Show BIG I criES CITIES NOT NOT UNHEALTHFUL UNHEALTHFUL I Largo Large Centers Centers' of Population Even Have Certain Advantages Over the Country Village i From the standpoint of health there is a strong prejudice in favor of country country coun coun- try life Ilfe and city dwellers sometimes wonder why country people whom they Im know w do not look more r robust bust As a t matter of fact there are certain advantages advantages ad ad- I ad-I vantages along the lines of bodily welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare which the modern modem city has hns over over the country In the country the air airIs airis Is is of course purer The exercise Is beneficial which h the countryman is obliged to take tak in the absence of the busses and train tiam cars care which are all all' too handy to the city man The more natural hours which the lack of artl 1 i light Imposes In the co country y Is conducive to h health alth as Is la also the lesser nervous strain of at rural life and the absence of crowds which greatly reduce the chances of of Infection Against this the modern town can boast a perfect water supply and good sanitation a regular Inspection of food too and a n health department ready to cope Intelligently with an outbreak of disease Few small country houses 1 are equipped with baths but the townsman has at any rate his public baths Years ago when our great cities were growing up haphazard they were so bad that the country under almost any circumstances was wa far healthier Today however with town planning and changed industrial conditions many of the larger cities have a death r rate te extremely low In comparison with I the villages Montreal Montreal Family Herald |