, 1879-07-10

WE ANE ynuS0 AND VIGOROUS.
Lust ycar the tosa. lcatl,ratc wns 1G.49 per
1,0o0 Of population. This rite Is low, but II n
ratc Of twelve per l,000 Is taken US the standard
for a town or city In which no person dies Of
prcycntablc disease wn have In our mOrtuart
records conclusive evidence ot thc extent to
which tho removable calsscs Ut disease prevail
In our midst, urd tho necessity. Ut tho
most vigorous md untirsnE efforts to
tt.cro was little moro than tho usual amount
Of money expended by the Administration IN
cleaning streets nr!l CUTTERS. 1t ,l'ay perhaps
be interesting to take n giance ut tae mortality
was U0i less than tint Ut 1877, artl. notwish-
luz the large nccessons to our population. less
than tlmt ior any ycnr since 1877 as loliows:
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"Iu 1878 ti,ern wns All excessive hcat turlnga
portion OF JULY, nn1 the deash-raso WIS ,1'-
TINT month from diurrhtca diseases and sun
strr>kr.
hut to rccur asaEu to
THE PLAN or sCAvENuEREyu.
The Department ot Health OF great city should
hnyc eare beyond uir routine ot tllis work.
uni the looking ALTER men and horses and carts
connected with such work, great as 1t is; 1t
aho,l!d be animated byn spirit OF prevention.
of anticipation, nf danger, nn.t Il slluuld Ind
some Sign Ut an Intelligent appreciation Of tho
consequences Of sanitnsy neg!gst. 1t Is ths 10.
Eittn,ate work of thn Health Department to re-
form lruencnt houses, suppress etldemlcs of
rreventablo dscastA. rcennhtrllet, clean, n!'h
lisnfert vattlta, reEnla'n offensive trades. in.
Kpcrt tic fund supplies. aud destroy or consgn
To the rendering. tanks everything unwilnle-
sumo, to elevate tho standard of n,un!rl-
pal cleanliness In sfrerts 1MH alleys. n1M
ynr..s. The ludfrsnia expenditure Of money for
tie purpose os keeping the streets clean Is NIT
10 ba Weighed III Tho balanco nt!at'st clea1tt-
ncts. 1t Is ttic most eStrayagaUt expenhe to bo
tl1thy. I have twesty-swu teatns to renlore the
garbage ot ini' : mi1l'on , pStople. I Let y any
cican thcy ato kcpt. hut 1t Is great taak With
the ASSISTANCE Mt !lasn1 10 do this work.
MORE MONEY IS NEgnEp,
nml Tho service shuuld 10 Increased. ! nm not
inauentta! enough tn scclEc approximations,
Is noas 10 to had. wish ,Ee propIo themselves
wunfd discuss the matter. ! ain sure they
wut,hl b. willing 10 pay spHcsal assessments f6r
'l,c purpose Of Keeping tue cutters nna streets
clean."
"Do you think We will l'aye an Increased
caihratc this atlINtncr!"
''Y.u, / do; Int II viii bo In common with
Tic whnle c,,lntrY. Next year II will no dlIbt
be largely ancrcas'at, Tor 80 will probably have
TIE SEEDS or CHOLERA
sovu IN nur lind. It docsn't exist on this con-
ttnent now, hut It will como to Ms Iron, obruau
htyulld ull question:" 49,.
",Amunsst tln uanis Of 'hs city whcrc do you
find your highest hea.!rratei"
"Lrt l1s l0Dk Ut the Fourteenth Ward. It
has p.slnl'atk'n ot. any, 5AfN or atout twelve
Or thirteen In the ucro. lu this ward ihe avcr-
ngn Of sewerage 10 lhn aero Is t!1srts ttas. Here
tsu slea.'I-rasu reaches sboEc thirty to tho l.0
pup.llatlcn.n
:And wt,ere the lowest nortality!"
| ''tn tile Fourth Wnrd It IL very low. Thcro
is 4 population nf y, QAx, ur about twenty tu
ths nrie. As the slenslty IT population Is
ff htoSti