The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-03-06


when introduced into the blood, are net
known, but that it always originates in
the way described, and that it may in
variably be prevented by the use Of
proper sanitary precautions, is absolute
ly known.
This being the case, it lies perfectly
within the province of every farmer,
(and if the farmer will not attend to
such matters of his own accord, his
wife has way of urging him into it),
to remove while it is yet time, any
source of infection to which his house
may be liable Vegetables, in any con-
siderable amount, should not be kept in
the house cellar. and at least once q
week the floor of the cellar should be
swept, and every shred of waste vege-
tables removed. Even when this is
done, the cellar should be ventilated by
window or other small opening toward
the quarter least exposed to cold winds,
(and in summer on every side the privy,
if a privy is used, should be well away
from the house, and especially far from
the we'll, unless its contents are received
in tight box, and entirely absorbed by
dry earth or ashes, and even then fire.
quently removed; the chamber Stops of
the house should NEVER, under ANY
circumstances, be thrown into the privy
vault, nor into porous cesspool, from
which they can leach into the ground,
and through the ground for long dis
ST ~ nd int nd
the foundation of the house; the same
disposal of the liquid wastes of the kit
chen is desirable, but not so absolutely
important 1t is, however, important
that this should be led by an impervia
BILE drain to a point well away from the
house and from the we'll swill, and all
manner of nondescript refuse material,
such as is sloughed off by every house
hold in the ordinary course of its living,
should be removed at least daily from
the near vicinity of the dwelling, and
the vessels in which it accumulates
should be frequently cleansed and aired;
manure heaps should not be left to fer
ment and send off their exhalations at
a point whence frequent winds watt
them toward and into the dwelling, nor
should the barnyard be allowed to drain,
(either over the surface or through q
porous soil,) toward the house or we'll
If all these precautions are taken, the
we'll will bs tolerably safe, and, in most
cases, absolutely safe, but if there is
any doubt on the point, then let no we'll
water be drank except after boiling; or
the drinking-water of the house may be
taken entirely from q filtering cistern,
of which the filtering bed is sufficient to
hold back all organic matter. If all
these points are we'll attended to, and
if the ordinary rules of cleanliness be
observed in the household, the members
of the family may be considered as safe
against attacks of typhoid fever
might readily, in this connection,
show that in carrying out the various
details given above concerning the dis
posal of household wastes, the farmer
would only be consulting his pecuniary
interests, by increasing the value of his
manures, and the economical use of his
kitchen wastes, but do not propose to
weaken the argument by any question
of dollars and cents The fact that by
an observance of these simple sanitary
rules, one may save those he loves and
cherishes, and for whose well-being he
is accountable, from the assaults of our
most widespread and our most nearly
fatal disease, and that by neglecting
them, he brings upon his own head the
responsibility of their illness, their suf
fering, and their premature death, ought
to be a sufficient appeal to any con-
scientious, civilized man.