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Show ii .,, , Sanitation, . . i H The buDoilts naerulog to h urn- H nialpAlity us n rcf.ult of prliporly H directed miultntlau, nto hduJi. lu nil H , cneea, a to reeojiMfinJ fc a H vary IccnUlt Itvostm-ut'. A 'JIhph H benefltB nro shown by statistic!!, it is H often urged that cnualdartiolu ouror H .e,xi bbt'in vlow, of tlid .onto ituct H i thoroughness. vUtti Uco tufmtpntiou H I of thia character baa .been jjalhored, B J it raay be said that tbo only errors In H tIieso,ni&ttWiiro alio tit erroru Id tlio H I . oaMrita'tfjil jioritluijuii nud !ti tbo re- H. X. ports ot phyaii 1 ii, Had aa I hose a o "l f pj of 6dch a tmtwrd na to cftSi-t each B I I i H J; other, tboy bSoom.B tvomj'miautluR B" j'l ornrajBod t.t tint' H&itli consider. H 1V ntiou. SiiUlcq it to suy tint- etntWtiea H of saDjtnttoo hru trUvortity, utid H' ' ot misleading, n tQitny would H aaautue. Tlio otjeot of tbfa article ia Hp merely to voleo itsoif lu belialf of H It Ib uedleea to ooualdor tbo uti- B .salubrious oouditiotur our towu ae H rofiards'ttny parliuulur kind cf ' buU, H bat rutber its oontumiuation which ia H of moat Importaune, Tbo eurfaoa soil, B it it be tbo proper kind, 1h illleti with B 1 -ooutillesa unmbora of saprophytlo H f baclcriu, which nro tbo Luuloriti of H t deciiv, pulurfsctlo, utid forinuiMitlcii, B ' uud it Id to tho prHtt:t'o cf thcid Hf $ tbr.t tbo soil ia indebted for lu power Hv of si if putiL'oitiou. ) HV Uhoro uiKu and cthor hdIh alb m-lciJ H thtir huhlttitloti, tlio cell alSo l.o H oolluh liuprcKuntud with riitfjotiital'o H bacteiin. ot Lcoterla tint o.usea n. H. abofit by tho tcfomt oiitin,K laott-rlfl, K inheront in the eoil Too soil of K- our towualto is not enob nn would B H bo cotuldoto.' tiB having a (nat H 8olf pnrlfylnB cnpuclty, or poor H of disictjfr.Uing uud oxydizltiR H' animal nod vcgitablo mattor, with lta H' attondttnt Rertra of diaeaeo. Tho soil H "" may beoouio eo contaminated hb to H ' destroy tbt burtcrln binh iotid&r it H aolf pi;rlf;liiR, nod whou this con- H ditiou U brought abont, tho soil it H ' aolf booomoa inimical to tho htnlth of B mankind, aa it nlfords n hnvon for the H germa of nil olatsaa if disease. Un- H warrnutod anil pollution baa do H atroyed tbo aupropbytlo buctetiu lu H our soil and reduced lta eelf-pnrlfy- B-m log power to praotioally nil Tim H first atop along eattitary linea ia to H atop soil pollution, and in timo it H will reasaort itself, end lend a valu H ablo aid to sanitation. A damp aoil offorda a refuge for H" disease germs, aud ospecally so, when H It ia oovored with weeda and other H . trash to tixoludo tho auo. Sunlight is H a foe of nil diseaso germs, mid is n H friond of tbo buctoriu that aro ulso H tbeir B To proven t soil pollution, boojo H method of conveying all putresoiblo B and organic matter beyond too limits B . of the oity, must bo adopted. This la B accomplished in d I Herat) t way a, aa is H also tbd destruction, us ia also tbo B deetruotlon ot the garbago and pur- H ificatlon of tbo sewage, tho mothed K seleoted Lolng tbo one most suited to Hw tho noeda of tbo oaae. A etwir, BHH properly oonatruoted and maintained, mH will prevent soil pollution by all HHa diseaso laden organ io iiquid mattor, jHK which ia eo fatal to health. Pare BHPW i 1 water and aawnso di6poial aro u long B?!f " Jr Hj ' 4 step towards sanitation, but token H Jf alone, tboy fnll abort of tho desired H if ond, as of a necessity tbev Ehonld le Hb M ooupled with a a uteui of thorough H J sanitation. On tbo other band, Bani- B I tution will bo only partially effootive H 1 with tbo pura WHtr aud bnage dia B I pofuil, Lut nf tb wtnltsry vgautsj B nndr ooaeidnrntioH. snaitary In-1 BB LJtlon ,r tlM,rooa,) 8 d eniorffd, 1.1 . 