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82 ^^ORTII CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH. a coiistniit menace to the health of the coinmunit3% and in my jnd^^-inent it shoiikl be abolished or all the wells closed up and the i)eoi)le recinired to use only' the public supply. The better plan, unquestionably, and the only one that will prove satisfactory, is the instalment of an up-to-date public system of sewers, and the sooner the town makes up its mind to adopt this the better it will be from every point of view. I am no lawyer, but I believe that a suit for damages on the part of a person having had fever who lived in the immediate vicinity of one of these overflowing cesspools might lie. Of course, it is an established fact that the bacterial changes which take place in what is known as a septic tank destroy a great many of the disease germs, but the process is not complete unless it is combined with a contact bed, and therefore the effluent would be capable of contaminating a neighboring well, or on the feet of flies the germs might be transmitted to the food in the neighboring dining-room or kitchen. There is no question whatever in my mind that this method ought to be abolished and a good sewerage system installed. Wishing you much success in your endeavors on this line, and hoping that you will not hesitate to call upon me whenever you feel that I can be of assistance, I am. Yours very truly, Richard II. Lewis, Secretary, Reidsville, N. C., July 19, 1907. Dr. R. H. Lewis, Raleigh, 1S\ C. Dear Sir:—AVill you be kind enough, as State health officer, to answer the following questions: Is it safe to have a sewer, used by a tobacco factory working 400 to 450 hands, empty in a branch that goes about dry iu dry weather, not more than tAvo hundred yards from a number of dwellings? How far would be a safe distance? Is it safe to empty other sewers in same branch, higher up and about same distance, used by about 50 people for closets, baths, etc.? Is it safe to dump from closets and baths used by 50 to 75 persons, besides kitchen waste from dwellings and boarding-houses, into a tank 6 feet square and G feet deep, and allow the water running from same to follow very small branch passing by several residences— the branch becoming very green and offensive in dry weather? Do you not think that natural drainage, where the hills are very steep and the hollows very deep, helpful in carrying off the refuse, as the water that washes the filth into the hollows from hard rains
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1907-1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-012 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1907-1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-012-0088 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 12 |
Page Number | 82 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 82 ^^ORTII CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH. a coiistniit menace to the health of the coinmunit3% and in my jnd^^-inent it shoiikl be abolished or all the wells closed up and the i)eoi)le recinired to use only' the public supply. The better plan, unquestionably, and the only one that will prove satisfactory, is the instalment of an up-to-date public system of sewers, and the sooner the town makes up its mind to adopt this the better it will be from every point of view. I am no lawyer, but I believe that a suit for damages on the part of a person having had fever who lived in the immediate vicinity of one of these overflowing cesspools might lie. Of course, it is an established fact that the bacterial changes which take place in what is known as a septic tank destroy a great many of the disease germs, but the process is not complete unless it is combined with a contact bed, and therefore the effluent would be capable of contaminating a neighboring well, or on the feet of flies the germs might be transmitted to the food in the neighboring dining-room or kitchen. There is no question whatever in my mind that this method ought to be abolished and a good sewerage system installed. Wishing you much success in your endeavors on this line, and hoping that you will not hesitate to call upon me whenever you feel that I can be of assistance, I am. Yours very truly, Richard II. Lewis, Secretary, Reidsville, N. C., July 19, 1907. Dr. R. H. Lewis, Raleigh, 1S\ C. Dear Sir:—AVill you be kind enough, as State health officer, to answer the following questions: Is it safe to have a sewer, used by a tobacco factory working 400 to 450 hands, empty in a branch that goes about dry iu dry weather, not more than tAvo hundred yards from a number of dwellings? How far would be a safe distance? Is it safe to empty other sewers in same branch, higher up and about same distance, used by about 50 people for closets, baths, etc.? Is it safe to dump from closets and baths used by 50 to 75 persons, besides kitchen waste from dwellings and boarding-houses, into a tank 6 feet square and G feet deep, and allow the water running from same to follow very small branch passing by several residences— the branch becoming very green and offensive in dry weather? Do you not think that natural drainage, where the hills are very steep and the hollows very deep, helpful in carrying off the refuse, as the water that washes the filth into the hollows from hard rains |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
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