Identifier: cubarevie13muns (find matches)
Title: The Cuba review
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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^ of Santa Clara, RanchoVeloz, Santa Domingo, City of Camaguey, Songo, Mayari and Jamaica. These details, taking into account the increase in population, prove that there has beenno great improvement in the general available water supply since 1899, and that at least one-third of Cubas population drink river water. River water is naturally a fruitful source of tji^hoid fever, as in general no attempt is madeto keep the water supply free from contamination. The distributing system in several in-stances are of the most rudimentary character, consisting mainly of a dike across the streamdiverting the water to the intake pipe. The river receives the detritus of the surroundingfarming lands, with animal refuse and other poisonous matter. It was also discovered that in the Piuir del Rio district where ths water pipe had been
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River San Cristubal in Pinar tkl Rio Province, near the town of that name. 22 THE CUBA REVIEW carried along for 9 kilometers, that in many places the pipe had been purposely broken inorder that the small farmers could obtain water for irrigating purposes, thus providing anothersource of contamination. This was one of the reasons for outbreaks of typhoid fever in this section in 1909 and 1910and veritable epidemics in 1911, 1912 and 1913,which made the death rate rise to 187.9 perthousand inhabitants, when in the rest of Cuba is was but 41.2. A laboratory analysis of samples of river water of the six provinces showed that 54.1%was good, 37.8% bad and 8.1% suspicious, but it is well to state that while one day determinedrivers will be free from an imdue proportion of organic substances and bacteria, that onthe next the same rivers will be full of contaminating matter. Filters and laboratory analysisdaily of these waters and the employment of purifying agencies are urged. The well known

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