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Show funs urged fjj&nt Meeting of Life In-pcc In-pcc Presidents Occurs New York City. 1MQF 32 AMERICAN B CITIES IS REPORTED jBrful Improvement Over Sftous Years Shown in Southern States. ij'IKpRK. June 11. Tho results of i&Rlnveistigation Into the sanitary SHpf thirty-two American cities ghKiln a report mado to the Asso-H. Asso-H. Life Insurance Presidents at Bm? here today. The inveatiga-Vtriadc inveatiga-Vtriadc bv Hiram J. Messenger, Mmrcti Hartford, Conn. The report (EOnslrtered by tho life Insuranco TKMFln connection with their cam-t3Mw cam-t3Mw life wjnscrvatlon. Conditions ftjgattll In the following cities: Hr, Rco-ooke. Knoxvlllc. Chatta-'-ashvllle. Louisville. Cincinnati, IMBlIs, BIoomlnKton, Springfield. St. iKmphls. Little Rock. V.'cksburpr. !NjKftns. Mobile. Montgomery. 131r-KAtlanta, 131r-KAtlanta, Macon. Jacksonville. llBtlne. Savannah, Charleston, Au-dtKolumbla. Au-dtKolumbla. Charlotte. Danville, Hv Baltimore. New York and rer and Water Systems. Sort states that on the average !!fB)er cent of the Inhabitants ofv L0,000 and over use the public EtemB and that only 60 per cent uuees connected with sewer evs-W evs-W Serai." continues the report. It laid that It Is possible to find lies in the country that have Hllons of dollars for sewers and riding the city water systems, from a quarter to more than half Inhabitants live In houses that Connected with the sewer, and it' number of such cases the sltu-ia sltu-ia closet with no sewer connec-v connec-v nearby a well furnishing surfer sur-fer and constant dancer of con-Mi; con-Mi; and It cannot be said that "entirely in tho new sections of IK city whore sewer and water ve not been extended. A large If. these cases arc on streets that rh sewered and have been fur-Jth fur-Jth water mains, and frequently dest and most thickly populated the city." :ked Improvement Shown. i'r, the report states the evi-owed evi-owed that everywhere, particu-auch particu-auch the southern states, there (a most wonderful Improvement ineral sanitary conditions durlnc ten or twenty years, i- found that as a rule most of i. visited had a fairly good sup-y sup-y water," states the report. "In Sry few cases was there reason ;lt was bad, and In many cases most excellent In probably u 1 the cities visited new water had been constructed within the Tears, with an elaborate and i whole very satisfactory sys-Itratlon sys-Itratlon usually accompanied by itlon and purification by alum, isome other chemical method; 'early every one of these cases los ten years ago were, taking tfater direct from some large, ed river and drinking it just as rom tho river, ecrease In the amount of sick-number sick-number of deaths from typhoid tho result of these recently con-water con-water systems has been very i. The method of purifying chemical treatment is more In the south than In the north, isual method in the north is be protection of the source of This method was adequate In les twenty years ago, but the reaso in our population and the ultlpllcatlon of manufacturing is made the securing of a pure ipply by simply protecting the ary difficult, and It Is a dlffl-llch dlffl-llch Is rapidly Increasing from fear, so that It Is only a ques-Jme ques-Jme when, other methods must id, except where a city Is for-lough for-lough to have an unlimited sup-teslan sup-teslan water, pisposition of Garbage, rard to the disposal of garbage, B In most cities were unsatls-Tho unsatls-Tho most sanitary way of dls-mw dls-mw garbage Is probably to burn it. Sjmp.lt a. dozen of the cities lnvesti-tjjHld lnvesti-tjjHld Incineration plants and as a lywe plants were working in a rea-fflMeatlsfactory rea-fflMeatlsfactory manner and If they jlHt it was generally