1 1 i 1 1 i : will bo tho fiJbst-eifooyvo, Tbo aim of military inspection Ib io ronder tbo homo and nil othor pineoa, wbethor publlq or p'rknte, more bcuH-hy, and to edycto tho fumlly aud the ocmH'-unliy alqng prophjlaotlo lluot', t.oudorIn both les aueooptible tn dlaaoe. l Tbo-annitary condition of our town la daplorabli and la euoli its 10 favor ablo to an opldomio or typhoid tlint would bo (fa veryoriouH unturu, Tho typhoid uKolllus'baa boon planted in tho soil, year njtr, year, until It baa bocomo a pait cf oUKonvJroumfiut and tt will nltloatdly nJd4u wnyo an prtery that leads direot.'"o Ibo bort of tho populaoo. Tt,o' tr.othods wbiob bavo brought this ootid Itl5 about tiro vnilpuu, but it io'n .result of nu Inodvortout atatturlr.R ot In-fuototl In-fuototl fot,nl mutter, ablated by pollution which rondure tho Yoll. ta-vcrable ta-vcrable to tbo longevity or the geimv loipotts aud uulucpcoted Irutta and otbor products have played an Important Im-portant pnrt, as haa butter aud milk from r.uinspccted di inoi. Sunltnry Inspection In-spection covora a broad Hold. It in oludea tho homo in whlob wo dwell, with its BUrruuudlugs; the nonditioua that exht lu tbo places whero wo gatbor; tbo food wo eat and tho placpa wbeuoo It conies aud tho mannor of Hh prcpKratlou. Typhoid is tho greatest eoourgo of tho? human n6o. ,It Is chiufly ngulnst thla dlsenso' ' that innifariaue must di'rt'ot tbeir ciroito. Whop military condition's are sullloiout to olipiluatc tjlhold, tho roqulretnouta of otbor 'tllaaatwlH''bayekbeqUi'batit!ll;dvTjio "Uou'ill of' beatffi, wttl!bTIoHri"6F,'n'ray-to, wttl!bTIoHri"6F,'n'ray-to, and regirdlcca ot tboir oou-coleutiousueKS, oou-coleutiousueKS, will find, that in ro Uind tn thla disease, thoy haven prcUoiu en their lia::dj beyoud their puuir of aolutlou. Tho path tho typhoid yorua truvols to roach lta victim, is Eomotlmes long. dark. doviuuB aud un.iuspootod, and can be (haoovi'ied ouly by tho moat sy stoma tlo uud thorough mothoda. It is a tpiery tu tbo minda of many pooplo how typboid cut) continue exist ex-ist uod repeatedly roDssurt Itaolf when everything iu connection with tho patient haa been disiuftcted. Tho reason is IuIb: Typhoid germB aro thrown olf by patients ot this disease lu countless uuuihers; some of those Rorma din us soon aa subjected tu conditions tbo lou3t unfavorable, and a grout many dio when subjected to weak diBlnfootants, but tbero nro some, termed tbo "resistant minority", minori-ty", that havo a remarkable vitality, and it is a very common to find at least ano per cent of tbo germs active aflor a rigid diatufooting. Tbo magnitude mag-nitude of thia remaining onoper oout can bo understood only wbon wo consider con-sider that u ainglo dUcbiigi tf u typboid patient may easily contain a billion Rorms, and bat ouo por cent of thU givea mililona of tbo oldest and moat antagouistio germa from ono opestion. Tho sickness and death that might result from imprudent bundliug of even disinfected oxoreta, ia appalling. This "resistant minority" ia tbo cuuue ot a prolongation prolong-ation of typboid in places whero dia-iufeotion dia-iufeotion boa been exercised. It la a matter of roport, that cases ot UiIb dloeaeo bavo existed In the town and run tbeir course, unattended by any disinfection whatever. Aud it remains for future 83ultary inspections tu provo or disprovo euoh statements. Thuao gonna ar patient, op only germs of this kind can bo. They abide tbeir tlmu iu the polluted soil, and occiBlounlly reach ua in particles of dnat. or aro carried to ub by flies, lend wo do or wo do net, develop tho 'disease, depending on tbo condition 'of the rilg6tiviorganB. 