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closet is universal. Wastes are buried,'burned,or dumped into 
the sea or running streams. 
The water-s 
at the various stations in the Department 
is abundant. In Aparri,Vigan,Dagupan,San lsidro,Nueva .Eoija, 
Manila,Calaraba,Batangas,Legaspi and Nueva Caceres distilled water 
is furnished troops for drinicing purposes and for washing dishes 
and hitehen utensils. At all otiier stations water is boiled,or 
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passed through the Forbes-Waterhouse Sterilizer. It is thought 
that in many instances the Forbes-Waterhouse Machine fails to 
sterilize. Bacteriological tests made under the personal observa¬ 
tion of the writer have demonstrated, in at least one instance, 
the presence of more micro-organisms in water after collection 
from the filter than it contained before leaving the barrel. This 
experiment was made at my suggestion by order of the late Colonel 
B.F.Pope, Assistant Surgeon General, at Hospital Number Three, 
Manila, about October,1901. It is thought that the water is not 
boiled sufficiently long to destroy germ life. This is stated 
in the way of a caution, it bein relieved that where a water- 
supply is Known to be infected the Forbes-Waterhouse Sterilizer 
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should not be depended upon, but that the water should be boiled 
for at least twenty minutes in Kettles or in ti^ large galvanized 
iron cans furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. In several 
instances medical officers at stations where dysentery was prevail¬ 
ing found a discontinuance of the use of water from the Forbes- 
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