St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-30

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W. Ionge.
The Sanitary Needs of Rural Districts
This is the season in which people
who are ever sick at all acknowledge
that they feel pretty poorly, and in
which the horses of physicians must
long earnestly for Il compensating here
after. The death rate of cities grows
unpleaSamtly large. hut is exceeded 10y
that of many country villages. II is
the season in which the city resident
going int" the country fluids the natives
more brown. but less healthy looking
than his own cooped up fellow citizens
he season, too. in which many Il TEN
poraIy Snjnurner in the rural districts
hurlies home To his family phN stefan
with IN aYuc which takes tar more time
in going than it did in coming.
We believe that trustworthy authori-
Ties will uphold lis in the statement that
where good health prevails in county
villages il is more the result OF accident
than design. \ great many towns have
been puIposell :" located as to secure
good surface drainage. but beyond this
the ordinary founders of Villages seem
To have no general sanitary idea. The
sites of many towns have been deter
mined hN the existence of WatcI power.
routes of transportation. or mineral
drpn>lt>. Once located. Il town l. as
hard to move aS solomon declares the
root Of the righteous to he. II there
tore hcc"mc> Il matter ot gave concern
Ia know how the natural defects and
dangers of Il town site are to he over
come.
The answer naturally is. Interest the
residents themselves in the matter.
But We all know what neiyhhorh"od
chats amount to: the more perfect the
agreement "n Il given subject. the
glcatrr likclihood there gcmcrllll is
that the subject will disappear. as heimg
practically settled. But the WAYS of an
irItspom>Ihlc party ot mcighhor> change
greatly when the same men resolve
themselves int" IL society supported 10y
an act "i Incorporation. looked up To.
and exp, ted 10 do something. BY the
condition of their surroundings. 10y the
usual umSat lsiaCtnrN state of the public
health. and lay the individual promi-
ncmcc which l. conveyed hE member
ship of public a>>"clation. each mem
bel feels called upon To d0 something.
What there l. ioI local sanitary a>>n-
Citations to do will not long hc Il matter
of question. There are thousands ot
towns in the United States whose soil
is literally one S.eat cess pool. satnIa-
ted with the impurities and refuse ot
all who have been It's luiIanliant>.
/ There l. not one town in Il hundred
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