HARMS A MS I IN HIS IS OWN W DEFENSE ft SL Denies Positively that City Vater Reveals Presence of Typhoid Bacilli IT IS NOT EASILY DETECTED r In III Support of time the Position by bJ time the City To the Editor Snit Salt L Lake lkc City Sept 1280 many InI r x t r lul l to t a ho be Illy have III the daily papers of this city that I deem it II itU u to the and to toay say ay a word of tenter from II a and the tho detection of typhoid II II Although the bacillus is III pres emit lot III great grent lot In the o of n a Its detection lieu is III nn an exceedingly ii tusk there ate normally pres mt u II myriad of other ant among these Is III thin thO colon which greatly I thin Iho typhoid lit III man moony points its ItH forum form and general Under nil any cit Ir the detection or of the In 1 n n body ut of g s vat ei o of f por day such nil as fur gashed hed hy by Parleys creek would result lit In almost t invariable allure for Cor the Iho following reasons Tito rho typhoid are not flout listen In time the onlY n 1 ery qua lity or of water ater Is III employed In III the Ihl and lint In this the Ille germs may or 1 may not happen to ho bu prevent infection and the out breaking of the tho disease considerable time nil and ratio this we Infer that nt at time the infection typhoid hl We o Ire present nt but again a the owing to yurl varl nun ous Cluses causen such III as want ut of suitable nourIshment Mowing water etc however the water cnn can bu be oX f as to give proof whether 11 pollution by hits taken 1110 timid thereby sustain typhoid or not This is IH by b n Joint ill HI unal analysis 11 and bacteriological the thial Ilal judgment of the tho water being aided tr if possible by n a personal Inspection of at the surroundings ot of the water For the tho rapid or of typhoid essential germs Is IL certain carIni tore turo and the Iho proper which of o n t us organic lat latter mat matter ter the Ihl most favorable for the Iho increase of oC the germs belnA being In inthe the of oC the Iho body Oy The Tho typhoid from Crom wat wal water Ir er closets or manure ples piles many 1111 In Its Way IY eventuallY into Inlo I a 11 or other source ot of drinking water through nl tutu channels I If such lIuch n a course hlll has taken piece the other In great oli find the tho sane wa Way In n a similar manner These I have tho characteristics nf o Ing maler matter gel olno cultures culture nod existing longer olger in III inthe the writer because they needless need less nOI nour for Cor their than the tho typhoid II C I I I ThY They lure Iro found In larger quantities l clo they thoy their any Into Inlo the w water ter I at t oer every opportunity nit while typhoid Is II only rarely pres emit or 01 only under certain conditions In closets manure piles otc etc These bacteria present In lat large o numbers are called bacteria because they create putrid or i foul Coul decomposition A water which I contains theca In large numbers there fore ore shows pollution and suspicion ot of having been Illen the Iho carrier of the tho bacillus nt at the outbreak of nn an epidemic or still Itt acts n as such and the tho water shows conclusively the Iho from cesspools ce I etc Filthy water huts hlll the tho or of coming In contact with tunny Inny dlf diner ont eel consequently I a huger ot of I The Ihl fluidity propagate where there Is much organic mutter which II Is absent In pure W wa water ter ler n I purl pure water cannot sums us tutu the life lito ut of bacilli I I IOn On the other hard a venter showing n a large ot of these Ifill which Is hy by I a examination iii list lJ be pal IIII tool rich II bt organic luh II In order to 10 have hao lIu the Iho le life of oC bacilli Thus o nonuse Is wd by I 11 au 11 hi the tl shape o of nitrites nitrates free freo nUll and mu ii and amount of oC oxygen to 11 coil sumo than organic Those TheN together with the tIl results of oC n II bacterIological Com forum the Iho basis upon which and authorities have based IL a according to 10 waters are classified re IHrl et II The IC of tl the bacillus tl to Prot Prof MC lt at o ri I I and other alit II In tiro Iho Id I is ut ul present mare or of Interest than thun cal value The 11 and the proper gallon or of thin tho bacillus in III the t ure require to Ju fu days II nm longer lungel 11 and then thel Il Its lu III alien would lava II lu hI he rOi run firmed h by the III amid ul 1 tests til up ter n u In time lime II n ease or of or on of oC n a supply In an earl as possible IC of the source Is in the most lo t polli potent to 10 In I ht I ii I it wel well known fact thAt luster Itself under randl 1011 n Cel felt nubs These condl nc exposure to lO air 1111 nil pro aided h by sunshine na 1 consider this chimers or of mu hy by these menus II ht oya canyon creek surface I Is offered to 10 the watt and rushing can over etc coh tit Ih lint th u I moans of lain nr ors 11 rc limo this tuns HII amply Ilu Illus II hr lima Ihn 1111 s s or of Lifter III at 1 el lt the mouth o of canyon nod Crol front the tho i Il Parleys rip reservoir hi results o of I any lions of a water nr tare based time the mho findings front came tat all alit lonH lions and upon tho these e results alone I nl fon d 1 to tau r 11 I used upon I the Ih well 11 knoll known set hr by I 1 to 10 state contrary to reports that It at no have I found In n a bacteriological exit I tl typhoid bacillus or Coli all In hi the Ihl Parleys creek venter collected 01 tit at the Inflow rd the Thirteenth i 1111 art I street I teet reservoir u the reservoir nl at the tho mouth of oC ParI Parleys nor nM hll Ions any analysts the presence of II nl or excess of oC lA in free ree and In above J ol of o were Irl made July 13 ani and August 21 21 7 and 9 In the six welly wel chemical and barter gave 1 II in each In abundant evidence ot of yet 11 o n It Wl e In n dull dully paper c that these wr 1111 t comparatively purl blurt decently In Ihl ra daily papers it II was IR Santo omo quoting ni one partly II ns that the creek WM uns highly polluted and with nn o of T If rh were Ire the case It seems strange that ft the State where oer U aye I only onh water r there is IA not niI ate atenor 1101 nor Ions then heel one rase for or IL a lon long 1 shoving the of nf t typhoid hl time Ihl analysis of nt n venter 1111 supply leaves very P much to In 11 be desired OM ns for nR as fit ot of thin tv is yet It II wn have nl at present means lenn whereby 1111 or b human exert Is and certainly n anter this must h he unfit for tor human mind Ju junta Iv If is such n 0 eater condemned 11 iv the word worle TIT JAt IH