The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-28

| Sent July tnO average OF sne me1lmum teu
peratures is not likely to exceed Ss5
| July 10 the hottest month. August falls &
degree below It, September four degree bslow
August, and October 10 degrees further down
with possibilities Of frost, now and again, al
| night.
| A Democrat reporter has interviewed several
physieiAns "relative to the harm said to be
caused by crowded cemeteries located In the
heart of the city" From his extended report
we take the subj joined extracts:
Reporter.-Do you think the system OF burial
| in the heart of . crowded city Injurious to
healths
DR.. PrAtt.-I do. indeed believe it to be
ton, Girod, Claiborne and St. Louis oemeteriss
should be done away with paces.of burial.
Rep How do you think this could be ao-
Dr.. P.-of course the oemets, 30 themselves
| coald not we'll be removed. but law could be
passed proh:b biting the burial of bodies in those
places after certain time. =.
Rep.-Doctor, what are your views about
| our oity cemeteries. refer to burials in the
81. Louis, Washington and Glrod street places
Of finterment
DR.. Logsn.-I have always been opposed to
intermural burial. Ii 10 deleterious to health
and should be stopped.
Rep.-What method would you suggest 90
practicable to discontinue burials within the
Dr. L-Gradually prohibit interments until
they are entirely stoppes. The practical me-
thod, however, lies with the Legislature
Rep.-Then You are OF the opiaion that the
germs of disease can be found in the exhalations
of ceDeteries
diseases most decidedly. SMALLPOX and yell
low fever are contagious after interment.
This practice of burial in tombs is decidedly
bad one. The tombs are but lightly cemsnt-
IN att md Dafn Hot fhn notr ia koA
and infected. Better to be three feet below
the ground than above it. believe in what
ever is most conducive to q proper hygienio
system In years what is to become of these
tombs In my own experience have seen
the bones of one man pushed aside into q cor
ner in order to give ffeeh corpse room in an
tasteful. Better below than above ground.
Rep.-Dootor, what are your views respect
ing insermG.sl borial refer to it's sanitary
DR.. J. Dickson Buns = Experience has shown
that no evil effsots result when the interment
has been properly conducted.
Rep Then doctor you do not think that the
exhalatiops Of cemeteries are conducive of dis
eaeef
DR.. B Il am not aware that any such exhsl-
constructed and closed. Besides. it by NO
means follows that what ctfsnds the sense of
smell n necessarily breeds disease. The odors
emanating from q tsnnery, from abattoirs and
no evil effects result to those engaged In the
business. After death the virus Of infectious
diseases disappears with decomposition. The
objection to intermural burial is mostly
through thiokly populated city have de.
pressing effect in time. of epidemic
intermurai burial.
DR.. ]. T. scott.-Well, have not given the
matter very serious attention, but on general
principles think it Injurious.
Rep.-Do you think that disease is propsgs-
ted by putrefying matterf
DR.. S,-Yes. cir; we have seen that on the
battlefield where bodies have been left ex-
posed.
Rep-Could infectious disease be spread af-
ter interment in q Vault
DR.. That would depend entirely whether
the vault was properly closed or not. am of
the opinion that disease can result from q
dead body prior to decomposition.
burial in this city deletsrious t, it's hygiene
Dr. J. II. Lewis No, do not think 30. aud
it is the b. tier evidence that suoh is net the
case by the fact that we have several large
grsveyards in the very heart of the city and
yet 40 injury has been known ID result from
them. You can jodge of it for you self. Have
you ever smelt any offensive odors while g ring
through our graveyardsf
Rep.-In your experience doct u, have you
known sickness to prevail ont of propoI tion in
the immedis to vicinity of the GENET sries 7
Dr. LII nave not. properly sealed vaults
are so fficieI tlH effective prohibit the escape
of the gases. OF course. if the vaults or tombs
are not properly sealed the gsses will oc ze and
be injurious. In that case. he who rome may
read" as he goes through the cemetsry.
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The; London Times the other morning con-
cluded it's leader with these words: 1--WE do
not suppose that there is the slightest chance
of the Habitual Drunkards bill being approved
by the House of Commons this afternoon. The
majority against it will be considerable; and it