The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08
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,rhs Health Of the City and Means
of Preserving II.

healthy, we 0lu NOT mean W euuOi0O ~
,c,iou of our health authorities as al
sufficient to protect ouf people from
visitation Of cholsrR. ..
It is told Of THALEs, the MlleslAn, on
Cd the seven wise men Of Greece and I'D
dictsG to astronomy, that while gain
very Iutently at tthe stGrs be Iell into 8 pil
Tor which he was laughed at BY an oil
woman who happened to be near ant
told that he had better first learE
how 70 govern his own movements
before be attempted 70 study those Of The
heavenly bodies. We mention the Anec
Iote for the purpose Ol hinhng 70 h'
health authorities that their zeal NIGH
have q much more profitable direction In
Tue interests of the public health, II al
Ibis tIme-wheh We are on the boEdeFs
IT, indeed, not already within the radius
Of tho cholerE inausnce-in place o.
sending o man Into each ward, under pay
VI e 50 per day, clothed with the msrt
Gad uSeleaS authority oftellipg the people
they must do this or that 10 prevent betDl
killed by cholera, these so'called In
spectors werC instructed to see the need
tul thiuRS done; not only 10 look ct and
inquire into the numerous "pits" OF dis
case into which we are all daily liable TO
stumble, but TO see TO II themselves that
every foul place Is thoroughly disinfected
aud cleansed. How many people have
plld attention TO the Instructions given BY
these sanitary visitors? Not one In htty,
we venture to say; and yet this foolish
uess, for 1t Is really nothing else, Is car
ried on at an expense 10 tue city
treasury OF $40 per day. What we
want most, as was suggested IN these
columns several days ago--is 4 well
organized dlsinIecting corps, and an
abundant supply OF llSlntectantS located
centrally 10 each Ward and the people In
vitsd 10 employ them freely as their
homes require. These sanitary visitors
should also keep close watch over the
stock Of meats and vegetables for sale at
tue green groceries and market stalls, and
thus, as far as possible, prevent the sale oI
stale aud decayed vegetables and tainted
meats. Too much care cannot be exer-
rised concerning the quality Of food we
cat 1t Is part of the history Of every
visitation oi CHOLERA that diarrhea
IS uniformly tho beginning of the
disease; hence tue importance Ol
good fool and the avoidance Of all ar
ticles which hAves tendency to relax the
bowels. We believe It Is the opinion OF
all well informed medical men who have
seen the disease, that tho cholera may not
only be prevented by strict observance
OF personal and domiciliAry cleanliness,
but that at the beginning Of the dlArrhea.
no other disease Ia moro easily controlled
and cured than cholera.
In all countries where the disease has
prevailed, the Incorporate, tue debauch'
ed and those whose habits are filthy, have
been the selected victims, and the disease
among such is uniformly md quickly
fatal; while on tue other hand, the tenn
perate, the prudent, the cleanly, have gen
orally escaped or suffered but slight at
tack. 10 further proof that pru'
Lence and temperance are the best
safe guards, females arc rarely killed
by cholera. Every city possesses It's
share Of this ripe food for chOlerA-the
people who live in filth Eud intemperance
and whose constitutions are broken down
by excess and dissipation, These people
should have the especial care ofour Health
Ofleerand bis aids. Already We have
heard of several such persons in Centre
Wheeling having been violently attacked
during the last twenly.four hours, With
vomiting, purgIngS, aud cramps; aud be-
cause Of the violence Of some OF these
cases,-one Of them latAl-the people In
the uelghborhOod are much alarmed Tor
fear that the atmosphere or emanatonS
from the sick may form focus ofintec-
ton. We hope that the Health Officer
aud his agents have heard OF these cases,
aud promptly employed the necessary dis
Infectanti about the premises. That Is
the only way to prevent cholera coming
into our midst. We should treat these
cases Of diarrhea and "cholera morbuS"
as IL they were genuine Asistic cholera;
disInrect the discharges before they are
deposited 10 the vault whiLe.wash the
rooms: and provide nutritious food.
Public opinion 10 decidedly in favor oi
energetic action such as We have above
suggested. The commercial and manu-
featuring interests OF Wheeling are
too great 10 bs ruined by the
child's play OF sprinklhg lime 10
the street cutters in the nelghborhood
VI these cRSs Of "eholetA morbuS,"
while vaults capable OF generating chol-
Cra poison enough to to kill thousand
people are left without publication, and
chOleraIc discharges without bVing dIsin.
iecled arc thrown into them to start the
poison This Is not tho way intelligent
authorities provide against such dangerA
10 New York when case of yellow fever
or cholera Is reported, the health author.
itiss employ the most instant and power
(ul dI5inCectiou. Not only the objections