Show STREET T FILTH FILTH AND DISEASE Apropos of ot the unsanitary condition ot of oe certain streets not not more than a thousand thousand thou thou- thou thousand sand miles mlle from here the following from Iron the New York Medical Record might be a good thing for tor our municipal municipal muni muni- cipal authorities and influential citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens to read and digest The Record sa says ays s. s The intelligent and well Informed in informed informed In- In formed portion of the community does doen not need to be told at this this late day of the connection between dirty streets and the spread pread of infectious disease but there seems seems to be no general appreciation appreciation tion of the pathogenic part that may be bep p played ayed by streets that are simply lit littered littered littered lit lit- with refuse but bu no not a appearing p aring to the eye to be dirty in the ordinary sense of the word On this account we think the commissioner ner of street cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing Dr Woodbury y did did did- w well vell ll to bring the mattex forcibly forward In In a recent recent a address dress dress' to ithe he Civic ivic club lub In two sections sections sec sec- of this city he said the people th throw throw iw I shoes o oilcloths cloths and everything else right out outon on the streets ts The people dont don't think thin and as a consequence consequence conse conse- quence a growing growIng- ground is afforded for foi forthe forthe the wor worst wort t possible diseases Four hundred hun hundred hun husi- dred and twelve velv sweepers are now on the sick report with broX hi 1 diseases diseases and phthisis because of of the germs germ they have inhaled Refuse Refue not riot only serves as a for organisms itself but it also alsover alsover ver very ver greatly greatly obstructs the aut automatic m tic cleansing that the gutt gutters rs are designed to accomplish accompli h and tt it i increases creases the If- If of the h swe sweepers sweeper's pers per's w work rk V |