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'discovered by the medical officer sent down to
'examine and report upon the case.
'The instances just cited distinctly show the
'danger of Allowing the discharges from cholera
'patients to find their way into waters used for
'dietetic purposes. Indeed, it can scarcely be
'doubted that a single case of cholera occurring
'within the drainage area supplying the Broad
'Street pump would, owing to the infected dis'charges
from the patient finding their way into
'the well, provide the certain means of spreading
'disease And death among the surrounding in'habitants.
'For similar reasons we would most earnestly
'recommend the cloning of all pumps in the
'Metropolis during the continuance of cholera,
'since most of them derive their water from
'sources similar to that of Broad Street. With
'the supply of water now furnished by the drinking
'fountains such a temporary closing of these sur'fare
wells could not occasion Any serious in'convenience,
And might be the means of saving
'thousands of lives.
'It cannot be too strongly insisted upon that
'pollution of a nature to spread infection often