SANITARY.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 234, 12 April 1883, Page 2

SANITARY.

: ;;; TO IHE EDITOR. : ,-,-, !; , A si3i,^rWith .such a rapidly increasing community:, and with a town so beau ti* "fully "endowed wjth every natural element for making it one of the healthiest. (Boroughs m .the-' cojoti.y; 1 it behoves 1 '" our 1 i" City Fathers " to, -'initiate some efllcar ;cious system whereby the' sanitary wel-ifat-c of 'thb inhabitants may. be assured \ The primary ebj^ct toj>e gained with this vio.w'ia the. adoption of '.the most suitable,' method of di'aitiage, and the disposal, of i the most objcistionaljle par^s of sewago.' "."■■;■" j The sabjeet -of "drainage generally is. a very grave one, and it is urged ivith much, reason thai the town is too ybuhg to adopt anything involving, gsuch a necessarily large expenditure, but if the .•system I am «abput .to suggest, were adopted; I am svre its requii-emonts for . many years to come, -would be nothing more than an inexpensive system of surface drains. v ': It-must' be Jwell known to ' all, that there are now, hundreds of cesspools abouadingin this town, which -owing » to tlie absorbing nature oi'the soil have not so far, iroved a nuisance m the common acceptation of the wqrd, but as^the population increases, the ills that will arise from .their existence cannot be exaggerated. Let the use of this beautifully absorbing subsoiL be : carefully studied 'and Ihe to wn '. vsri.il always maiutaju'its'.rep.uta i tipni(>"..". : -s^et v "its"abuße : .' be followpd vwita'impuhity and it will soon becotae a ho bed of disease. ; ;The best means fbxihs disposal of th° nightsoil of iulaud towua; ."has long; been a -moot, subject, but there, has ; been a method much brouglit r before,the Jfirigiisb public of late which seems to .me to be

admivaM? adapted to the requirements of "Paiinerston. I allufle ; to -the Dryearth system, the advantages of which have only to be better known; to make it more generally, adopted.,, Dry^earth is well known to be a powerful^ disinfectant j and to the Rev. >Mr Moule is duey that, by mechanical , adaptations- the Bartli Closet system h. 8 •been so constructed that it is within reach of everyone l.ichaud poor. From ipevsonnl pyptrience I pan say, that for efficaciousness and economy there is nothing to equalit. ' The most essential thing for its proper working io an abundant supply of loamy soil, just ? .as4s i e|isilis& i procured*a ; bbat i*l?alnierftoi?." i'he earth is used much m | the. same Way, as water m the more generally known kind of closet,and- is so perfect a deodoriser that its application for indoor use is far more ;preferab'|. JVith" out going further into d-taili I jmay say, , ihat^asi compared' with l jh&Wat'er-' Ol^set tW fiarth t Oioset; lias these advantages. .It is /cheaper m original coat,, it j greatly reduces the quantity of water used : ; by each household, it allows "-of a much siinpjor fonu of drainage ';j?ei3>^ adopted, ! and the resulting manure "is m a state m which it can be kept j' carried about and applied to crops wittt^iacllityV^ 'To be a success the whole.systemniMsf be under :municipal .management.: ana af . properly, conducted- ;wouid:, in a :very few years' proy-e^ a/aource f <)i ;; reyeijue-, , the .manure a ; hiih^cQ^iinefciai value. . [ wilt say that the^goUof this, • Hid trick has no 'iieed of /manure 'and that no one willbuy -it. - This, is nonsense, for although the land may produce -20 tbnsofipotatoes* to the acre, where jis the man who would not: buy a certain quantity <pf manure; if thereby he 'could make ifc'produce 25 tons, ; . . .; Palmerstori has passed •its infancy and .is.npwin'its school daysv the very age.at which it would take kindly to, and appreciate the ; introdnction .of new system, so let ..-us hope;tnat k'teps will be taken as soon as possible to Procure what |s}sure to ; prove a lasting .benefit. Trust''in* that the importance of the suHject will be deemed sufficient excuse for my trespassing on .your valuable, space, : I wiU subscribe myself. l sT ours" etc, :."■■: .■"■. •;•■. '"'■: ■' '■■■■' ,Si.3flTA3.i " April Bth, 1883: ■■_... -; ; ■