PARKS 



the water from reaching the ground in its immediate vicinity or the area 

 will soon become muddy and water soaked. The drippings, overflow and 



discarded water may be caught 

 in a receptacle, as shown in 

 Plate 312, on page 837, which is 

 in turn connected with an un- 

 derground drain. 



The common drinking cup 

 should never be tolerated. Where 

 drinking fountains are not used 

 individual drinking cups should 

 be provided. Ice should never 

 be placed in direct contact with 

 water to be used for drinking 

 purposes. Cold does not kill the 

 disease-producing germs, and the 

 water from which the ice is made 

 or harvested is frequently con- 

 taminated, or the ice itself may 

 be infected by the dirty hands of 

 those who handle it. Drinking 

 water can be cooled by passing 

 it through coils of pipe sur- 

 rounded by ice contained with- 

 in a suitable box or other 

 receptacle. The ice box and coils 

 are frequently placed under- 

 ground and the pipe connected 

 with a drinking fountain or 

 faucet. 



PLATE No. 313 



ILLUSTRATING A TYPE OF DRINKING FOUNTAIN 

 THAT IS THOROUGHLY SANITARY 



Better provision, however, should have been made for its 

 use bv little children. 



DISPOSAL OF WASTES 



Waste material is divided into two classes: sewage and refuse. It 

 waste matter is allowed to accumulate, it not only soon creates a nuisance, 

 but also constitutes a potential, and in many instances an actual, danger 

 to the health of the people using the park and other recreation areas. Every 

 park and recreation system must have some means of disposing of wastes 

 which will effect their satisfactory removal from direct or indirect contact 

 with man. 



