The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-12
SANITARY.


The following iaisssseing report vas read
before he Board Of Aldsrneo last night
By Dr.. Trsdss.
N. R0;deal:
deem il Of enough importance TO the
welfare Of The community to present for
your eoasidesasion the subject Of vital sta
sistics.
In order to know what are the prevalent
disorder and how best to manage them, We
should have
REGISTER OF MARRIAGES, BIRrHs AND
DEATHS.
The registry Of all marriages in = COM
munity acts - prudential check to many
improper unions. Very early marriages,
- all statistics show, are not conducive to
long life: That u, the progeny Of such
marriages generally die in infancy and
hence the mean duration Of life is wonder
fully reduced.
Youthful marriages will arise in COM
munity where the chances Of IN easy &C.
QUESTION Of wealth are favorable; and
even where luxury may be INDUCED in and
every thing provided for the comfort of
parents in order - insure healthy prolif-
Grafton, the tables remain the same and
the fact tells against longevity. On the
other hand, when poverty prevails and
mind and body are alike vitiated, the
mortality In infancy Of those marrying
young becomes fearful.
Suppose, for instance, that from any
cause, prudential restraint on marriage
were to become weaker among any people
than It had hitherto been, while the means
Of maintenance remained the same, what
would happen! A corresponding increase
would Immediately take place in the annual
mortality, and the mean duration Of life
would be correspondingly reduced. And
there seems to b no doubt that
'fHe PREMATURE MORTALITY
which prevails all over the world, il main
~ owing to imprudent marriages. The
death of one-half Of the humsn race under
the age of puberty does not take place in
virtue Of any Law Of mans constituti on, but
from disregard of the admonitions of Its
lawn"
In . community where all the necessary
elements exist, it il unreasonable to suppose
that the people will not live in obedience to
the lays Of health If but properly instructed
il those laws. There 10 nothing Of more
importance than the health and happiness
of commuuities.
INPRUDENf MARRIAGES
have - much to do With the destruction and
misery Of the race - any other one factor.
Those then Who have the means Of obedi-
ence, under civilized society, have it within
their power to arrest the ravages Of infant
mortality and At the same time keep the
family within hounds. There Is nothing
that will act more efficiently in encom-
passing this end than the properly kept
register Of marriage, births and deaths.
THE REGISTER OF DEATHS
will give your Board OF Health chance to
notice the inroads Of any special malady,
and prepare them to meet it at the onset.
All epidemics, By this means, can be cut
short and the advantages to be obtained are
too many and varied to be detailed in the
short time allotted % to-.ight.
There il another subject Of great impor-
lance which wish to call your attention to.
I refer to the matter Of drainage. We can
not depend upon surface drainage. We
could have . complete system Of
UNDERGROUND SEWERAGE
II We bot adopt this plan and carry it
out. I have here diagram which better
illustrates this subject than anything /
might say.
THE following Is an abridgment Of the
Doctors diagram, but sufficient to illus
trate his meaning. It Is Of one block.-ED
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