Sessional Papers, Vol. 28: Part VII, Second Session, Eighth Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Session 1896 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Sessional Papers, Vol. 28: Part VII, Second Session, Eighth Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Session 1896

The enquiry into the outbreak of typhoid fever in Brantford resulted in the disclosure of its cause, and in its being shown that it is unsafe in that city to use any water from wells dug within its old limits, and that the public supply must be alone trusted for domestic use.

The yearly introduction of new public water supplies into the towns and villages of the Province is becoming noteworthy, and the duty of the Board to examine into the sources of supply has added much to its otherwise onerous duties. Especially is this true where, as in some instances it has occurred, the municipal authorities are inclined to challenge the wisdom of the Board's sug' gestions or the force of its arguments in preserving supplies from the danger of sewage pollution. There have been during 1895 several instances, however, where the Board's advice has already borne practical fruit, and where local public opinion has justified the action taken by this Board.

The purification of the water of the Thames river at Chatham, and still more, the more perfect plant of the same character for purifying the public supply of St. Thomas, are two very satisfactory examples of the successful results of artificial filtration; the water from the not very clear river, passed through the artificial filter beds being proved by analysis to be equal in purity to that of waters of the first class.

The water supply of Orangeville, obtained from springs rising from beneath gravel beds in the vicinity of the town, is of the highest purity and sufficient in quantity, and illustrates another of the several ways by which Nature's methods are utilized by the modern sanitary engineer.

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