| Show DISEASE STAKE tare TAKE cane CAKE OF THE cail ibbey adney tue THE warm weather westher seems fairly set ill lir and as us A is usual in the summer season beason there is considerable talk taik around of sickness among the cli cil children ildren lidren this sugg suggests ests eats the necessity of prompt and energetic measures being taken to check the progress of what may be called the summer diseases of children such as 4 diarrhoea meale measles 3 etc some of which are generally felt with such atal fatal severi severity ity here in san francisco and other places west the small pox has raged with fearful effect since this time last year but late california papers have contained the gratifying intelligence that this dreaded epidemic had bad about disappeared from the infested districts nevada papers have also aiso aiso also contained announcements cements to the same cheering effects there is one thing in connection with this dreaded scourge that is worthy of note that since its appearance on the pacific slope its progress east eastward vard pard has been steady and certain we do not record this to excite alarm but rather to show the necessity of tali tail taking ing steps to prevent all necessity for alarm by adopting such sanitary measures as will wi 11 ll help to extirpate the elements most favorable to the development of contagious diseases such as small pox measles scarlet fever ete ere lo 10 our midst in portions of cache valley md sud at beveral several other points between there and this city we ive have heard occasionally of f late of the prevalence of measles mea sIts and abill recently re this thlu disease we aro are informed has myde nude i io appearance in this city ylie the virulence of buch such diseases may he be controlled almost wholly by the adoption of proper sanitary precautions this was exemplified by a report jn in the telegraphic dispatches a day or two a ago 9 0 stating that the small pox had bad almost disappeared from a certain part of new york where it had broken out with grat great violence through the prompt measures of the board of health now there are certain steps of great hygienic hygie nid uld importance which if taken by the citizens generally as they easily can be would tend greatly tp to prevent the development of this class of diseases among such buch measures thorough cleanliness of person and habitation are of the first importance it is a somewhat common occurrence here for fon fo r people to keep vegetables all ail al winter in their cellars or in outhouses out houses in close proximity to their dwellings all such places should be thoroughly cleansed of every vestige of decaying matter so that there may be no offensive effluvia arising to help to develop and feed any kind of contagious cont ageous disease every dwelling house would also be rendered much more healthful by being thoroughly lime washed or ot otherwise sweetened by disinfectants disinfect ants all refuse of decaying animal or vegetable matter anywhere in the vicinity of dwellings should be promptly removed no pools of standing water or heaps of manure should be allowed anywhere near human habitations and if any offensive odors arise from a pig stables or any other outhouse i or buildings no time should be lost in cleaning and dis infecting such buildings prompt attention to these suggestions in every locality to which they are applicable will be sure to result in benefit Personal cleanliness can not be too strenuously insisted upon thorough clean sings of the whole surface of the body should be attended to aa as often as necessary to keep the skin free from impurities we do not advocate incessant soaking by bathing but we do advocate the wise and discreet use of this and every other measure within reach of fhe he people that will ward off the attacks of disease agrest source of evil among our children ch 11 here is the use of uncooked unripe fruit now that tho the unripe curra currants rius hang bang in bunches upon the less jess very closely looked after the little folks will eat them and there is little doubt that vast numbers of cases of have terminated fatally have been brought on by this means in reference to the kind of food that should be used in hot weather the I 1 word of wisdom is all the guide necessary and is sufficiently explicit too little flesh cannot very well be eaten by either young or old during the summer season if good wheaten bread butter milk ripe fruit vegetables rice and other farinaceous fanina farina cious clous products and pure wa te composed ter the diet of the people generally in summer but especially and above all of the children their liability to disease and death would be far less than when allowed to eat meat and other improper articles of diet the word of wisdom and human experience in hundred hundreds and thousands of caseb cases habe have proved this and if the suggestions contained in this brief article be faithfully carried out butr through the whole of this summer and they easily can be by all we are satisfied that the mortality among our children will not be so high as a bithas it has been during several seasons past the word of the lord la given that the jle ile destroyer shall pass by those who ob observe serve thee these principle sand that should be sufficient inducement to all latter day saints to carry them faithfully into effect |
