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Show I Rural Sanitation ! By J. E. Greaves, Professor of Bacteriology Bac-teriology nnd Physiological Chemistry, Chemis-try, Utah Agricultural College It is quite generally believed that j pood health is favorably the aecom- 1 nnlment of rural Hfe. Do we not , find In the country district the rosy-cheeked rosy-cheeked urch'ns who seem te be bubbling bub-bling over with life and whose play-gronnds play-gronnds and worfcsh'pa are the fields and the forests? They Hve in homes quite isolated and they hate an abundance abun-dance of fresh air and sunshine. Their tood consis s of the fresh fruits, vege-' ihles, and a liberal snpply of new r'Ak which has been pr -winced on the farm and hence has not had to run the gauntlet of infecfon as doe-! the city milk. The vigorous exercise in the open air is conducive te god health, j nd do not we often hear it stated that ''he population of the city must he revultcd from the cumtry every fourth or f'fth generation". Such are the ordinary beliefs, but what are the facts? In the face of nil these natural advantages ad-vantages re-cent surveys made In a number of dties and rural districts disclose the fact that premature, preventable pre-ventable deaths are more numerous in the country than in the city. That typhoid, dysentnry, and other Intestinal Intesti-nal d'senses are the dangers of the country and not of the city. The smoldering embers of our eimmnn- icable diseases which at times are fanned fan-ned into real epidemics exist In the country to a greiter extent than in the city. Tuberculosis, that d'sense which Is cura-hle by fresh air, sunshine, and a nourishing diet, exists in some country coun-try district to a grostor extent than It does in the city. Why this difference? The laws of sanitation, which when applied to Panama hare transformed it from "The whito man's grave" to one of the rrr'st healthful spots on earth, are enforced en-forced in the city but neglected In the country. The city has Its spodal'sts t who sec to It that the milk and water i are not polluted. There nre laws cover-In': cover-In': the -cons' ruction of houses, cess-potiis. cess-potiis. and sewers. Garbage must be r ycrly disposed of, and rases of win- v-ih inihte diseases must be quaran- ;:! I until thoy are not a danger to id -imin:.'iilty. |