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

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APPENDIX. 215
sible under exactly the same conditions in otiier respects as the other
two, be absohitely restricted to the use of one kind of water—the ordinary
water now in use, the cistern, and the deep well-water, respectively.
"3. That if it be not already a routine practice—as it prol>ably is—
full and accurate record of disease—malaria particularly—be kept from
now on, in order to create a basis of comparison with a similar record
after the change in drinking water.
"Bespeaking on the part of yourself and your
careful consideration of this matter, I am,
" Yei'v truly yours,
To this the following reply was received:
"Dr. R. H. Lewis,
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H. LEWIS,
'^Secretary.''^
"North Carolina State Pexitentiaky,
"Raleigh, X. C, May 8, 189-1.
dear Sir:—Yours of recent date, suggesting experiments by the
Penitenitiary of cistern and deep well water, for the better sanitation of
our convict camps, is received and duly considered.
"I hope soon, by the assistance of Dr. Holmes, State Geologist, to make
some exploration as to the possibility of getting the deej) water, and
then, if successful, to adopt whatever plan seems most practicable and
to promise the best results.
"I will refer your letter to the Board, which meets :\Iay Slst, for their
consideration.
" With great respect, I am
" Yours trulv,
"A. LEAZAR."
1 also had a personal interview with Mr. A. B. Young, the energetic
President of the Board. He showed much interest in the matter and
promised to see what could be done.
Learning that driven wells had been tried on the State farms in Halifax,
I wrote, enclosing circular-letter No. 2, to Drs. George H. West and
H. B. Furgerson, physicians to the farms. Only one reply has been
received, I regret to say, so far, and that not so full and detailed as it
will be in the near future, as appears in the letter itself. It is quite
instructive, however, as it is, and we may look forward with much
interest to Dr. West's promised paper.
The letter is as follows:
" Weldox. X. C, September 6, 1894.
''Richard If. Lewis, M. D., Raleigh, X. C,
"My dear Doctor:—Yours of the 5th to hand, and in reply would say
that I am preparing an article for publication for the Xorth Carolina
Medical Journal, entitled ' Good Drinking Water versus Malaria,' but