1-Jvory uaiuo ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 i . " " ' ' ,' i i i . rondora exlsting'oondltloua niore pro-'carious. pro-'carious. TtiO'town now has n blghbr death rato thab any town' of wbloh stntlatlos aro available. Saab nstorfc-, nstorfc-, lona uro not irindo In n eplrlt'of lorltlplsm, but with n bono Ibe.t dla-auselon dla-auselon may lead to Boraotblng moro tangible. . ' ,- ' Slnot tbo typboldgrrn:8 ia tegotton In tbo vlloat Jlltli,' and slnco it Is floldom to bo fdnnti o.cnvhere, this dleoa90 la espcntiallv a dteoasn oftuu-aleuulluesa, oftuu-aleuulluesa, and .tlnoo tiuolcanllurpa is n lending obiracterUtlo ot tlio uttv-age.it uttv-age.it tuny ho KVOrtiMl thuttypinid Is u diabase of an H)tb oir11lxitltii!. If oltnnllueas la next to gotJIinups,, wby do obristian people oubtnit to oon jdUhma eo utoloan as tn luvllati diseaso an abominably unclenuf Siiultutliiu la ouly a muulclpfil cli'iiulltifea Yet m eltitplp hb tlio dlduitiou If, It ia impoeatllo without adequate legislation. 'jglbldUon of this nature must uovor timullitude of upprnuuboa. Potaoua who bavo. beeu exposed to contagious aud infootlvo disouao8 olqewhore, should udou arrival hero, bo oompelled to roport tho nature of tho olronruBtnuooa to tho board of health, aud at t.holr die-oration, die-oration, bo subjected to quaractluo until tho Inoubatioti porlod of tho disease ia pasted. Muoh un ordinance, had it havo oxistod and beeu ou rorcod, would, havo obviated a .great amount of Itioonvonionoo and exponao to the oltlxana of tho town, nnd4thu prtvouted auothqy bloob upon n rep utation that la fast Iiecotclng uuue too good. Wbethor or not certain Improvo-iiretiletir9udv?Hofy,-lDv4(&crtn.lued by comparl'uR tho value of ' loat 'Ives, with the onat aud maluteurinoo of tho proposed Improvements. This value of livf, from a utandpolnt of b-olul economy, is detormined by cartrfully compiled statistics of tho cost ot reoiriug children to tho age ot maturtty, or to tho tltno when tboy boootuo wealth pruducorp, coupled with their vnlui) as euoh. Tho valuo of aomo llvo-i Is very low, whllo the valuo of others ia correspondingly high. Tbo lowest nvoiago as regards typhoid, la four tkouennd dollnrB. Typhoid ctatlstlcs plaoo tbo valuo of lifo biaher than do statlatloB ot other dlaeuEoa, for tbo roaaau that lt greatest mortality ooours among por-sons por-sons who aro In tho prime of life aud of the greatest worth aa wealth pro ducera. Then, each lifo lost by tbia disease ia equivalent to an abstraction from tho social fuud of un ourniug power of four thouaaud dollars'. On the other hand, a oity can afford to invest this amount in municipal improvements im-provements for every death from typboid forofended. Tbh appoarB un reasonable, aud to tho ordinary individual, in-dividual, is dililouit of demonstration. demonstra-tion. It ia but the moro dililouit for tho reason that by many pooplo, blindness and o'vatlnaoyaro cborisbod 09 a principlo. Thla class of humanity aro but au oxnmplo of the old proverbial atone that guile tho ueok of progreBB. It has beeu thus since tho dawn of tlmo and probably will forever bo. 1 Such matters aro too vitally Important Im-portant to be left to tbo ignorant and unscrupulous. Tbo lntelliuent must light tho battles of civilization alone, and in oieoting barriers of eelf-presorvatlon eelf-presorvatlon for themselves, they must ereot also for him that kuoweth not bis needs. Sanitation can bo made only partially successful without with-out unity of eirort. Whether suoh an effort ia pnssiblo here, Ih vory problematical. Until tho rough hand of oxporlenco may drivo tbo facts homo in bis mercilosa way, it will tutlice that our "town ia but a miniature, and our anvvard Is ai tho desert. - ,JNO. T. PR01TF1T. |