Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-07
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~ may nVt - out 81 place ~ ths sssts1n Of ths
year 10 invite public attention 10 the sanitary
ditioh Of Knoxville now thsi The var has ceased,
and tbs citizenssre beginning - improve their lots
In tbs present communicative merely mean 20
bring cut few facts, tho experience Of scientific
mon, practically acquainted with subjects where pub
lie health Is concerned
] may bere quO.s the languages Of wilson Jewel,
Bsa, 1t = sanitary convsnsion 10 View York asan-
isafy improvement be says, tnay velI Be regarded
IS feature II Ghs age IN which we live. and sscond
to none other that has found favor sith an cB1gbt
enod public
In 1859, q iecturs Mss delivered in New York BY
Z. 9. Robbins, Esg. I'VE may, said he without
fear of tle charge * exasgaratioU, estimate that a.
least tsa 0ostsaad PsrSas dc q Unnecessary aad
pFessntibls deaths every year IA New YOrk,S The
foregoing statement hears out ths experience Of 9th
eFs both Ia this country and in Great Bsitain where
me death rate Is ossimase At half million annual
y The analysis Of The causes Of death, with a
knowiedge Of The present stAts u sanitary science
furnishes evidence hat oneaf might Be prey erted
snd that too, by tried and asesriained means.
The city Of London, located 10 q most unhealthy
position, with thries ths population OF New York.
while the mortality Of the former ~as twenty-five
70 the thousand he latter vas thirtyssssa 70 the
thoaaand tgug possessed nasurAl sanitary aIvGa.
tagOs, not sKeeelad Il sgaallsd By any city on the
oontinsat Of Earope This Differences must 10 a.
eFibed e The sanitary measures Of tho rsspeesIvs
cities. Sines 1887, when the shove statistics we're
made, the City Inspector Of New Ysrk, in 1883,
shows reduction Of seven hundred ia he death
ratio eyee The foFnes year which he sseribes to IN
creased vigilhscs IN sasitary matters.
We have another Important fact on this sGbjec..--
Daring the CrigsaH campaign, lhs contrast bstwssn
the British army and British hospitals sna chs state
Of the French army and the French hospitals. shows
that sanitary works pat in force in the Brit
is army hDd hospitals the death and sickness rates
were reduced, whilst in The French army and hos
pitals they increased 70 the erIniastoa Of the war
Is has bean said that the terrible mortality in the
Preach hospitals at the rate Of 600 per north for
the last three months Of the var nseesstatsd on the
psrt Of the Freaah speedy peaes Such facts are
csleaisssd 70 awaken intsrsss about sanitary I'M
prossmsbt In every branch u society.
In the city Of GlasgoS, Scssland, 40 unhealthy
locality, containing crowded population, IN The
midst Of denss smoks and steam, from the Rumsr-
Gus manufactures With which that city abounds the
death rate has bScn reduced onslhird e. stated at
the Congress Of Social Science ia 1859 And this
reduction in tho death rate which is always con-
noCtsd with increase 0f ksalth 70 the survivors
-sll Al sslsAs@tss- - la. zslfTEased BIZ I'd
ward GhsdHrck Bsq., 70 Increased supply Of good
VsieF aed improved jrainsge The water k con-
vsyed % the city in pipes and int the hsusss from
a distance of thirty-Eour miles 1t Al expense Of
seven aad hall million dollArs- This balng done
by people provsrbiAlly cautious should sneouraEe
others 10 enquire into 3 subject where health aid
Iife arc 50 much lnvolvs3.
An important clement in sanitary inproy eHe Of
b plentiful supply Of good wafer We have the
proof Of this in Stockholm the best ventilated city
In Europe the mortality Is the highest q shy other
city arising nom the neflesncy Of The water sup
ply.
rnay here state, as 81 acknowledged fact b. ply
sleisns that Of all the circumstance affecting health
none Is 50 important as good air and good water
On these, more than on the food eat depends the
purity OF the blood and the right exercise II evtry
fsncture Of mind and bcdy.
That some move In sanitary direction should be
made for Knoxville Is apparent possessing, aa'it
doe sanitary advantages II not superior, ~ least
bot inferior, 10 any city, regards drainage and
surprising, IS regards the advantages offered BY
Plestfl supply Of pure spring water attAlnable a.
a very moderate outlay of money. The following
statistics taken from the memoranda Of the barAls
in Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, mskss = strong ap-
peal Tor sanitary energy, From the year 1855 70
1859 inclusive there are a4g barials recorded. Dl-
vide them - follows, We have
20 deaths between the ages Of 40 /, 81 vsa..