To the Editor of the "Nonra-Cuina Dairy News."
Sin,—There has been considerable comment lately about our water supply, the purity of which under present conditions it appears to be impossible to remedy.
Our leading scrated water manufacturers claim, I believe, that the water they use is rendered absolutely germ proof by a "Violet Ray Process" and it occurs to me that it ought not to be a difficult matter for either the International Settlement_and French Concession Water Works Companies, or the respective Municipal Councils, to instal similar plants to sterilize drinking water which could be delivered to householders by motor water tank at a cost of a few cents per gallon. It would be simple and not too expensive matter for each householder to provide himself with a special constructed tank capable of ing a week's supply, The increase of typhoid fever and other diseases largely due to the drinking of impure water has been so alarming in recent years that surely something ought to be done to Jessen this risk so far as Grinking water at least, is concerned. Boiled water while effective is insipid, and takes so much time to prepare and cool in the summer months, especially in sufficient quantities to supply the needs of
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