Excerpt from Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1905-06: Supplement Containing the Report of the Medical Officer for 1905-06Dr. Copeman, the Medical Inspector to whom this inves tion was entrusted, fully confirmed as a result of his inquiry misgivings on the subject of Cambridge water supply which on the representations Of Major Norton had been entertained b the Board. His report, which is reproduced in Appendix A., o. 9, showed that owing to special hydro-gee ogical conditions of the articular area on which the Asylum sewage was being disposed) of and from which a large portion of the Cambridge water supply was being drawn, colouring matter in solution allowed to permeate into the soil of the Asylum irri ation area was able to ass toward, if not into, the Fulbourn ell of the Cambridge Water Company and that it also passed into the Asylum well, which drew upon the same basin Of underground water. Since, says Dr. Copeman in summing up the evidence as to pollution by the Asylum of the underground water in its neighbourhood, it is not ossible to deny the potentiality of danger from this cause, t rough the medium of the water supply, alike to the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge and to the inmates of the Fulbourn Asylum, it is undoubtedly incumbent on the Committee of Visitors to take measures, under expert advice and with the least possible delay, for providing a comprehensive and adequate system for the carriage and disposal of the Asylum sewage.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.