because the IVK collecting the garbage for liurn-subject liurn-subject to political influences nHavorable results, fcSMguSrcat majority of cases the gar-jTjMumped gar-jTjMumped on vacant lots, frequently BC. city limits, and sometimes not 2JK the heart of the city. Ordl-5fiBpr Ordl-5fiBpr inspection of milk, meats and fgM provisions were quite general. igB clear that they aru being cn-jSWUh cn-jSWUh Increasing effectiveness every dLBt successful work of this kind de-StMalnly de-StMalnly upon three things: Frco-jjwn Frco-jjwn political control, a competent gjBiUcularly a courageous board of M? a stronR public opinion in fa- iprougli enforcement of the work. IP "jvlth the situation ten years lg room for much congratula-BBt congratula-BBt it Is equally true that there Is iiKn for much improvement. jlffuS c,ty in 11,0 so"Uu one of the Mpuc morkctH was lslted and the fjWPf ycrc simply revolting. Great of meat, vegetables and more n.ver-rlpe fruit wore displayed in iMmnrket extending for two blocks, jBWKtna of protection for tho perlsh- fflBcennbofo:eVer Cr) SUUtl swnrms jgfcj. case a big pleco of meat was nflBr," wlt, -TOK that It was really liy;w rr.nkc out what It was. For-jHf For-jHf movement Ib on foot, to have Mpet done away with. All public tfESi iu? klncl Kbt to be abolished. llBfilDle to maintain sanitary con-fE? con-fE? l0n?. n,3 x,lch tblngs exist. On jmjc Jiand. in the city of Montgom-mm?. Montgom-mm?. l"bJv was c-vldfnce of (ultc sat-tfmh- enforcement of the ordinances fajning meats and perishable pro- (";enn;: of provlalons dlsplaved , a c0mPfl'"ativoly recent K,; ,LS ( "Poclal Importance ZM ll'Ilh' w.1,er th) -'Otl term mWEf "Ull0Sl 'here are only " "-o country whero at prcs-rm,. prcs-rm,. "n,fU!C0G ar thoroughly on-KHKuHmu on-KHKuHmu 18 ninlflI' extending and VKWireH proper education of the Wj1'1 expression of public to bring about a thorough on-'fmfin on-'fmfin rSr H,nn.?ccs ln rc'8nrd to thlo K'tniti ten yean-, jluuiclpal Sanitary Clubu. rKanlzatlon should bo formed In HL throughout the whole country SSr.i0f Intelligent, substantial IK in mcn wll-b nrnctlcal com- ulV. t:,ry condition of all of our Wtr,rns: cnP"Kh technical knowl-jwmodern knowl-jwmodern sanitary clince to know nlKh Importance of things, what HlKvi T.ne. an1 now to do It." savs VmmVit ,stnonslble to form such mWSL nSPJn ?v)ry clt' ln the IR'ni,r?ii of a 'saKue of municipal mmk- iKi ,,nd lr tnov cohiu oniv H? rpm.nK aml, ncrnl direction mmrl IJi.! ""WcrftH and inlluentlal H& wo''l be no doubt of the rt- Ht?v h1 oi 30.?00 il-'bltant8 In V3 It Is uox.illjlo to iuid atn&.ig the. managors. the leading agents, the medical examiners and the Icgul and financial representatives of the Insurance companies fifteen to twenty men of standing stand-ing or Influence and of a hlch avnrage .standard of Intelligence From these men, together with two or three of the leading health officials and a few other men of promlnonco Interested In such questions could bo formed an organization, organiza-tion, which If directed and given to understand un-derstand that they would be thoroughly supported by tho orcanlzod life Insurance companies of the country, could exert an influence In bringing about better sanitary sani-tary conditions which would mean the saving of millions of dollars to the llfo Insurance policyholders of the country. It Is to bo hoped that the Association of Life Insurance Presidents will takn the lead in definite and cnerjretlc action along the Unes Indicated. There can be little objection from the standpoint of expense, bocauso It would be difficult to develop any way of tlolnir effective work which would mr-an ho little expense as for the association to establish, direct und help a league of city sanitary clubs." |