Show ENTER n Ll t HOME ToWN MELDS DRAINAGE AND PURE WATER Two for he Essentials for the of Every Town and All AH Too Often Neglected In the majority of of towns there are arenow arenow arenow now efficient drainage and sewerage systems and proper means of disposal There are yet many towns without an efficient system Many large country viII villages ages also have no system system tem and the conditions are arc most unsatisfactory These places do not bother about It they seem content to togo togo togo go on In their own sweet way They will not hot ot hear of any scheme Those r responsible look upon themselves es as yet their economy my is but false and their interest a pocket one the welfare and of the people being the last consideration I tion A pure and efficient water supply sup sup- supply ply Is another essential for all aU places rat M we have many s small aU towns and villages without it Water is taken from defective and impure sources while wells are close to cesspools and drainage from cattle yards and other fouled surfaces have access to them This is often due to the faulty construction construction construction con con- of the well or cesspool What appears to have happened Is this two this two holes were dug and lined with dry dry- laid bricks one being called the well welland welland welland and the other the cesspool Can we wonder at disease being rampant We also find the water supply taken from froman an nn open pond full of mud and growth and and often a drain pipe discharging its contents into it Many l small smaIl townsand towns towns' townsand towns towns' townsand and and villages view with disfavor andare and andare are up in arms If an efficient system of sewers sewa sewage e disposal or orin water water wa wa- inter ter supply Is suggested They will tell tell you that their arrangements have sufficed sufficed suf suf- for the past and no ill iU results have haye occurred the inhabitants they say live as long as they like and yet yeti facts prove otherwise In Iii places where proper systems have been Installed installed In In- stalled the death rate is s lowered Infantile infantile In in- mortality reduced Infectious disease eradicated or nearly so and the general h health alth bettered From From the Architect and Contract Reporter ter |