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APPENDIX. 1 UU troops ill these'slii])^ and those in the Arr/o was the diHerence of drinking water. The latter were excei)tionally su])i)lied with water, winch was said to have an unpleasant smell and taste, from a marsh nearliona; those on the other ships were su])])lied Avith good water. Finally the nineisoldiers on the Artjo who escaped were said to have i)urehased wholesome Avater from the crew of that vessel." In an article by Dr. t>artley, on the ''Relation of Water to Paludal Poisoning," in the Brookbja McfJical Journal, and republished in the Xorth Carolina Medical Journal for February, 189)], these cases are quoted: *'The villages of Warrington and Woolsey, in Florida, had ])een considered healthy j^laces up to 1872. After that they became very malarious. Previous to that date almost the whole water supply had been from a spring of pure water. About 1872 driven wells became popular, as water could be had at a depth of a few feet (italics mine), and most of the residents had their own wells. From this time malaria became very i)reva-lent, and it is believed from the cliange in the water su])]3ly." Again: January, 18H0, a comininy of forty healthy marines were sent to the Navy Yard of Pensacola, Fla. During the iirst year frequent attacks of malaria began to show themselves among these men, which increased in number during the second year, and (hiring the third year the disease l)ecame so prevalent that before August twenty-tive of the party were in the liospital at one time. During this year they were so broken down that they were all sent to Norfolk, Va., where they all recovered. These marines drank the water from a driven well at the yard. The officers and their families drank only from a cistern, and no case of malaria appeared among them, i)roving that the wells were probably the cause of the sickness among the marines." Dr. Bartley also quotes this from the Sanitarian, 185)2: ^'In 187.o the Xaval Hospital at Pensacola was rebuilt. It proved to be a very unhealthy place, malarial diseases being very commonly contracted by patients and all others Avho came there. This continued until 18W. At this time there was a change in the water supply. A cistern was constructed, and the use of well water from the driven wells was abandoned, with the cessation of malarial attacks. The soil at the location of the hospital is composed of a sandy top with a swampy marl underneath. This peaty soil contains organic matter, and in some way produced tliese diseases." Likewise this: *'In the report of the ^larine Hospital Service for 1890, page 12, signed by Surgeon General Hamilton, he says: 'The exj)erience of the past year confirms the previous statement that malarial diseases are contracted through the medium of food and drinking water." In the April number of the Soathern Stales there appeared a very interesting article by ^Ir. James K. Randall on ''^Malaria Superstition and the Water Problem." While not }>repared to indorse Mr. Randall in the opinion that the malarial poison is not introduced into the system at all through the air, but through the drinking water onhf, I am much pleased
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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. |
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Date | 1893-1894 |
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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 | 1893-1894 |
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Language | English |
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Volume Number | 5 |
Page Number | 199 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | APPENDIX. 1 UU troops ill these'slii])^ and those in the Arr/o was the diHerence of drinking water. The latter were excei)tionally su])i)lied with water, winch was said to have an unpleasant smell and taste, from a marsh nearliona; those on the other ships were su])])lied Avith good water. Finally the nineisoldiers on the Artjo who escaped were said to have i)urehased wholesome Avater from the crew of that vessel." In an article by Dr. t>artley, on the ''Relation of Water to Paludal Poisoning" in the Brookbja McfJical Journal, and republished in the Xorth Carolina Medical Journal for February, 189)], these cases are quoted: *'The villages of Warrington and Woolsey, in Florida, had ])een considered healthy j^laces up to 1872. After that they became very malarious. Previous to that date almost the whole water supply had been from a spring of pure water. About 1872 driven wells became popular, as water could be had at a depth of a few feet (italics mine), and most of the residents had their own wells. From this time malaria became very i)reva-lent, and it is believed from the cliange in the water su])]3ly." Again: January, 18H0, a comininy of forty healthy marines were sent to the Navy Yard of Pensacola, Fla. During the iirst year frequent attacks of malaria began to show themselves among these men, which increased in number during the second year, and (hiring the third year the disease l)ecame so prevalent that before August twenty-tive of the party were in the liospital at one time. During this year they were so broken down that they were all sent to Norfolk, Va., where they all recovered. These marines drank the water from a driven well at the yard. The officers and their families drank only from a cistern, and no case of malaria appeared among them, i)roving that the wells were probably the cause of the sickness among the marines." Dr. Bartley also quotes this from the Sanitarian, 185)2: ^'In 187.o the Xaval Hospital at Pensacola was rebuilt. It proved to be a very unhealthy place, malarial diseases being very commonly contracted by patients and all others Avho came there. This continued until 18W. At this time there was a change in the water supply. A cistern was constructed, and the use of well water from the driven wells was abandoned, with the cessation of malarial attacks. The soil at the location of the hospital is composed of a sandy top with a swampy marl underneath. This peaty soil contains organic matter, and in some way produced tliese diseases." Likewise this: *'In the report of the ^larine Hospital Service for 1890, page 12, signed by Surgeon General Hamilton, he says: 'The exj)erience of the past year confirms the previous statement that malarial diseases are contracted through the medium of food and drinking water." In the April number of the Soathern Stales there appeared a very interesting article by ^Ir. James K. Randall on ''^Malaria Superstition and the Water Problem." While not }>repared to indorse Mr. Randall in the opinion that the malarial poison is not introduced into the system at all through the air, but through the drinking water onhf, I am much pleased |
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Article Title | Drinking Water in its Relation to Malarial Diseases |
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