Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-07
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sanitary

u iniy not BIZ out Of place AZ this season b d,
yeSrlp invite public attention totho sanitary cdn
dition Of Knoxville now that the war has ccasd ID
ana No cllaens are beginning 70 improve tlleir lois
In tho present. communication merely moan tC
bring ont n few facts, the experience Of scientific
men, practically acquainted with subjects " hero pub
! lie health Il concerned. NJ .f D .'.',. I.. N'F
! lmay here quote the language Of Wilson Jewel
ESQ at u sanitary convention in Now York, Sab.
try Improvement" he says, 'may well be regarded
aS feature qf tho ago in which we live, and second
TO none other that has found favor with an enligft
ened public .." .' '. "'.'' "'
/ In 1859, lecture was delivered in New York Ny
H. g. Robbins Esq, We may said hc without
ieq' Of the fh4rgo Of eTpggeraop, estimate that at
ie"st zen thousand Recs1'ls die Of unnecessary and
proyentiblo deaths every year in Now York. = The
foregoing statement bears out the experience f 9th
erS both in this country and in Great Britain whete
the death rate is estimated at half million annual
| ~ The analysis Of the causes Of death with Ia
Spowcdge Of the present state of sanitary science
furnishes evidence that onehalfm hight bepre
and that too, BY tried and ascertained means.
| Tho oityof London, located ia a most unhealthy
position with thrice The population of Now York,
while the mortality Of the former WAS TWENTY-FIVE
10 the thousand the latter was thirty-seyen Is te
thousand thoughitpossessed natural sanitary advan
tagos not exceeded if oqualled, by any city on the
continent of Europe This difference must be nd
crlbcd TO the sanitary measures of the respective
cities, Since 1857, when tho above statistics we've
made the City inspector IF New. York, in 1898,
shows Il reduction Of seyen hundred in the death
rate OVER the former year. which he ascrbos slyn-
creased vigilance in sanitary matters "
We have another important fact on this subiect.--
During the Crimean campaign, the contrast between
the British army and British hospitals and the state
Of The French army and the French hospitals, shows
that as sanitary works were put in force in the Brit
ish army and hospitals the death and sickness rates
were reduced, whilst in the French army and hos
pitfalls they increased 10 the termination Of the war
II has been said that the terrible mortality in the
French hospitals lat the rate of 5000 per month for
the last three months Of the war ecessitated on the
part of the French speedy peace, Such facts are
calculated 10 awaken interest about sanitary i'm,
provement in every branch of society
In the city Of Glasgow Scotland, an unhealthy
locality containing crowded population, in the
midst Of dense spoke and ssam, from tho nun,sr.
Gus manufactures with which that city abounds ths
death rate has been reduced onethird as stated lat
the Congress Of Social Science ih 1859 And this
reduction in the death rate which is ALWAYS con!
nected with an increase OF health to the survivors,
as well as the prolongaon Of life attributed by Ed.
tn
water and improved drainage Tho water Is COM
veyed to the city in pipes and into the houses, from
a distance Of thirty-iour miles at an expense rof
seven and half million dollars This being done
BY people proverbially cautious. should encourage
Others to enquire into a subject where health and
life ale 50 much involved '." '-"a. 81 '.'. .'
An important element in sanitary Improvement
is plentiful supply of good water, We have the
proof of this in Stockholm the best ventilated city
in Europe tho mortality is the highest of any other
city arising from the inetlciency Of the water sup
ply. ' .,a. .., go. ,...... .'.....I., .i
may here state, ~ All acknowledged fact by phy-
slcans that of all the circumstances affecting health
none is so important as good air and good water
VA these, morethhn on the food weeat depends the
purity Of the blood, and tile right exercise of every
luncture Of mind and body N Il
That some move in sanitary direction should he
made for Knoxville is apparent, possessing, as it
ioe' sanitary advantages if not superior, al least
not inferior, TO any city as regards drainage and
urpassing as regards the advantages offered by a.
plentiful supply of pure spring water attainabe at
very moderate outlay of money. The following
satisfies, taken from The memoranda of the kurials
n Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, makes strong ap.
Deal for sanitary energy. From the year 1865 to
$50 inclusive, there are 242 burias recorded. D-
'ide them as follows! we have: 'i,..t.'. .h
20 deaths between the ages OF 20 w 80 ycass
~ "-t.flH.u Of. 80 TO 40