Recollections of Full Years
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They did not understand sanitary measures and wanted none of them; they clung to their superstitious beliefs, and were easily made to accept as truth wild statements to the effect that the Americans were poisoning the wells and rivers and had stopped transporta- tion and business with the sole purpose of starving or other- wise destroying the entire population. Even the educated ones were not without their time-honoured prejudices in this regard, for while Mr. Taft was in Rome he receive a cabl...ed protest from Filipino members of the Commission with a re- quest that he order the quarantine raised.
When he arrived in Manila the cholera cases had fallen to between ten and twenty a day and business had been re- sumed to a certain extent, but the situation was still critical and a fresh outbreak on account of polluted water was to be expected at any time. All the sources of water supply were patrolled by American soldiers day and night and every pre- caution was taken; whole sections of the city were burned in an attempt to stamp out the pestilence, but the disease 2 53 RECOLLECTIONS OF FULL YEARS had to run its course and it was months before it was com- pletely eradicated.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They did not understand sanitary measures and wanted none of them; they clung to their superstitious beliefs, and were easily made to accept as truth wild statements to the effect that the Americans were poisoning the wells and rivers and had stopped transporta- tion and business with the sole purpose of starving or other- wise destroying the entire population. Even the educated ones were not without their time-honoured prejudices in this regard, for while Mr. Taft was in Rome he receive a cabl...ed protest from Filipino members of the Commission with a re- quest that he order the quarantine raised.
When he arrived in Manila the cholera cases had fallen to between ten and twenty a day and business had been re- sumed to a certain extent, but the situation was still critical and a fresh outbreak on account of polluted water was to be expected at any time. All the sources of water supply were patrolled by American soldiers day and night and every pre- caution was taken; whole sections of the city were burned in an attempt to stamp out the pestilence, but the disease 2 53 RECOLLECTIONS OF FULL YEARS had to run its course and it was months before it was com- pletely eradicated.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Helen Herron Taft to read onlineMoreLess
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