ID#: 8656
Caption:
This historic 1938 diagram, which had been digitally enhanced, depicted the minimum allowable distances that should exist between a potable water supply, and sources of possible contamination. The purpose of these images, and the accompanying training, was focused on protecting water supplies from bacterial contamination, due to incorrect disposal of waste, in order to prevent water-borne diseases. The descriptive information accompanying this drawing referred to a governmental publication, which contained instructions describing how to correctly place, and build such a device. The specific citation was, “American Public Health Association Committee on Hygiene of Housing, Water Supply and Sewage Disposal for an Isolated Dwelling , H.A. Whittaker, September, 1938”. This was one of a series of instructional images used by the Minnesota Board of Health, in order to train state public health workers.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones
Creation Date: 1938
Photo Credit:
Links: Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota Health Department; R.N. Barr Library
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.