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218 ap1>endix. A few years siuce, within the last five, the residents in and around Honey Hill in Berkeley county have adopted the use of driven wells in lieu of open wells eij^ht or ten feet in depth, poor substitutes, you will admit, for artesian wells or cisterns. Although these pipes are driven only sixteen to eighteen feet, still the result is striking in the decrease of malarial diseases. At one locality, about three miles from the above mentioned village, at one time considered a "death hole," and from which a family ''natives to the soil" had removed, another family, almost entirely strangers, had lived with comparative impunity for the last four years, using onh- water from a driven well. How much more effective would be perfectly pure water? I have no hesitation in saying that, irrespective of locality, the health of the residents is in direct ratio to the quality of the water. In rainy seasons the wells are generally filled with surface water, hence in such seasons we always have more fever hereabout; in dr}' seasons comparatively little. '*IMed." St. James Santee, vS. C., February 2, 1895. [From X. Y. />.] -x- -K- Prior to the use of artesian and cistern water the white employees of these mines were frequent victims of malaria in its various forms, whether sleeping at the neighboring pine land or at the health-giving resort, Summerville, and notwithstanding the use of quinine. Since the building of cisterns and the boring of wells about 375 feet deep, and the exclusive use of those waters, the same individuals who before suffered have been exempted from malarial troubles, even those most exposed to such influences, superintending the digging of rock in rain or heat or cold. I have had but one attack of fever in nine years and that resulted from getting wet in a summer storm while crossing the river, and having to remain in the wet clothing until I reached the city. I always avoided the use of spring or surface water, going without or using milk as a pleasant substitute when to be had, until cistern water was available. We have hunted here in August (the ''stands" in dense swamps), early in the morning before the dew and mists had been dissipated by the sun, and escaped fever, shunning surface water. So convinced are we all here of the benefit arising from the exclusive use of cistern or artesian water that a bottle of one or the other is carried on ever\' hunt, even though a flask of something stronger accompanies it "to keep off* snake bites.'' One young gentleman has slept at these mines the entire summer without suffering from malaria, and he not a stranger to the low country, nor yet acclimated to swampy regions. The ph3-sicians and scientists may draw their own conclusions; I have 110 theories to advance, simply state facts. X. Y. Z. Of course in the above I refer to serious attacks of fever. INIaCxNOLIA Mines, Ashley River, February i, 1S95.
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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. |
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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. |
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Date | 1893-1894 |
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Volume Number | 5 |
Page Number | 218 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 218 ap1>endix. A few years siuce, within the last five, the residents in and around Honey Hill in Berkeley county have adopted the use of driven wells in lieu of open wells eij^ht or ten feet in depth, poor substitutes, you will admit, for artesian wells or cisterns. Although these pipes are driven only sixteen to eighteen feet, still the result is striking in the decrease of malarial diseases. At one locality, about three miles from the above mentioned village, at one time considered a "death hole" and from which a family ''natives to the soil" had removed, another family, almost entirely strangers, had lived with comparative impunity for the last four years, using onh- water from a driven well. How much more effective would be perfectly pure water? I have no hesitation in saying that, irrespective of locality, the health of the residents is in direct ratio to the quality of the water. In rainy seasons the wells are generally filled with surface water, hence in such seasons we always have more fever hereabout; in dr}' seasons comparatively little. '*IMed." St. James Santee, vS. C., February 2, 1895. [From X. Y. />.] -x- -K- Prior to the use of artesian and cistern water the white employees of these mines were frequent victims of malaria in its various forms, whether sleeping at the neighboring pine land or at the health-giving resort, Summerville, and notwithstanding the use of quinine. Since the building of cisterns and the boring of wells about 375 feet deep, and the exclusive use of those waters, the same individuals who before suffered have been exempted from malarial troubles, even those most exposed to such influences, superintending the digging of rock in rain or heat or cold. I have had but one attack of fever in nine years and that resulted from getting wet in a summer storm while crossing the river, and having to remain in the wet clothing until I reached the city. I always avoided the use of spring or surface water, going without or using milk as a pleasant substitute when to be had, until cistern water was available. We have hunted here in August (the ''stands" in dense swamps), early in the morning before the dew and mists had been dissipated by the sun, and escaped fever, shunning surface water. So convinced are we all here of the benefit arising from the exclusive use of cistern or artesian water that a bottle of one or the other is carried on ever\' hunt, even though a flask of something stronger accompanies it "to keep off* snake bites.'' One young gentleman has slept at these mines the entire summer without suffering from malaria, and he not a stranger to the low country, nor yet acclimated to swampy regions. The ph3-sicians and scientists may draw their own conclusions; I have 110 theories to advance, simply state facts. X. Y. Z. Of course in the above I refer to serious attacks of fever. INIaCxNOLIA Mines, Ashley River, February i, 1S95. |
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Article Title | Drinking Water in its Relation to Malarial Diseases |
Article Author | Lewis, Richard H. |
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