Smyrna times., 1874-04-08
Public and Private Health.

Professor Chandler, as reported by the New
Y YOrk Tribune, makes the following important
statements on the Prevention of Disease
1t has been demonstrated that disease is
preventlbe, and the plague that formerly
desolated large countries scarcely appears now.
In the year 1892, in London, 81 900 persons
died OF the plague; in 1903, sc, 900; in 1925,
45,OOOi in 1868, no less than G8, 900 persons
were swept away in a single year, twice as
many persons as die in New York, and this
was when London was a comparatively small
city. In the little island of Iceland in the
year l7O7, $4,000 people died of small pOx out
of population Of $4,000. Now this is one of
the most easily prevented of all diseases and it
is not probable that there will ever be another
serious outbreak. In 1870, 900 persons died in
! New York, but in 1872 a vaccnating corps was
sent out and 100000 persons were yaccnated-
as many as would permit it, being vaccinated
free OF charge. Yellow fever is equally under
control. One of the best illustrations of the
| possibility OF investigating a disease, and of
controlling it, is presented by the case of the
silkworm. The silkworm forms one of the most
important elements of wealth in France. Some
years ago disease broke out among the silk
worms, and the caterpillars which make the
silk were covered with dark -cOlored spots :;
their ability to work suddenly stopped and the
silk industry Of France was almost entirely
=
ted the matter, but he at first found scarcely
anything to detect in the little worms, the
character OF the disease. or its presence until it
manifested itself by destroying the worm, but
he subsequently discovered in the NOTES.-The
previous stage of developmeLt-the cause of
the disease, or the indications of it, and he
found that he could distingu sh those moth
afflict dwith the disease, and that by proper
isolation and treatment the disc ase could be
eradicated and controlled, and % this important
industry was saved to Fr nee.
Comprehensive inquiries have demonstrated
the fact that thorough drainage of a place il
invariably followed by a decrease in con
sumption, typhoid fever, and rheumatism
The researches of the English Sanitary De
partmant and recent investigation undertake en-
by the State Board of Health Of Massachusetts
have shown that the average result of drainage
improvements, when thoroughly carried out,
after few years, is to reduce the mortality By
consumption Is per cent, and that the reduc
tiOn continues At the same time the other
causes of mortality are diminished from one.
tenth to one half per cent
In England thorough system of drainage
and introduction of good water was tried in a
number of towns aud it was found that the
improvement to the little town of Dover. OF
23,00O inhabitants resulted in per cent. ni
the mortality being reduced In Croydon the
reduction was % per cent ; in Salisbury, &C
per cent; in Cardiff, 81 per cent, and in New
port, 81 per cent. in other words, one third
of the deaths were prevented in this commu.
nifty by the Introduction of a proper system OF
drainage and fresh water. While the general
mortality was diminished in this degree, the
mortality from special causes was diminished
to much greater degree.
Mrs. Susan Everett, NJ D., of New York,
in a recent lecture on the health of women and
children, says:
1t is an awful fact that in summer in New
York, out of every 4l0 deaths. one half are
children This is because New York mothers
do not take care of their children, but if they
are at all able, pecuniarilv, leave them to
| nurses Because consumption, sGrofula and
liver diseases, and others which grow out of
thass three, are those with which humanity
suffer, and all these are durable by right modes
of living therefore disease is something of
which man or woman should be ashamed
Ihree-fifths of the children in the United
States die before they are five years of age,
simply because they are falsely reared Amer
l3an women show constantly decreasing
degeneracy as regards Muscle They lack in
youth opportunities to climb trees, practice
gymnastics, make acquaintance with the iron
ing hand or Scrubbing- brush. Vanity, idle
ness, love of pleasure are the bane of Ameri-
can women. Life under the blue laws of
Connecticut is preferable to life without any
restraint Women ought to have gifted chill
dren. Susanna Wesley had four talented sons
We're mothers wiser and more methodical in
the training of children, intellectually and
spirituality would be greatly increased
Daughters can be nothing high or noble unless
they are trained by noble mothers Mothers
should not let their daughters escape fror.
under their hands until they are under tn
hands of husband Let women develop
character. Let them dislike small heads, small
necks, small chests.