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illegible E.T.p. 2- 9-11/12 The lake. Rochester does not filter the water from the lake. The outlying eastern section
of the city is getting some water from the Rochester Ontario Water Co., a company supplying filtered water from Lake Ontario.
Not more than 5,000 people are supplied with this water at the present time. I am sending you a copy of the last printed
monthly report,giving the typhoid rate for a number of years. The death ratefor Rochester last year was 14.87. Trusting this
information may be what you desire, and assuring you that I shall be glad to answer any further questions, I am ,Sincerely
yours. illegible Health Officer. 06324