The New York herald., 1875-12-27

winds, generated these traps and in the water
closet reservoirs OF our private dwellings,
Tho frequent sprnkling Of streets Is a question OF
great public importance II the streats are kent clean
the subject Is very much slmphed In this i Is
narrowed down 20 the advisability Of cooling on
heated stones and oadng the air. By the OF
the water, with moisture This far different FROM
the present state, when sprnkling the streets means
keeping the nth Of the streets moist and hot attod
especially for the reception and propagation OF tho
germs Of typhus &c
II cannot be doned that sucn watering would be far
better f effected BY using sea water as the salts
tanned Il destructive Of vegetation deodorEera
70 certain extent and, furthermore, by their affinity
for water extract moisture from the air. and out Of tho
influence Of the SUMS aySwoud not require frequent
repetition as u tho Croton Was used
III the theory previously broached IL true that masma
can DO conveyed in water what must be the effect Of
the thousands Of carloads daily showered
city streets What better receptacle for the germ
spores than the moist surface of side Streets
which the sun II ever but feebly visits We volun
tariy make these marshes and Shiny b0gs on which 70
plant them
The Board Of Health should insist upon separation
OF the garbage from the ashes. &c, Of private houses
anu TINS garbage they should insist upon being daily re-
moved ana more especially Saturdays, and lssuredly
during the heats of summer. Rag picking and bono
collecting from barrels should be prohibited and
thereby the ashes and effee materials will not be
sprnKed over our sidewalks and streets The sale OF
ne garbage would amply repay any extra cost involved
Perpetual manure and other boats should not be per
med to lie at our piers rendering the air heavy with
their odors The gas and ammonia works should be
compelled to find other ways Of cleaning their retorts
or II not, should be required to away from the
population, il requisite 10 Long Island.
We shrink from a dirty person the not only
we don L want TO sit next him but we don't want him
in the We avoid certain lines Of and
certain hours when they are apt to be filled with the
unkempt louleven II the sweat OF honest labor What
is the degree OF concentration we are willing TO acceptp
But what fouls the air OF city more than the animal
odors
There are hundreds OF thousands OF souls this city
whose bodies are not entirely washed once year lt
will New York but little to keep them clean few
bathing houses in every ward, little fuel little SOAP
and New York is regenerated
Let the young doctors Of the Board OF Health urge
every of the poorthe poorer the moro miserable.
the dirtier so much the more-to take their children
every Saturday night till the children, delighted will
cry 10 GO Keep these bath houses open during ths
entire year and impress benevolent societies insist
upon their beneciares avang themselves Of their bon
ehts teach them that cleanness next TO godliness,
and perhaps next before IL for few can fee gody andb
The healthiness Of old Rome compared with modern
Rome greatly due TO its public baths Then every
soul IN Rome bathed and malaria was lost In the general
cleanliness
Notwithstanding the opportunities afforded by tho
presence Of Croton water in every house, with the ap
pances OF bath tubs &C, am persuaded that they arc
not sufficiently used In the most elevated crcleS
Incidence dislike for water persistent posiponement
and many like account for the neglect evil
dent TO the senses Of the observing But this not tho
place 10 enlarge on this topic
Bad air in our dwellings, Is not a little due to tho
poisonous exhalations from the cooring material OF
carpets, paper hangngs, &c More persons are
probably seriously injured by the arsenic in these
tices, which IN the impapable powder formed by at
traction inhaled than by the lead from the water
ppcs-a which has been very thoroughly ex-
We may not perhaps, at this time enter into the
abator question al length, but II demands some noticd
in paper on bad arr Theoretically cattle may bs
slaughtered in the midst OF the most crowded popua-
tion without detrimcnt and examples OF this have
Seen and personally studied In Paris but practically in
New YorR With its Ignorant and constantly changing
police and inspectors and officials OF every grade de-
pendent for their positions individual influence and
party VOTE such absolute cleanliness as Is requisite s
impossible. Ii is claimed that the animal exhaationa
are innocuous idea which is utterly false and Ia
dsproved by the facts already mentioned in preyious
paragraphs
In the case of abattoirs there must large stables
yards, with more less food, excrement, &c, Tor
the longer or shorter stay OF these animals after kill
ing there remains the contents of the paunch &c,
which, entering upon decomposition are capable
OF engendering disease by vitialhg the surrounding
air Then there is much meat diseased and much that
is kept to decomposition.
