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from either of the sources indicated, with the result that I am now
able to connect an outbreak of Enteric Fever with the use of
polluted water from one of the wells, and to show that the water
obtained from a second well is so contaminated with sewage or
surface drainage, as to render it unfit for the purposes for which
it has been used.
Well No. 1 is situated in a factory known as 25, Richmond
Street, which extends along the rear of 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24,
in that street. The ground floor is in the occupation of a firm of
Zinc Workers, who also furnish steam power to the floors above,
and which are occupied respectively by the proprietors of
Decorative Glass Works, a Surgical Instrument Maker, a Hollow
Razor Grinder, and a Glass Embosser on the first floor, an
Engineers on the second floor, and a Cycle Manufacturer and
a Whalebone Polisher on the third floor. About 67 persons are
as a rule employed on the premises.
The well is described as a Tube Well about 35 feet deep, and
the water, besides being used to supply the boilers to obtain
steam power, was, at the time of my visit, used also for drinking
purposes by all the employes, in fact there was no other source of
Water on the premises. It further supplied the houses Nos.
19, 20 and 25, Richmond Street, 17 persons reside in these houses,
making a total of 84 persons who were using the Water from the
same source.
About 20 feet distance from the well there are three Waterclosets
and a large Urinal, and about ten feet distant a second
Water-closet, these are the only Sanitary conveniences on the
premises. On July 3rd, a case of Typhoid Fever was notified,
occurring in a lad 14 years of age, residing at 15, Wellesley Street;
July 29th, a man aged 26, also of 15, Wellesly Street, was certified
to be suffering from Continued Fever, inquiries showed that both
these patients were employed on the upper floor of the Factory,
25, Richmond Street, also that two other men were absent from
work through illness, the nature of which was not then ascertained,
as their places of residence were unknown. On August 3rd, I
obtained a sample of the water from a draw tap on the ground
floor and sent it to Mr. Stokes for analysis. On the 5th he furnished
the accompanying certificate:—
Analytical Laboratory,
Vestry Hall, Paddington Green, W.,
August 5th, 1893.
On August 4th I received from you a sample of Well Water
marked 100a, August 3rd. I find this to contain in grains per
gallon, as follows:—