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Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1903, No.36-42
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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reet itself is a newone, with a srutter on either side. About ten feet dista-nt from the gutteron the north side is the spring. The receptacle for the water is a hole inIh ground, about 4 feet in diameter, its sides composed of small stones, andwalled above the arrounci for about a foot: and at the time of my visit par-tially cove-ed with a few board fastened together. It had apna-rentlybeen recently cleaned, for some of the slime adhering to the stones hadbeen scraped ofF, though this might have been done by the scraping of thepails agninst them. Floating in it were some pieces of bread, possiblythrown there by the children sent to draw water. There was two feet ofwater, and it w.n« clear and cool, and of agreeable taste. A second and sim- i9oa BOARD OF HEALTH. 119 ilar receptacle lies about eight feet further off. It^ condition was dirty,weeds grew in it, and at the bottom lay water-soaked sticks with other rub-bisli. From either or both of these the water found its way underground
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to a barrel situated in the ditch, at the side of the road, out of which theresidents also took their water. The ground in the inamediate neighborhoodwas damp, and five closets were within a radius of 25 feet, and cattler amed about. 120 THE REPORT OF THE No. 36 The result of my inspection of the premises east of Bruce. street isanvthing but satisfactory, and the condition calls for prompt action on thepart of the local authorities. It is an impossibility for the wells to remainuncoDtaminated so long as cesspools exist in the condition I found them; forwhile o,De careful resident with a well keeps his own premises clean, yethis surroundings are such that pollution must come from soakage. As there was a sufficient number of cases amongst those seen whohad only taken of the town water, I visited the intake in company withDr. McLean and Mr. Craig, engineer of The Amalgamated Companies. Thewater was clear and bright, Howiug at the rate of about two miles in 24hours; the banks on both side

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