PB HLTH 150B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: South Bass Island, Coliform Bacteria, Lesson Learned
30 Nov 2018
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London, england: in 1854 an outbreak of cholera on broad street killed 616 people (people thinks that it is bad air, but found out it was the germ-contaminated water) Lesson learned: adequate distance between sewage and drinking water should be maintained, intervention can prevent additional cases, communication between water supply and health professionals is important during an outbreak, more than one outbreak can occur same time. Gideon: in 1993, a city with 1100 with an unchlorinated public water supply and served by 2 deep wells. Lesson learned: proper maintenance of storage facilities is critical: public health training for water system engineers and operators, groundwater disinfection where history of coliform occurrence, epid linked to operations can help identify the source. Sep 7/23 to sep 12 2004 1450 cases of gastrointestinal illness in residents and visitors to. A community water system serves the downtown village of put-in-bay. 17 transient non-community water systems existed on the island.
