city than a year ago and that many of the cases reported were from out of town.”