The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-19

HE LoNG-CoNTINUED cold weather
has delayed someB ba! the much
dreaded period OF honse-cleanipg;
but it has come at last, and, if We
may judge from tae furniture piled
on porohes and in the yards. the
carpets hanging en- clothes lines,
and the general discomfort manifest
in homes that are normally cheerful
and pleasant, the city is in the midst
of the spring iopsy-:urveyism of the
household. 4 good many males are
taking meals st the restaurants and
pie shops, and Others are trying to
sustain life with a dimes worth of
crackers and cheese. The prevalent
impression among men is that
house-oieaning. as INDUCED in by
their wives, IS uselsss. no. to say
senseIesg, disturbance Of their ZONES;
and a wicked waste of labor, as we'll
rs the leading source OF trouble in the
domestic circle. However. ladies
have triumphed in this matter, and
they viii clean house, 10 matter
what degree OF Inconvenience it may
occasion. Men must submit to ell
that the term impliea-cold vieluals,
damp rooms, dusty chairs, etc.
Whatever men may cay to the con-
trary, housekeeping ID necessary,
but a good deal that IS needed
is never done. The outside is made
fair enough to look upon, and the
sorubbing and Whitswash branches
may do their work faithfully, but
there is too often some neglected source
OF disease in the house, some poison
| ascending through a sink pipe, some
malarious ferment at work in the
cellar, some cause Tor fever in the
back yard, which, before the summer
is done, will work irreparable mis-
chief. This is the time OF year that
! housekeepers-and let TIE term IL
clude both sexss-should give per-
sonal attention to their premises, and
see that they are put and kept in the
best possible sanitary coalition. BY
doing so much suffering aud many
deaths will be escaped. 4 very large
proportion Of the deaths in this and
every other city, are from preventiblt
causes, and these include the large
class Of diseases not spontaneous il
the human system. but communi
Gated from other sources. a proper
sort Of houae-Cleaning viii frequently
nullify or destroy these sources. L
should be seen to that po:hing is lef
for the suu'ehsat TO ferment and tina!
the consequences of fermentation are
neut-alizsd By the use Of infectante
It is not safe to leave everything to
servants, but the man and woman
should be sanitary inspectors Of theiI
own house. It's not yet determined
that diphtheria, scarlet fever. typhoid
and similar diseases proceed Away
from causes that can he prevented
but It is koown that with proper pre-
cautions thess complaints can b.
restricted in their ravages. Decayinl
potatoes in the cellar. or 3 damp
neglected cellar has frequently caused
typhoid fever and diphtheria. Il
those instances at least, the cause
Knight have been removed. Tbs
men should encourage rather thar
discourage house cleaning, and they
should insist upon its being made
thorough, even if the extra pain
oocasioned them additional incon
venience. They should also supple
ment the inside cleaning by a rigid
outdoor publication, and the geneT.
GUS use OF dlsinfectants, and partlcu
larry go in city like this where there
are no sewers to carry of the fill
which must soak into the earth Il
arise when the sun shines in the form
OF malsrious poison. There need be
no germs Of disease in we'll KEEP
houses, where cleanliness and sani
tary laws are serupulously respected