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

118 NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH.
privies
are of the usual box type, and are apparenth' well
taken care of.
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university at chapel hill.
There were no sanitary conveniences at
until last
the University
vear, when the basement of the librarv buildinsj
was fitted up for that purpose with a fair number of waterclosets,
urinals, bath-tubs and shower-baths for the number
of students in attendance.
The water supj^ly comes from a deep well on the campus,
sunk for the purpose, and. is pumped by steam to tanks in
the attic of one of the buildings. A number of fire hydrants
have been put in: also several attacliments where a convenient
supply of water for the dormitories may be drawn.
At these places provision has also been made for emptying
the slops from the rooms, suitable connections with the
sewer having been put in. The pipes have also been extended
to the various laboratories, where a supply of water
has been verv much needed.
The sewage is discharged into a small branch about a
thousand feet from the buildings, and no fear of trouble
arising from that method of disposal is apprehended. The
supply of drinking water is supposed to come from the old
well on the campus, but as the new supply is rather more
convenient, and is also equally as palatable, it will no doubt
be used to a greater or less extent, and it
behooves those in
authority to see that the new well is kept free from contamination.
A statement of the visits to the various cities follows in
detail.
asheville.
The water-works are owned by the city. The supply
comes from the Swannanoa river, several miles away, filtered
by a mechanical plant, so that a more or less turbid