Drinking waters from the City of Chilpancingo and hygienic rules for using them : memorandum / presented by Dr. Leopold Vitamontes to the "American Association of Public Health" in the sessions celebrated in the City of Mexico in the year 1892.

  • Vitamontes, Leopold.
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[1892]
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Credit: Drinking waters from the City of Chilpancingo and hygienic rules for using them : memorandum / presented by Dr. Leopold Vitamontes to the "American Association of Public Health" in the sessions celebrated in the City of Mexico in the year 1892. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    giene. The authorities should hear in mind that an urgent means of preserving the health in towns for obtaining abundance of water and its purification is the planting of trees, commenc¬ ing round the springs, to obtain in this way the re-population of the woods. The vegetation that in other times descended from the neighbouring mountains, into the city of Chilpancingo till then covered with its luxuriance the roofs of the houses, has been retiring, and is now at a great distance from the town, owing to the felling of trees. For this re-populatiori of the woods, trees ought to be chosen like the ash, Fraxinus pn- bescens, and the schinus molle, a Peruvian tree, which have thick foliage and. are not attacked by insects, having also the advantage of being propagated by seed and slips. Conclusion. 1st. The waters of the springs of «La Virgen » Atlitenco, and Jalagtiacingo are those which unite the best conditions for the use of a town. The last two to be preferred for their waters to be conducted into the centre of the town, the two in reality being only one. 2nd. Of the two conduit-pipes now existing, the one of masonry ought to be destroyed, keeping the iron one; for though the wateritconducts,ischarged with sulphate of calcium it nevertheless is of great service to the town. 3rd. The re-population of the woods should be proceed¬ ed with at once, for it is now a scientific principle that trees preserve the regularity of rain and maintain the flowing of drinking water. 4th. Wells ought to be filled up, particularly those of little depth, whose waters are bad for the health. 5th. Public fountains ought to be conveniently substitut¬ ed, in order to avoid wasting and contaminating the water. 6th. A laboratory ought to be established for chemical, microscopic and hydrotymetric analysis; so that the authori¬ ties and the public may be informed whether the water that