, 1864-01-10

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ruIrlc, prom!ncn. lawycr in Central illinois, and
The 1utaos Of important publications upoa the real
csta.c lev OF Illinois. '.:! -, Il So 4->;s
=: SANITARY CONSIDERATIONS. =:
TIE city Of Chicago, Ia now ono Of tho most
healthy elites In the worl3, .notwt tthstandlnz
7hs s'many disadvantages .: under which her
citizens = labor In consequence Of tho
low: situation. OF ;. eourse; ctvilizatlon hiss
its disadvantages al well ns It's advantages,
|: and We have hero soofceo Of much discomfort and
6ifccsc. .fnot positive death. Yet, uo.wishstand-
ing al our drawbacks, We can congratulate on.
selves npon presenting bill Of heal!h which Is
+ complimentary to our canit1:y arrangements, and
to that fnnate energy which Is 60 important m el-
emcnt In PROLONGED vitality, Even with our chol-
era r1ytgcs, the added average of the past Seven
teen years present but tha figures 10. 10, rato at
Which q generation would die out In about thyrtT-
shscc and half yessn, whcrcas tho avesaye Is cal
cn1atcd 1t thit;y-thrcc; but ifwa take the 1gures
OF the last dye ycaTs rs an index, we shall h,ye
1s. as the annual ratio, or cycle Of fiity-two aud
taif ycats. Wo h.vc not at hind the st.tistfcs
Of ether cities Of tho Union in 20 concise Shape
as to admit Of comp:r;eon, but 1t Is doubtiu
whether enJ one can ahow such tayorsblc rcg-
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al ..s -. TeroonApuuAL. ytyt:+ j,
The site upon which stands Chic-go ii low, be-
ing elevated but atew feet above the level OF the
Like possesaing very Iittlo natural drainage; and
presenting therefore all the textures (which con-
d1ce to msrsh diseases. And the carly residents
felt the fn force the influence; soil was con
Hnua1ly damp, and In winter ard spring the conn:
try for many miles around wss little better than the
Calumet eftc. day. Even now we well know how
the wafer will stand or rather 1l, for months to-
Gether. come diEfanco from dralna. Ert the eaerey
Of tho settlers soon zemedicd tho evil. For many
years Chicago was looked upon as city which
presenting unequAlled facilities for making money.
but permanent zeEidence1n which YVES equivalent
to ahoEeni0g q Are ycare on the term Of exist-
cacheetic form upon lature geneEations.. And tha
early settlers did suffer, but It was moro from thc
change H faan frm radical unntness Of the climate
here was sufficient to produce perfect acclimaM s.
ron 5fnu to-day VIC have ~ heartily and hea1ty a
peeps az az ;s. ;hs Mo5d esa boast =
g1oas tEo1gh II ts.passed by the permanent X a.
!at untouched The houses Of the Ieraslltes, upon
spr1nkled. The e1utcFants were those who suffer-
Cd; people ho bad jast come into he city Intend
the score. Now the city has been raise6 ia .1sTs
ls %eA drained IN almoHt every par:, and offers
sanitary as well Is commercial tndncenents to ths
ready known. The old lime preIudfcs aesfrst a
residence in Chicago has died away; the difdcuit7
n now nos 70 hnd tenants. but tene ne4lts ana
much room Tor improvement, nc may coneritulate
Ourselves At least Upon having location which ia
'wo'thy Of such tmRtoEement.
The wonderfully rapid progress achieved by thu
lneiderta8 Of commercial business. IL moi without
deeteitoue influence on the health Of its inhsbi-
tls of The people, Int il ecems as taoagh Ii It ese @
ncces ear3 evil and Ike the smoke Of Pittsburgh.
essential ss9 to the health ot he city, produces s
1tis well known to medical men lint the caasa ~
eTystpelas ts contact Of the organism with decay
'ng animal matter; L Is disease which crops out
nli places where human beings are undu|y cxposed
10 tts influence; An 1nFe9ngation lrst Instituted
Ee y believe by Prot E. Andrewa. q this city show:
hona which occurred IN tho city dar;n9 se o:t
hll was due to the eclion Of tic Chcag6 river, In
s5 5oasas! %ssbs g xsc n nosS s e ag
ners; Rush and Aichisna, Clark and OHIO, oakapd
Franklin, Hubbard and Onion, Lake and Clinton.
sna TS1een Is5f @ and Johnson Ewing
Randolph a1i WABASH s'a ave.' ioo 70 1sass; Hash
tSgs fSgs1n' sons ahsFe ss, not eases aloag
for tho reason bat lew persons live hsFs bn1
Two OF three medical gentlemen iayo stated tlat
ese Ssns eyspslas t5e2tcd by of
vest wird sweeping along lie Whole O: the % Sorth
branch Eune into de thicky populated pas. of % ts
aaa es haey eoa Tfes .ss R
no doubt that eryspe1as 1s caused In thIs civ en-
tIely y he animal matter carried through Tie air
fever aud Several other iars Of disease wh1eh era
tsaceable 10 similar chemical origin,
: - sMA1L FOX.
II IS well known-st Ie1st TO the initiated-that
PGS5 has esea pevslsan a the
is not possible to trace the operation OF thn iau in
she st sane ma9ner-by locsifybut It Is coaelu-
the 7aSsges of edyoa arc Teesab1e 70 te IT,
1nieanee as ts aIdine II not ls inceptive, cause,
W. We cannot q preesnt abolish the Indictment, but
The destroyer. We have, a. IL wei vel M In5w~n, ~ pest
mouse, TO which patients. are taken for treatment
and eneh a f. lhe course puTsued that the great
There ie room fos only aboat len patients 10 BE-
etheT Ra 51. place and
.he numerous places already erected, must be ap-
22sgpr3ated to that purpose. The city i hlge apd
md the welfare q s
.hould be made at once to insure the veil being Of
ne eoineFeE, and securo the community from the
80 =: REAAHKs. s~r
Al wc now hare tho etatistioo Furnished th.v arc
except IN one respect. The health on
;er nas no power te compel parties to mako ro-
nn3S.r neneG y h elte1Ias now-as Advanced In
20 one refnees to furnish then bnt ia cases where
he undertaket merely furnishca tho coaln, he
oes not feel Obliged to institute Inquiries and aIe
be replies; hence the numbers under the hoal
'or to bury body or Ed In its bur:al without Sst
arniehing The required facts whom known, Or
0aA ing an effort 10 ascertain them. II needed, |
mall fec should be allowed for recordin. and
cpo1Ang. each case. as apart from the Tnluablo
knowledge thus obta1ned, such d ra-
uifenent would operate as check upon ey1l
ecds which ntc too often perpcttated under cover
the !aeo9nato. To this morality register should
. added one Of births, aud dno be imposed
1gn a1 who omit to report birsh within spccl-.
90 period: The advantages flowing from such a
lan o. registration are numerops; and so obvious