The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-24

:. P. Kinard, Newberry.
samuel Drouthitt, Greenvillc G. II.
VIM. Moore, Abbeville C.. II.
julius Poppe, Anderson c. H.
Domestic Cleanliness.
On one occasion, sickness prevailed
in q family, which failed to obtain
relief from any Of the various rene
dies administered, but upon one Of
the panes of glass being broken, and
not repaired, All immediate improve
ment became apparent, resulting in
ultimate good health.
In a fishing town in Cornwall.
England, some Of the houses in the
narrow streets were in such a filthy
condition from the negligence of those
who occupied them, that the sanitary
inspector considered it necessary to
require the inmates to move into m
open field, many of whom were al
ready sick of cholera; they immedi-
ateiy began to improve. Meanwhile.
the houses were cleaned out, swept,
washed, and then thoroughly white
washed; but no sooner had the fami-
lies moved in, than the disease began
to spread and assume more malig-
nant character. The people were again
removed to the field, to sleep and
cook and eat in the open air, when
the same prompt improvement in
their condition was manifested. It
seemed that although the houses
were cleansed, the yards and gardens
around had been the recipients of
ohai of various kinds so long that
the very earth was saturated with the
elements of disease.
Cases are recorded in standard
medical books where whole families
have been stricken with disease in q
few days, and examination discovered
that the house drains had given way.
and emptied themselves partially into
the well from which the family de-
rived all its supplies of drinking and
cooking water. This was also the
case in two English prisons, causing
within a day or two an epidemic
dysentery throughout the establish
ment, which Immediately ceased on a
supply Of better water.
The difference between cleanliness
and the want of it, about house, is
demonstrated in some Of the model
lodging houses in London, standing
IN the midst Of unhealthful surround
lngs; for, in these houses, the number
of deaths is just half as MANY as in
the immediate neighborhood.
1t may be well to know what is m
excess of sickness or death in any To-
cahty. In the Isle of Wight, one of
the healthiest places on the globe. in
promlscuous population, for every
thousand persons, fourteen died in
the course Of year, from the ordi-
nary sickness of humanity. In the
model lodging houses, above referred
TO, about thirteen die out of thou
sand, annually; while there are
twenty seven deaths among the sur
rounding inhabitants. In some Dor
tlons OF the British army, when sani-
tary Officers are scientific and CON
scienhous men, only nine persons in
9 thousand died annually, and, in
some OF the best regulated prisons,
In England, the death rate has been
reduced to five in thousand q wear.
but IN these last instances there are
no children. In ordinary cases Of
soldier or prison-life, in what NAV be
called standing army" or barrack
life, not moro than twenty persons in
a Thousand should die in year, be-
cause in one sense they have nothing
to DO but to keep their persons and
naDltatlon most perfectly clean.
In England, twenty-five persons
die annually out of 200; in the
United States, twenty.four. For each
person who dies, nty-eight are
sick. 1t is estimated that every death
issequivalent to one person being
sick for two years. 200 years ago
eight persons died out of 1000 annu,
ally, in London; 100 years ago, fifty:
and now. twenty-five, showing clearly
that, as the intelligence Of people
increases as to the laws of health,
sickness and death proportionately
sbate. Halls Journal Of HeoNh.
The wife of Capt. Vessels 6vino