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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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A QUESTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXHIBIT OF MODELS ILLUSTRATING POLU'TIOX OF NEW VoHK llAHHoK WATERS AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF ( ITY SEWAGE Ihl C-E. A. U'lnsloic C)'i\ lite pi'csciits pressiny' and ))cciiliar hioloyical ;)r()l)l('iiis. Wlicn u ^Tcat minilxT of liuiiiaii hciiius ai'c coiicciiTratcd within a small area, the t'linduniental needs of indi\i(liial life must he met hy the latest j)erfected methods. Ks))eeially should this hold true in the preven- tion of epidemics, which always threaten crowded eonununities; and in ti;uai"din<;- apiinst disease the first essential is the proper remo\al of the waste products whieh ace()mj)any all lixiiiii' processes. One of the ' whut shoidd he the pleasure-sj)ots of tlie city, damayiiiii' i)roperty and e\'en eiidani;erin,u' health and Hfc. New York is more fortunate than most cities in the lar^c bodies of water which wash its shores, but to-day the disj)osal of its waste material has become a serious problem and one which demands prompt solution. The Metropolitan Seweraj^e Commission which lias recently published the residts of its imj)orta-nt investif^ations will shortly make an exhibit of its work at the American Museum, and the Museum's Department of Public Health has prepared a series of models ilhistratinti' on the one hand local coiidition.s 142

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