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Show HOW DISEASE IS CARRIED. Peril FTom Stagnant Water Extra Care Needed Just Now. Editor Tribune Allow me throurh your valuable paper to sound a note of warning to the people of this city ol the cxtn m danger from stagnant water and bad drainage especially be-low Fifth South, on Main and the vicinity cast and weal I have the mlfirtune to live1 In the Immediate Imme-diate vicinity of Seventh South and Main, mv cellar Is almost constantly saturated with a quantity of seepage w ater w hi. n at times emits a most abominable ou..r. This sir, is the most easy niethoel of breeding tvphold fever g- rms, diphtheria and smallp x whi. h can generally In cases of epidemic, be trat ed to this cause. I believe from inquiries i have made that this neighborhood Is reeking with this abominable filth; and as the hot weather Is now ust upon us the danger Is very much Increased. I am compell-d to live among this kind of filth and of course I carry the rterms around with me to all Sorts .f business places, and among all kinds of people, and In conseque nee I am ihe Innocnt medium of carriage for this danger to evervhody I am Induced to call the attention of the public to tbiw great lang. r f I om a report 1 hae J'i'. received from the city of Lincoln. Lin-coln. England, where through neglect of snnltarv arrangement, and a bug-- ..mount of stagnant water having accumulated, there Is nt the present time one of the tiiott deadly scourges of tvphold raging there, d.-aths averaging as high as twenty p-r day for the last tw.i months Nowslr, in.klng ll.grand old cathedral on Capitol hill. I don't km w of anv city that more resembles Rait Lake n In formation In every way. but the fever Is not confined to one n;Lrt of the city; Ihe. presumption Is that the hm sewers acl as an air shaf. drawing the fever c-ernis from the lower parts of tin- City and so t lMrlbutlng th ' dang, r and : pt .olliu: death and gloom over oil I would strongly recommend the authorities author-ities to at one make a house to house search from cellar to garret, before It Is too late. I heartily thank you in anticipation anticipa-tion for Inserting this. I am. dear sir, v curs respactfnll) A POOR TENANT. |
