Dyuman's Correspondence with The Mother

12 April 1935

My dear Mother,

Water supply: Aroumé consumes a good deal of water for drinking, cooking and washing. If it happens again like today that there is no water from the taps for many hours, what shall we do? We shall have to use the well. The water will be fetched from it, boiled, passed through a cloth and used for cooking, drinking and washing vessels.

It is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to use the well water (even boiled) for drinking—the well water of the town is contaminated by infiltrations—this means typhoid and cholera—and for cooking also it is impossible because the well water has a filthy taste and smell.

12 April 1935