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Show WATER REDUCES BACTERIA COUNT Investigators Show How the Moisture in Paris Subway Sub-way Cut Down Germs. MOISTURK docroiiMus tlio number num-ber of Imctorlti In the air eiioinuiusly. Krunch scientists scien-tists ciHimliiK nilcrobi's 1- the air before be-fore mid al'ter a nilnntorm la Paris liavo fmiml wlilo varhitloni .In the totals. In a cubic meter of uir gathered up nour tho Place Cllchy .Messrs. A. Sur-tory Sur-tory ami Marc Lniinluls found S.S00 genus on a wet day ut 5 p. m. and 36.000 at the same time ou a dry day. Similarly In the Paris subway after tliu tracks hud been sprinkled thoroughly thor-oughly only 410 bacteria were found to the cubic meter while two hours Inter, wheu the trucks wr dry, the Investigators discovered S8.000. Taking advantage of such fludlngs, officials of many communities sit advocating ad-vocating more generous sprtnkllug and In many Instances have applied calcium chloride to roud surfaces to lay the dust. That chemical, which In Itself has high germicidal value, absorbs moisture as well a killing germs. |