Excerpt from First Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Florida, Jacksonville, May 5th, 1890: With Amended Rules and RegulationsSixth - The streets of the city should be graded, crowned and curbed, with cemented surface drains on one or both sides for carrying off storm water. Sidewalks would add much beauty to the thoroughfares and to the comfort of pedestrians, but are not essential to the sanitation o' the place.The privy pit or vault system which is in general use in Key West is an evil which demands prompt abatement and should be substituted by good house Sewerage. (in 1888 there were about four thousand privy vaults in use in Key West.) As stated in a recent address before the State Medical Association, in speaking of this subject, the use of vaults is pernicious even when made water tight, for there is still danger from air contamination unless a large amount of disinfectants is used, and as they are rarely tight, the leakage into the surrounding soil is extremely danger ous as producing contamination of water in wells which are used for domestic purposes.Over two years ago, when I was health officer of Key West, I addressed the following letter to the citizens of Key West.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.