The scope OF this series Of papers being limited to
malaeraon this subject cannot be entered upon here:
but rs dccomposcd meat, through the medium Of the
air is injurious shall suggest TO the Board OF Health
the proprety Of compelling butchers keep their fat,
their pickle and their refuse in apartment separate
from that in which their fresh meat rs hung
The fact is unquestionable that small piece Of do
composing fat or meat or ovcr-usod brine Will faint
large refrigerator full OF meat That tainted Is dee
terious TO health That 'tiameyn birds, 40,
or less unhealthy is ndsputabe, and the cpicure is
sufferer from his eccentric tastes Still may joy
ousy possess canyashacks that have dropped on from
their tail feathers and without injury other articles
OF food II kept in an Alegreu iceberg The American
tourists body that was found in an leo crevasse Of
Mont Blanc unnJured although II had been frozen for
two three years conveys idea OF the potency OF
this great scientific invention whose practical valuo
time is daily giving new attestatons.
In our daily home life perhaps nothing evinces
national luxury less than general custom,
more than the universal use OF carpets upon floors
and similar material on upholstery The general habit OF
covering floors with woollen fabrics has given to It's
use seeming necessity It's absence gives air OF dis
comfort, and, stfl Is supposed confession Of
poverty. 1t must be confessed that there is actual
slight comfort from It's warmth 10 the ieet in cold
weather and as great discomfort in warm weather
II also has the beneficial resultand that not small
onc-of mufng the noise of moving feet, furniture,
&c Its great expense is serious considerations but
as this is matter OF osentation and ministers TO ind
vidual pride its consideration may here be omitted
All that We may properly look at is its malsan proper
ties
Its material is constantly wearing or and these mi
mute particles huatng the arr brcathed into
our lungs and not only foreign bodies inserted into
our delicate air tubes disturbing sccrctions and
necessltating forcibc expulsion, but to intamed aud
dehcate lungs are constant source OF disturbance IL
add 10 this the ndisputable facts that the co0rng
materials employed in dyeng them often composed
o! such dire osons that we would not dare to swallow
them in even minute quantities, some Of the evils at
tendant upon them must be apparent to every one.
We ask why the Indian OF the forest and the Bedouin
OF the desert tree from disease long lived aud
vigorousf The reply s that he lives IN the open air.
that these migrating, roaming people leave behind
them IN their daily journeyug the Nth aud
excrement and garbage Of the preceding day We know
that healthy armies are the moving ones Mcclellan
lost by diseases many men by his prolonged camp
preparatory TO hts proposed march as did Grant in
his bloody battles in his active ION to Richmond"
through the Wilderness The esrpeted house Is dirty
one, and sweeping dayn and houseceaning" evince
this. Nowhere in the world Is The broom such
the mop and the scrub pail typfy the same order of
life.
The carpet already stated. being nationally con-
sidered emblem Of the ''weli-to-don in life, q
matter Of pride and sign OF condition above pow
ery, let those whose position is above suspicion set
the example and inauguTate system Of bare floors,
with such rugs and movable pieces Of carpet be
daily shaken and which conceal ilth under
them; whose cleansing carries dust and dirt
out OF the house, not raising IL In clouds
10 fall again over everything, requiring "dusting'
10 sweep it OF from the higher objects fall again
and be imbedded into the meshes OF tho carpet Let
these risers above suspicion set the fashion for fur
niture covered with leather nnocuous linen and tho
air Of our houses will BE improved intellectually
Painted floors and oil carpeting are bad enough from
the lead cnanatons from them, hut they Infinitely
preferable 70 the foul carpetng Of entire nation
when Is CHARACTERISTIC Of the American people not
seen n any such marked degree In any other nation OF
the world.
Malaria being absorbed into the system aud the
individual fairly diseased, subsequent point Is the
curative treatment This Is twoiold-nrst, for TEN
poraIy reef second " eradicate the persistent germs
n ne system after lifelong work. THIS Is quite
other theme and may or not treat upon u In subsc