TYPHOID FEVER IH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
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Bottling . — The bottling is said to be done in a little room parti- 
tioned off from the rear portion of the store. At the time of the 
first visit inspection was denied on the ground of its being in use for 
some other undefined purpose, but after an hour admission was per- 
mitted. This interval was probably used for preparing the place 
for inspection. In this little room the bottles and carboys are said 
to be cleaned with sand and tap water and then filled by pouring 
directly from the carboys through a funnel or first into an enameled 
ware tub and then dipped from this and poured through the funnel. 
After filling, the bottles are cork stoppered. 
Hume Spring water . — This water is hauled from the Hume Spring 
in 5-gallon carboys. This spring is on the Hume property about 5 
miles from the Aqueduct Bridge in the direction of Alexandria, Ya. 
The spring originally appeared in a little gully, but this was filled in 
some 3 ^ears ago to about 7 feet on all sides of the spring, so that now 
it is in the center of a circular depressed space about 15 feet in diam- 
eter and about 10 feet deep. The floor about the spring is well 
paved and the circular wall is brick lined. A flight of stone steps 
leads down from the level above the floor. Over all this is a circu- 
lar roof supported on columns about 15 feet high. 
The water rises in a glazed terra-cotta pipe, which is moss-grown, 
and overflows at one point and runs off in a little trough. An auxili- 
ary spring, which is completely sealed from view, discharges by a 
small iron pipe into the same little trough which carries away the 
overflow from the main spring. The spring, though private property, 
is open to the public. The surrounding land is under cultivation, 
and about 500 feet away is a barn. 
A sample (No. 437) taken from the main spring was chemically 
and bacteriologically examined. Considering all the evidence this 
water may properly be regarded as unpolluted. 
CASTALIA SPRING WATER. 
This is bottled at the spring and so brought to the city. The 
spring is about 3 miles from Branchville, Md. It rises at the base 
of a low wooded hill with no habitation very near. It is inclosed 
by a quadrangular concrete wall sunk several feet below the surround- 
ing level and inclosed and roofed over by a low wooden structure. 
Bottling . — The bottles are stored and cleaned in a small adjacent 
wooden house used only for this. The cleaning is done in a tub by 
hand, using warm spring water for the purpose. Before filling they 
are rinsed with clean, fresh spring water. The filling is done by per- 
mitting the water to flow directly into the bottle from the spring 
through an iron spout. They are then stoppered with new corks. 
Bacteriological and chemical examination of a sample (No. 447) 
taken at the spring gives no evidence of pollution. 
