The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-12
,.4 T., tho nublic schools OF the State that
tauRha,s Nv 80 taachers know nothing about 1t.

even Itv N air ID mans prime requisite,
- ,,;rity of water is only second In I'M
49, .tapp.a Yet not State has laws adequately
nroyiding these, nor to repress tne allcIeasa,e
LIE IN atlulterated foods. lnsanitary Occu.
s,ations. offensive and unwholeaome disposal
~ fhe dead and many other sanitary ntl-
ua,,cea receive little attention from either Ihe
s,eople or their lawmakt rs Every large cisy
haa tauerup,,t or othnr crowded houses tor tne
s .,o, CO constructed that 1t Ia not possible
for Tho occupants to be either healthy of
chasta and iii which children from tieii ni MI
are seized In the temorseless arms OF tlss
ages three furies illth disease h.in uaii ~,
sci ca far are our laws from regulating the
Raoithy construction Of dwelling houses thab
4hia IL not done even for public editices; NO,
mt oven for the public schools OF our chill
dren. thus educating them 70 antl.hygiene.
Nj a state has laws encouraging, Tor sanl-
.o ~, n,,,nosea. either drainage or irrigation.
Masaaahucetts In 1s49 effected a. sanitary
tnnouraphical survey, which proved OF great
value and A second one was IN 1910 instituted
by New York; but other States nave neg.
guiding the Immigrants whom they seek 10
entirn with trust worthy health maps; they
supply him with the seductive but false certi-
ficafes of Ignorant residents, who base theif
they are not dead yet. and that several OF
them. who. however, never happen 70 nave
about them a legal record OF the date OF their
birth are one hundred and more years old
Some States have laws to protect property
and life from explosive Illuminating OILS, but,
II, most Of these States as In this, the greed
OF rain has go emasculated these laws, That
property Is still endangered, while health and
life are sacrificed.
Bowditch: reports that while eleven States
have laws which served 70 pro.esa1r one sps ettls
disease only twelve States have laws 90 pro-
fact the human species Of bipeds from yellow
fever, sixteen from cholera, and twenty-one
from smallpox. All know how de.ectlve,
both In the letter and n snd . nthsr e
farious and infectious diseases mus lar
meiimval prejudice has defeated all efforts TO
STAMP out syphilis. This dire disease, which
afIlicts the Innocent and the unborn as well as
<aleh extent that Its victims are computed TO
now number az many as one IN every twenty
or the population. What can be donef nave
for years advocated lin my PROFESSIONAL lec,
tures) one measure which should Pc, ana
doubt not will be eventually adopted-a meas
,lre which received In 1878 the advocacy both
Or the PRESIDENT and Of an able essaylstt OF
Che Maine Medical Association. The measure
this advocated IL the castration, Or .spaying,
not only Of the syphilitic the leper the ld19t
and the habituaI criminal when found guilty
81 indulging ID sexual intercourse but also
Of ali other persons who would with cel ta1nty
transmit 10 their progeny the lfresparapie
curse OF corrupted organization 1hefe is
~ DEBT 20 posIellay n,viI ,o,n grandfathers
s .nls; ,,,,n ,,.ma,tv RI nunish evf-doers who
Msan WE po aat,, a. laos ay,l than do those
for whom the resuscitation OF this penalty Is
now advocated. .a - 49,
oucM - -, nl annarta aiming Ia publjc by-
riene. subjects illustrative OF the needs 0r
the people, and therefore demanding tne az
yocacy Or an organized medical profession
ny ialnaa s' ~ ,,,nnIar IGNORANCE. rudely
apls eYu. ~ f,,, ~ dpeams III 4 sanitary Tito
aMaheps us ,,,,nands ,,a Ia concentrate our
g..rst h N Tia reior,5Ia M st practicable and
SCIsne.n vi ~ 1ma ,asnrm now most necessary
necessalyi ~ oh,;sbmnnt If an efficient State
- Wy ~ hsalth having control 81 All efficient
s,ato,, " f the ,anistraton Of vital statistics
~, ~ ta, t,,ino anrma additional informa-
Hnn and su0aestjons will now be submitted.
lv M anu N ,iial atatistics Ia 40 little an
lLo sa III +ha madicnI nrnfession should
HleuaVsn VIZ ~, I ,,ith arsumanta To convince
~ ,.,'hiin u THAR valma. not only Ill refer
WY Puo tha " r,ahta IF nronertv and other iu-
siicai reauiraments but also In reference tc
N ta,n ,,,An;taiW preater value for sanitary
. rMv,, Pnblic hygiene derived it's birth
k.n,,, ana danands for 1ts future progress or
,itai a atatiatfcs' and every argument which
savnrs the establishment of boards OF health
10 ~, a,,nant in behalf Of vital statietics. for
as III g sh,asa ~ hsalth without them ia as
halnlaas as is a man without eyes To guide
ns. ass ~;thnut vital statistics the public Ii
AInt,,.sta Nv 1hn nnIv valid fast of the value al
w aa,sa ~ health IF a human being is much
s.s,sa ,ra.hIa ~ tha State than ia q bale Of
Lnv.e than statistics of the human crot
s. ,,a ,r u much more valuable than stats
~ Wuul1s tho oottnn nron' and vet every news.
,an n ~, can and does furnisl, statistics as tc
kape a IN ar nrnn a,,ch az Nd man can now
onvvbare nroc,,re as to our human crop
Wy My Mn etat,at;os furnish un.rrinv lessons as
~ xl. -, haaish nrnsnaritv Aid morals IF tht
20 ens n thav teach the influence of marriage
M i1leritin,acv and morality; the fecundity
W h,es s,,hnla neonia and IF the races thereof
-, ,j+ni snroa ~ the children. the duration
life life with it's expectation and value, for al
liz. " "nd ,aces he influences of meteorology
ssSsa,,n 81" lnrallty. III generating diseas,
and imnroyinu health, and thereby the re
rnu NJ II nnfavorahle conditions. Away,
fa aunal even :" where least suspected, and Ia,
annroach of morbitic storms, by ignorance 0
Srh;ab nagIirant cities and even nations hav
na m,od dastsnSed The only foundation of lif
Insurance. Vital statistics serve alike to guild
and e the lahorer. the politician and the states
man the moralist and the scientist. Ignored
az aisnarased bv the average American
State legislator. they have been advocates