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E. V. Br u mba u g h . M. D. COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT CITY OF WEST ALLIS ?-y 19a? hr. .obert Keogh Tethering Institute Oincinnatti,' Ghio ^ear wr. Keogh: In the City 01 beet tllis, located in an industrial area, there is a fir!?, known sa the ILLIKD tbtLTIHG- COMPa KY, whose entire, occupation consists in the reclaiming of lead from dis carded storage batteries,, most of them-automobile batteries, le have beeiC for a, long time:, in receipt of Teoeafed oonmlaints of obnoxious odors, sminat-ing from this slant, nr incisal Iv, hydro ;;en sulphide, and sometimes apparently, sulnher' dioxide. 7:vey make a. nractice, s,s I understand it, of--burning the wooden separators in such batteries, and of melting and reclaim ing the lead. At one lire, there was? a, snoke problem, but that has been fairly well abated, but the disemination of the obnozims snlnhide odor has .continued, and the oners,tors of the nlsnt claim that they' do not know of any means of abating such odors.. I a.m wondering if you are conversant with the similar cownlaint.s originating in other communities, from the some, fame of nrocess, and if so, whether or not you would. be able to swagest u us -ny remedy we might require them to insta.li. i wish to t-ank you. verm much for env information "on might be able to give us. PVB/gs Pnci; KE 0019984