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Water Production & Recovery (Wooster, Ohio) (view source)
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, 08:53, 8 September 2021→BETTER WATER WORKS: WHAT WOOSTER WANTS AND CAN WELL HAVE; Report of Water Extension Commission to the City Council, Wooster, Oh. Nov. 19, 1894
The germs of some very dangerous diseases can be exposed to freezing for weeks, and then carried by icy cold water an indefinitely great distance, only to spring into full and destructively vigorous life when eventually lodged within the system of some weak babe, rundown woman, or dyspeptic or malaria-enfeebled man; and small running streams such as Apple Creek are frequently polluted all along their course.
The germs of some very dangerous diseases can be exposed to freezing for weeks, and then carried by icy cold water an indefinitely great distance, only to spring into full and destructively vigorous life when eventually lodged within the system of some weak babe, rundown woman, or dyspeptic or malaria-enfeebled man; and small running streams such as Apple Creek are frequently polluted all along their course.
In this connection the history of the
In this connection the history of the disastrous epidemic of typhoid fever in Plymouth, Pa., in 1885, may be cited as an illustration, the citation being from an official report.
Early in 1885 an epidemic of typhoid fever occurred in the town of Plymouth, Pa., which during the spring and summer months caused the illness of more than 1,100 people and at least 114 deaths. On investigation the cause was found to be pollution of the water supply of the town. The water supply of the town was from a mountain stream of previously remarkable purity. The reservoirs four in number, are formed of huge dams of masonry built across the stream, from the lower of which pipes led to supply the town. Above the starting point of the water pipes their is but one house situated upon the banks of the stream, this between the third and fourth reservoirs. In this house lived a man who during the months of January, February, and March was sick with typhoid fever. He contracted
the disease in Philadelphia while there on a visit during the holidays. He returned to his home and Jan. 2n, 1885, was attached by the fever which run a regular course followed by a relapse. He finally recovered from his illness the first week in April. During the course of his illness his dejecta, without any attempt at disinfection, were thrown out upon the snow and frozen ground towards the edge of the bank which slopes precipitously down to the stream, flowing between the third and fourth reservoirs.
Here they remained innoxious upon the snow and frozen ground until March 26 when on account of a thaw that day, they were washed into the stream, and thence into the third reservoir. On the evening of March 26, the superintendent of the water company visited the reservoirs to ascertain the amount of water on hand. He found the first and second almost empty, while the third and fourth were rapidly filling. The pipe, which allows the water from the bottom of the third reservoir to discharged into the stream leading to the second reservoir was tightly frozen. He caused a fire to be built to melt the ice in this pipe. The water with its accumulation of typhoid fever germs was distributed to the town between March 28 and April 3. On the 9th of April the first case of typhoid fever made its appearance, and during the week beginning April 12, from 50 to 100 new cases appeared daily, and on one day it is said that 200 new cases were reported. Dr. {{Surname|Biggs}} and Prof. {{Surname|Breneman}}
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