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Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at ... D. C., December 10, 1884 (Classic Reprint)

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Description:Excerpt from Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at Washington, D. C., December 10, 1884 Gentlemen: - In accordance with your request I beg herewith to submit a report of the work of the Department of Health of the city of Brooklyn with reference to placing the city in a proper condition to meet the probable advent of cholera the coming summer. Water Supply. Two years ago there existed within the city of Brooklyn three hundred and sixteen pump-wells. These were the ordinary surface wells dug to a sufficient distance in the earth to reach water, this distance varying from fifteen to one hundred feet. An analysis of the water of these wells showed that of this whole number but seventeen furnished water fit for human consumption; of the entire number three hundred and seven have, upon the recommendation of this Department, been filled by order of the Common Council, leaving but nine in the city. And these it is to be hoped the Common Council will close during the present winter; if not, should cholera come, they will be closed by this department. Having thus done away with a possible agent in the spread of cholera, namely, the impure water furnished by surface wells, the attention of the Department was next drawn to the sources of the Ridgewood water supply, the only other water supply of the city, and investigation is now being made by representatives of the Departments of Health and City Works, which will show to what extent, if any, this water supply is imperilled, and immediate steps will be taken to remove all possible sources of contamination. This being done it may be safely assumed that Brooklyn need have no anxiety for the spread of cholera through its water supply. Ponds. Cholera has appeared in Brooklyn as an epidemic three times since the year 1848. The last epidemic occurred in the year 1866, and resulted in the death of 517 inhabitants. The population of the city at that time was three hundred and thirteen thousand, about one-half its population at the present time. The disease appeared most prevalently and most fatally in the Twelfth Ward. This section of the city is one which is, to a great extent, composed of tilled in ground, being originally covered by salt, water, with marshes and islands interspersed. In the improvement of this part of the city, streets have been constructed. Leaving between them ponds of water, which being stagnant, became offensive. This was the condition of things in 1866. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at ... D. C., December 10, 1884 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at ... D. C., December 10, 1884 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at Washington, D. C., December 10, 1884 Gentlemen: - In accordance with your request I beg herewith to submit a report of the work of the Department of Health of the city of Brooklyn with reference to placing the city in a proper condition to meet the probable advent of cholera the coming summer. Water Supply. Two years ago there existed within the city of Brooklyn three hundred and sixteen pump-wells. These were the ordinary surface wells dug to a sufficient distance in the earth to reach water, this distance varying from fifteen to one hundred feet. An analysis of the water of these wells showed that of this whole number but seventeen furnished water fit for human consumption; of the entire number three hundred and seven have, upon the recommendation of this Department, been filled by order of the Common Council, leaving but nine in the city. And these it is to be hoped the Common Council will close during the present winter; if not, should cholera come, they will be closed by this department. Having thus done away with a possible agent in the spread of cholera, namely, the impure water furnished by surface wells, the attention of the Department was next drawn to the sources of the Ridgewood water supply, the only other water supply of the city, and investigation is now being made by representatives of the Departments of Health and City Works, which will show to what extent, if any, this water supply is imperilled, and immediate steps will be taken to remove all possible sources of contamination. This being done it may be safely assumed that Brooklyn need have no anxiety for the spread of cholera through its water supply. Ponds. Cholera has appeared in Brooklyn as an epidemic three times since the year 1848. The last epidemic occurred in the year 1866, and resulted in the death of 517 inhabitants. The population of the city at that time was three hundred and thirteen thousand, about one-half its population at the present time. The disease appeared most prevalently and most fatally in the Twelfth Ward. This section of the city is one which is, to a great extent, composed of tilled in ground, being originally covered by salt, water, with marshes and islands interspersed. In the improvement of this part of the city, streets have been constructed. Leaving between them ponds of water, which being stagnant, became offensive. This was the condition of things in 1866. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at ... D. C., December 10, 1884 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Report on the Prevention of Cholera: Commissioner of Health of the City of Brooklyn, to the Conference of State and Municipal Boards of Health, at ... D. C., December 10, 1884 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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