1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

112 NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH.
istmtioii biiilcliLig should l)e replaced at once with an
improved kind, for the impression it Avoiild have on visitors,
if
for no other reason, and a better S3^stem of filtration
would no doubt render the present water supply suitable
for all 'purposes, which would add much to the conveniences
of the institution.
At Morgauton the water supply comes by gravity
from
a mountain stream, some five miles away, and its quality
is first-cdass.
This supply not being fully adequate, another
for use in an emergency has been obtained from driven
wells located in a valley about one-third of a mile awav.
The sanitar}' fixtures, heating and ventilation are virtually
the same as in the institution at Raleigh, except that
this being of more recent construction many improvements
in details have been made. The sewage is discharged at a
good distance
from the buildings and everything pertaining
to the sanitary ecjuipment is maintained in a high
degree of efficiency. I consider, however, that the type of
water-closet in the wards could be changed to advantage
when the proper time comes.
The Goldsboro institution gets its water from Little river,
only a few hundred feet away.
It has also had an artesian
supply, which is not now in use on account of some defect
in the well. The river Avater is more or less turbid at all
times, and I consider filtration desirable and essential. The
sewage is discharged into deep water in the same stream,
some distance below the pumping station, and in this
particular the institution is more favored than any other
in the State.
The building is heated with hot air, a large rotary fan
in the boiler-house forcing a supply of
fresh air through a
large box coil of steam-pipes and delivering it to registers
in the corridors and rooms. The ventilating is done bv
the usual flues. The plumbing was thoroughly overhauled