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organic impurities must be delivered in the water itself.
The filter used was the Silicated Carbon, and, as Dr. Muter
remarked at the foot of his Report, "No.3. Filtered water
from the Priory is an example of the good effected by an
efficient filter when properly looked after." No analyst or
any other person can tell us whether water contains the
specific poison of any particular disease, but we know that
certain impurities are present in waters which by their use
may cause serious epidemic diseases, and if we can by
simple filtering get rid of such impurities, it is our duty
to do so.
JOSEPH OAKMAN,
Medical Officer of Health
for West Battersea.