The Sewage Question at Chicago.
The following report upon the matter of sewage was recently submitted to the Mayor and common council of the city of Chicago, by John H. Rauch, M. D., secretary of the Illinois State Board of Health :
Owing to the increased quantity of sewage that empties into the Chicago river and the small amount removed by the Bridgeport pumps, the river during the past season was as offensive as at any time before the deep cut in the canal was made, and, in fact, in the history of the city.
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