Excerpt from Sixth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Ohio, for the Year Ending October 31, 1891

The Board, acting under the directions of the last General Assembly, has undertaken an investigation of the pollution of the Ohio river. It was deemed necessary in commencing the work, to limit the investigation to determining, as nearly as possible, the character and extent of the pollution of the public water supplies Of the Ohio river towns in Ohio. Dr. H. J. Sharp and the Secretary were appointed a committee to make this preliminary investigation.

Commencing above and going down the river, we find the fol lowing cities in Ohio, in the order named, that are taking public water supplies directly from the Ohio river.

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