This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...should be wisely fostered by the State. It uses so much capital, it employs so many persons, it produces such large quantities of a food product which is so much sought for and widely consumed, that the promotion and protection of the industry should be encouraged and aided. The State should free it from any unjust ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...should be wisely fostered by the State. It uses so much capital, it employs so many persons, it produces such large quantities of a food product which is so much sought for and widely consumed, that the promotion and protection of the industry should be encouraged and aided. The State should free it from any unjust suspicion and safeguard it from being a public danger by adopting measures for protecting the oyster grounds from sewage contamination. That the harbors along the coast, where oysters are grown, are seriously polluted by sewers discharging at points which have been taken because most convenient without any regard to the development of local nuisances, or the dangers to persons eating oysters from such grounds, is shown by the recent investigation in New Haven Harbor made by the State Board of Health. During the examination of oyster beds in all localities where the beds were infected it was found that the infection was due to sewage, and there are many other oyster beds in this State so located that with the growth of the adjacent towns the sewage, unless proper precautions are taken, will destroy the commercial value of such beds. Aside from the pollution of our oyster beds the indiscriminate discharge of crude sewage into our streams and harbors is no doubt a potent factor in the spread of communicable diseases and is a source of complaint from the owners of shore property. The problems connected with sewage disposal are very complex and vary with the conditions of the case under consideration, as a method which may be applicable at one point will be totally unfit for another. Many of the sewerage systems of the State have been built without any adequate conception of what the plant was expected to do, or what should be done, and are, therefore...
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