Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-30 | Page 4 | Killing Germs in Water

oo KILLING GERMS IN WATER. Army surgeons of the United States have discovered that fifteen grains of chloride of lime in a canvas hag of water will destroy all germs within fhe minutes and leave the water fit for drinking purpose. This is a most important development develop-ment and may be of great service to troops in tbe present war in Europe. Eu-rope. The medical corps is kept busy ter.tlng the water supply to guard rgainst the soldiers drinking impure water With large bodies of men camping on a stream and having no perfected sewage system, there is danger of the water becoming polluted pollut-ed The history of past wars is that dysentery and typhoid havo killed more men than have bullets, and these two Afflictions are in great part traceable to germ infection through drinking water. Xow a simple preventive is provided provid-ed which calls for only a pinch of chloride of lime to each man's dally water supply In communities where the water is of questionable quality, this same method may be employed to safeguard safe-guard the public health.