Show FILTHY WATER cause of scarlet feyer aud ot other her diseases at fairfield fairfield commonly called camp floyd has for several years past teen 2 stricken with different contagious dis dia ewed such as aa malarial feyer fever dip diphtheria theria scarlet fever etc these thesa epidemics haye have each year stricken many of the little settlement and has been the cause cacace of the death of many of the citi zen the epidemic that is this year plying its ite deadly work in fairfield is scarlet feyer fever there are twelve cases at present the tha ciri citizens zeni became frightened at the existing conditions and sent word to dr allen allan the county physician dr allen alien went over to the stricken settlement battlement and bexan began an investigation ile he found that the tha streets were made pasturing places for horses and cattle catte and that they drank and wallowed in the sama eama creeks that the citizens citizen used water hom end and were in a most biltl nitty 7 condition tt e investigation anea led the doctor to the head of the spring sprine which furnishes drinking water to the people just juat helow below the spring is a dam bud above the dam was found the carcasses of sheep coyotes and other animals it was also learned that at this dam travelers always c maed and the offal of man and beast were eventually carried into the spring decease i miners from the adjoining camps campa bathed in the water and generally much filth accumulated ula te d a at t the fountain head of the people swater supply dr alln allen took an analysis of the water and found that it contained a great amount of organic matter very fin fine e hairs of different animals and other things that have a tendency to breed disease in fact the water is unfit for a human being to touch after the doctor hai made known to t the he citizens his findings they held a mass meeting me etine talked over the matter lud it was decided to pips bips the waler aaroin the head of the to the bouse a in town a distance of about a half a mile A committee consisting of A AB B cook W H carson mrs mary carson careon wm flack mrs mary daw mrs kezia carson careon D L thomas and wm carson was appointed to ascertain the cost coat of property and to make other arrangement to insure the people against using dire disease aEe breeding water |