Epidemia tyfusu w Bytomiu w latach 1897–1898 i jej zapobieganie. Kwestia dostępu ludności do czystej wody pitnej i użytkowej
The epidemic of typhus in Bytom in the years 1897–1898 and the prevention of it. The question of people’s access to clean drinkable and usable water

Summary/Abstract: Providing water of good quality for a large and densely populated city as Bytom was at the end of the 19th century, was a serious challenge to the municipal authorities. The situation was made worse by the fact that Bytom lies in an industrial and mining basin, and especially the latter branch, which exploited the resources under the city, caused the natural sources of water to disappear from the area of the city on account of the fact that the underground water flowed deeper and deeper inside the earth. Due to this fact the major part of the water resources to satisfy the inhabitants’ needs had to be supplied from outside the city, even from outside the industrial basin. Drawing water from the mine Carsten Centrum was the cause of severe epidemic of typhus which broke out in the Summer of 1897 and lasted until the beginning of 1898. It covered the area of Bytom and its environs, where the intake of water from that mine was in use. A solution in this situation was the possibility of connecting Bytom to the water-pipe fed from mine Rozalia, which was a supplier of water for Katowice County. In the following years other solutions were sought for to provide Bytom with clean drinkable water and water for household use and satisfy the needs of the city in this sphere.

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